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Open Call: Content Architecture & Ergonomics

Open Call — uses the Open Call method · same structure as Open Call: Reverse Abuse

Status	The only Open Call open right now — active immediately
How to submit	Log in and post your ideas and links in the Discussion tab of this page
Proposals	Specific or general — all good proposals welcome
Decided by	Delegates of the Ynternet.org Foundation committee
Rewards	Mixed cash + Miles — modest (pre-launch); see below
Theme	Content architecture (broad sense), taxonomy, URLs, markets & Gov structure, ergonomics

Why this call

WikiDeal currently has a working URL architecture and a working content architecture — but they are temporary. They were put in place to migrate content and get the wiki running; they are not the final design. This call invites new proposals for the fundamental architecture, based on the existing one.

Because these foundations affect everything else, this should be refined first. It is therefore the only Open Call that is possible right now — and the only one currently active.

What this call covers

This is Content Architecture in the broad sense, plus ergonomics:

1. URL structure

Namespaces (Gov, Markets, Meta…), language segments (e.g. /en/), portal and sub-page patterns, contract URLs. Existing working bases to build on:

2. Article (content) structure

What should appear inside the articles, consistently: the statistical / data elements that must appear; standard templates and layout per content type; and, for each contract, everything around it — amendments, addenda (avenants), the contract URLs, the reference rules (legal references), validation status, and how these relate.

3. Markets structure (especially valued)

How market segments and their portals are organised, and the standard content types per market. Proposals that pertinently lay out all sub-markets and all market categories, with a medium- and long-term vision that can last, are especially valued.

4. Gov structure & meta

How the Gov namespace, Meta, menus and navigation tie everything together.

5. Global architecture questions

Is there one WikiDeal instance, or several?
One instance per language, or a single multilingual instance?
How are User Groups managed within the chosen architecture?

How to submit

To take part, log in and post your ideas and links in the Discussion tab of this page. Rewards are attributed on the basis of the submitted proposals, reviewed by delegates of the Ynternet.org Foundation committee.

A good way to contribute: post a link to an architecture proposal copied in HTML (a snapshot of the content at a given moment — the content does not need to be final), showing the architecture: the menus, the URLs, the Markets part, the Gov part, Meta, etc. — i.e. a revised structure of the whole.

Rewards (pre-launch — modest, no significant promise)

We are in a pre-launch phase, so no significant reward is promised — this is genuinely to help. We cannot guarantee much, but there is a commitment of principle to provide rewards in a mix of cash and Miles.

Because this work has high added value yet is fairly accessible to enlightened amateurs, and because it can be updated over time with experience, the funding is deliberately modest. Indicatively, over the whole call:

5,000 – 20,000 Cash Rewards (cash credits) distributed in total;
possibly 1,000 – 2,000 CHF in direct cash, only for genuinely high-added-value proposals — especially on the Markets part (all sub-markets, all categories) with a lasting medium/long-term vision;
plus Miles Credits.

Important distinction:

The CHF amounts are guaranteed in advance (committed), but low.
The Cash Rewards and Miles Credits are usable only if the project succeeds (like all WikiDeal Rewards — no guarantee).

The CHF cash is given by delegates of the Ynternet.org Foundation committee, for proposals with high added value relative to the current architecture.

What matters most: principle, quality & success criteria

Principle: a single, coherent, durable architecture, based on the existing one, that serves users and contributors and scales as markets and User Groups grow.
Quality criteria: consistency across URLs / articles / markets / contracts; clarity and predictability of naming; navigation and ergonomics; maintainability; compatibility with MediaWiki and decentralized data; clean multilingual handling.
Success criteria: replaces the temporary structure without content loss; reusable as markets and User Groups multiply; understandable and maintainable by the community; a Markets taxonomy that holds up over the medium and long term.

