diff --git a/bicorder.json b/bicorder.json index 0bf1553..e10ffee 100644 --- a/bicorder.json +++ b/bicorder.json @@ -1,10 +1,10 @@ { "name": "Protocol Bicorder", "schema": "bicorder.schema.json", - "version": "1.2.5", + "version": "1.2.6", "description": "A diagnostic tool for the study of protocols", "author": "Nathan Schneider", - "date_modified": "2025-12-02", + "date_modified": "2026-02-21", "metadata": { "protocol": null, @@ -265,11 +265,11 @@ "notes": null }, { - "term_left": "bureaucratic", - "term_left_description": "The protocol exhibits institutional, formal, top-down characteristics with centralized control and external enforcement", - "term_right": "relational", - "term_right_description": "The protocol exhibits community-based, emergent, bottom-up characteristics with distributed coordination and voluntary participation", - "instructions": "Based on the diagnostic readings, calculate the protocol's position using Linear Discriminant Analysis. The LDA score is scaled to the 1-9 range, where 1 represents strongly bureaucratic/institutional protocols and 9 represents strongly relational/cultural protocols. A score of 5 indicates a protocol near the boundary exhibiting characteristics of both families.", + "term_left": "formal", + "term_left_description": "Exhibits bureaucratic characteristics with centralized control and predictable enforcement", + "term_right": "informal", + "term_right_description": "Exhibits relational characteristics with distributed coordination embedded in culture", + "instructions": "Based on the diagnostic readings, calculate the protocol's position using Linear Discriminant Analysis. The LDA score is scaled to the 1-9 range, where 1 represents strongly formal protocols and 9 represents strongly informal protocols. A score of 5 indicates a protocol near the boundary exhibiting characteristics of both families.", "automated": true, "value": null, "notes": null diff --git a/bicorder.txt b/bicorder.txt index 40aa1a5..edd0f88 100644 --- a/bicorder.txt +++ b/bicorder.txt @@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ self-enforcing < [---------] > enforced ANALYSIS hardness < [---------] > softness polarized < [---------] > centrist - bureaucratic < [---------] > relational + formal < [---------] > informal not useful < [---------] > very useful GLOSSARY @@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ self-enforcing < [---------] > enforced | -------------- | ----------- | | abstract | Participants learn the protocol by studying it intellectually | | alive | Actively utilized by relevant participants | -| bureaucratic | The protocol exhibits institutional, formal, top-down characteristics with centralized control and external enforcement | | centrist | The analyst tended toward readings at the middle of the gradients | | contested | Content or meaning are disputed or under debate | | crystallized | Content or meaning are settled and widely agreed upon | @@ -65,9 +64,11 @@ self-enforcing < [---------] > enforced | explicit | Design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants | | exposed | Weak boundaries and vulnerable to external influence | | flocking | Coordination occurs through centralized direction or direct mimicry | +| formal | Exhibits bureaucratic characteristics with centralized control and predictable enforcement | | hardness | The protocol tends toward properties characterized by hardness | | implicit | Design is not stated explicitly and is learned by use | | inclusion | Reduces barriers and includes diverse participants | +| informal | Exhibits relational characteristics with distributed coordination embedded in culture | | institutional | Design occurs through processes controlled by powerful institutions | | interpretive | Ambiguous design, allowing participants a wide range of interpretation | | liberating | Enables participants to carry out desired activities with less work or thought | @@ -83,7 +84,6 @@ self-enforcing < [---------] > enforced | polarized | The analyst tended toward more extreme high or low readings | | precise | Specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation | | predictable | Produces expected and consistent outcomes | -| relational | The protocol exhibits community-based, emergent, bottom-up characteristics with distributed coordination and voluntary participation | | restraining | Fosters experiences of absurd complexity, alienation, and powerlessness | | self-enforcing | Rules automatically enforced through its own mechanisms | | social | Primarily concerned with interactions among people or groups |