7 Components: the Function Pages - Developers

Setting up
group webs
Granting
permissions
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lem. 28 It matters who defines the goals. Thus, in self-organized projects,
too, there is a much discussed “inherent necessity” problem
and routine work that is not linked to recognition. Also, there are
“deadlines” – even if they come about for other reasons. 29
Now work groups can be provided with their own webs, as described
above, that they may develop independently from other
groups. In our case, let us take a couple of organizers of the Neolithic
Conference on the Future. For instance, if Walter has volunteered
to get water, and Daniel has offered to catch the mammoths,
and Lea has taken charge of the roasting skewers, they can come together
in a work group called “Catering,” and upon request receive
their own web, in which, without worrying about the work style and
requirements of other work groups, can develop their file structure
as desired. However, we need to differentiate between two types of
webs:
� Function webs, e.g. individual webs for registration
� Group webs, e.g. a web for the work group “Catering.”
While function webs are available to all participants, insofar as this
is possible with regard to data protection regulations, group webs
tend to only be accessible for their respective members.
Traditional content management systems offer very detailed permissions
management. In such systems, permissions are often bound
to existing functions and hierarchies. According to their original intention,
the first wikis had no user administration. In the meantime,
newer wiki clones offer possibilities to grant various degrees of user
permissions. This can be practical because not every memo has to be
open to the whole web, or because private data must also be protected.
The hacker ethic puts it as follows: Information should be
free, but personal rights and private data are to be protected. When
establishing user permissions, you should consider their effect:
28 Whether or not the article “Hacker Ethics” will appear on the Net
today or in one month is less of a problem than a lack of staple foods
(the “bread roll question”).
29 Beware of the danger of falling back into romantic, pre-capitalistic
societal utopias. Further differentiated division of labor and systematic
project coordination does not automatically lead to a limitation of human
self-determination, as Marx thought when he criticized the fact
that relationships created by humans rise above them. To be precise,
division of labor is the actual prerequisite to self-determination.
19 Composing the Project Plan