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-{{KidsIntro|WikiDeal is like a giant library. This is an early invitation to help decide how to organise it: how the web addresses work, how each page is laid out, how markets and contracts are arranged, and whether there is one big WikiDeal or several. The way it is organised today is only temporary — better ideas are welcome.}}
+{{KidsIntro|WikiDeal is like a giant library, and the way it is arranged today is only temporary. This is an invitation to help design how everything is organised — the menus, the web addresses, how markets and contracts are laid out — and how it should look and feel to use. This is the one call you can take part in right now: just log in and post your ideas in the Discussion tab of this page.}}
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-== Open Call: Architecture, Taxonomy & Content Structure ==
+{{RFF}}
-''Open Call (preview, early) — uses the [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:Main|Open Call]] method · part of the family of [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:Reverse Abuse|Open Calls for creative ideas and programmes]]''
+== Open Call: Content Architecture & Ergonomics ==
+''Open Call — uses the [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:Main|Open Call]] method · same structure as [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:Reverse Abuse|Open Call: Reverse Abuse]]''
+{| class="wikitable"
+|-
+| Status
+| '''The only Open Call open right now''' — active immediately
+|-
+| How to submit
+| '''Log in and post''' your ideas and links in the '''[[Talk:Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:Content Architecture|Discussion tab]]''' of this page
+|-
+| Proposals
+| Specific '''or''' general — all good proposals welcome
+|-
+| Decided by
+| Delegates of the '''Ynternet.org Foundation''' committee
+|-
+| Rewards
+| '''Mixed cash + Miles''' — modest (pre-launch); see below
+|-
+| Theme
+| Content architecture (broad sense), taxonomy, URLs, markets & Gov structure, ergonomics
+|}
 === Why this call ===
-WikiDeal currently has a working '''URL architecture''' and a working '''content architecture''' — '''but they are temporary'''. They were put in place to migrate content and get the wiki running; they are '''not''' the final design. This Open Call invites '''new proposals''' for the global structure of WikiDeal.
+WikiDeal currently has a working '''URL architecture''' and a working '''content architecture''' — '''but they are temporary'''. They were put in place to migrate content and get the wiki running; they are '''not''' the final design. This call invites '''new proposals''' for the fundamental architecture, '''based on the existing one'''.
-Because these foundations affect everything else, this is one of the things that should be '''refined first'''. It is therefore a '''small but important''' early call: the bases below are already proposed, and the call is about '''affining and replacing''' them with a better, durable architecture.
+Because these foundations affect everything else, this should be '''refined first'''. It is therefore '''the only Open Call that is possible right now''' — and the only one currently active.
-This is, for now, a '''theoretical / prospective''' call — exploration within the Prototype 1 R&D programme. '''No deadline''' is set yet, and there is no guarantee a given proposal will be adopted. The '''Discussion''' tab is already open for suggestions on orientation, framing, limits, and related calls.
+=== What this call covers ===
-=== What this call covers ===
+This is '''Content Architecture''' in the broad sense, plus '''ergonomics''':
 ==== 1. URL structure ====
-The naming and path scheme for all pages: namespaces (Gov, Markets, etc.), language segments (e.g. /en/), portal and sub-page patterns, contract URLs. Existing working proposals to build on:
+Namespaces (Gov, Markets, Meta…), language segments (e.g. /en/), portal and sub-page patterns, contract URLs. Existing working bases to build on:
 * [https://aidev.wikideal.net/mockups/latest/url-structure-proposal-2_en.html URL Structure Proposal v2 (EN)]
 * [https://aidev.wikideal.net/mockups/latest/gov-rd-structure.html Gov structure] · [https://aidev.wikideal.net/mockups/latest/market-portal-structure.html Markets / Portal structure] · [https://aidev.wikideal.net/mockups/latest/portal-model.html Portal model] · [https://aidev.wikideal.net/mockups/latest/en-pages-decision.html /en decision]
 ==== 2. Article (content) structure ====
-What should appear '''inside''' the articles, in a consistent way:
+What should appear '''inside''' the articles, consistently: the '''statistical / data elements''' that must appear; standard '''templates and layout''' per content type; and, for '''each contract''', everything '''around''' it — amendments, addenda (avenants), the contract URLs, the '''reference rules''' (legal references), validation status, and how these relate.
-* the '''statistical / data elements''' that must appear on a page;
-* standard '''templates and layout''' for each content type;
-* for '''each contract''', everything '''around''' it: amendments, addenda (avenants), the contract URLs, the '''reference rules''' (legal references), validation status, and how these relate to each other.
-==== 3. Markets structure ====
+==== 3. Markets structure (especially valued) ====
-How market segments and their portals are organised, and the standard set of content types per market (base contract, models, amendments, addenda, validated contracts, legal references, compensation, etc.).
