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A reflexive intranet is an
intranet where the commands and the content are documented and learned in exactly the same way. It coordinates
reflective intranet resources to
align wiki to goals and
align wiki to mindsets that already prevail in the organization. Reflexive facilities simply make it easier to challenge the prevailing views or goals and require timely responses. See
five levels of intranet for details of reflective versus reflexive.
At the reflective stage,
content equals schema: all
wiki and
web browser
command verbs (like "
edit" and "
help" and "
view" and "
watch") are documented consistently. Without this it's not an intranet just a bunch of undocumented software. Some tools notably
twiki also make
source code and
configuration editable via the same wiki methods. This is the start of
reflexivity: control follows content within a single schema.
To make it more reflexive to all users, not just programmers, other
verbs like
discuss or
talk or
debate that are applied at a more abstract level of communication, (between users not between the user and the system) are explained the same way as the command verbs - using the same formats, conventions, etc.. This establishes the
commit verbs by which one signals agreement or disagreement, and makes
offers and
requests. Now it is possible to start to use
market-based methods to match up offers and requests, and potentially create a
service economy.
Finally, the highest level verbs to do with acts of
governance ("
vote", "
troll", "
claim", "
reprimand", "
suspend", "
audit") can be documented that way and
wiki best practices debated, and decided, via the wiki.
DoWire.Org:Itself may move in this direction eventually, if only to demonstrate the ideal.