+How market segments and their portals are organised, and the standard content types per market. Proposals that pertinently lay out '''all sub-markets and all market categories''', with a '''medium- and long-term vision''' that can last, are especially valued.
-==== 4. Global architecture questions ====
+==== 4. Gov structure & meta ====
-The deeper design questions to settle:
+How the Gov namespace, Meta, menus and navigation tie everything together.
+==== 5. Global architecture questions ====
 * Is there '''one''' WikiDeal instance, or '''several'''?
-* Is there '''one instance per language''', or a single multilingual instance?
+* '''One instance per language''', or a single multilingual instance?
 * How are '''User Groups''' managed within the chosen architecture?
-* How do taxonomy, categories and navigation tie all of the above together?
-=== What matters most: principle, quality & success criteria ===
+=== How to submit ===
+To take part, '''log in and post your ideas and links in the [[Talk:Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:Content Architecture|Discussion tab]] of this page'''. Rewards are attributed '''on the basis of the submitted proposals''', reviewed by '''delegates of the Ynternet.org Foundation committee'''.
+A good way to contribute: post a '''link to an architecture proposal copied in HTML''' (a snapshot of the content at a given moment — the content does '''not''' need to be final), showing the '''architecture''': the menus, the URLs, the '''Markets''' part, the '''Gov''' part, Meta, etc. — i.e. a revised structure of the whole.
+=== Rewards (pre-launch — modest, no significant promise) ===
+We are in a '''pre-launch''' phase, so '''no significant reward is promised''' — this is genuinely to help. We cannot guarantee much, but there is a '''commitment of principle''' to provide rewards in a '''mix of cash and Miles'''.
+Because this work has '''high added value''' yet is fairly accessible to '''enlightened amateurs''', and because it can be '''updated over time''' with experience, the funding is deliberately modest. Indicatively, over the whole call:
+* '''5,000 – 20,000 Cash Rewards''' (cash credits) distributed in total;
+* '''possibly 1,000 – 2,000 CHF in direct cash''', '''only''' for genuinely high-added-value proposals — especially on the '''Markets''' part (all sub-markets, all categories) with a lasting medium/long-term vision;
+* plus '''Miles Credits'''.
+Important distinction:
+* The '''CHF amounts''' are '''guaranteed in advance''' (committed), but '''low'''.
+* The '''Cash Rewards and Miles Credits''' are usable '''only if the project succeeds''' (like all WikiDeal Rewards — no guarantee).
-As with the other Open Calls, the calendar matters less than the '''principle''' and the criteria:
+The CHF cash is given by '''delegates of the Ynternet.org Foundation''' committee, for proposals with high added value relative to the current architecture.
-* '''Principle:''' a single, coherent, durable architecture that serves users and contributors, is language-fair, and scales as markets and User Groups grow.
-* '''Quality criteria:''' consistency across URLs / articles / markets / contracts; clarity and predictability of naming; ease of navigation and search; maintainability; compatibility with MediaWiki and with [[Gov/en/Portal:Data/Decentralized-Data|decentralized data]]; clean handling of multilingual content.
-* '''Success criteria:''' a proposal that can replace the current temporary structure without content loss; that is reusable as markets and User Groups multiply; and that the community can understand and maintain.
-=== Timing & cycles (still under reflection) ===
+=== What matters most: principle, quality & success criteria ===
-There is '''no deadline''' at this stage. Whether evaluation later follows a '''seasonal cycle''' (in the spirit of the general [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:Main|Open Call]] method) is '''just one option under reflection''', not the key to success. For now this is an idea to be explored within Prototype 1.
+* '''Principle:''' a single, coherent, durable architecture, based on the existing one, that serves users and contributors and scales as markets and User Groups grow.
+* '''Quality criteria:''' consistency across URLs / articles / markets / contracts; clarity and predictability of naming; navigation and ergonomics; maintainability; compatibility with MediaWiki and [[Gov/en/Portal:Data/Decentralized-Data|decentralized data]]; clean multilingual handling.
+* '''Success criteria:''' replaces the temporary structure without content loss; reusable as markets and User Groups multiply; understandable and maintainable by the community; a Markets taxonomy that holds up over the medium and long term.
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-'''See also:''' [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:Main|Open Call]] · [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:Reverse Abuse|Open Call: Reverse Abuse]] · [[Gov/en/Portal:Meta/Portals|Portals]] · [[Gov/en/Portal:Meta/Content-Versioning|Content Versioning]] · [[Gov/en/Portal:Meta/Wiki-Core-Index|Wiki Core Index]]
+'''See also:''' [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:Main|Open Call]] · [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:Reverse Abuse|Open Call: Reverse Abuse]] · [[Gov/en/Portal:Meta/Portals|Portals]] · [[Gov/en/Portal:Meta/Content-Versioning|Content Versioning]] · [[Gov/en/Portal:Institutions/Steering-Committee|Steering Committee]]
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