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[[Category:Concepts]][[Transparency]] refers to the idea that social and political processes should be both '''visible''' and '''accountable''', in order to minimize error. It is one of the mechanisms whereby [[public error correction]] can take place. | [[Category:Concepts]][[Transparency]] refers to the idea that social and political processes should be both '''visible''' and '''accountable''', in order to minimize error. It is one of the mechanisms whereby [[public error correction]] can take place. | ||
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* The software development maxim "many eyeballs make all bugs shallow" ([[wikipedia:Linus's law|Linus's law]]) is essentially applying [[transparency]] to the field of software development. | * The software development maxim "many eyeballs make all bugs shallow" ([[wikipedia:Linus's law|Linus's law]]) is essentially applying [[transparency]] to the field of software development. | ||
* The [[Open Business Model]] is an application of [[transparency]] to the business world. | * The [[Open Business Model]] is an application of [[transparency]] to the business world. | ||
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* {{Wikipedia|Transparency (humanities)}} | * {{Wikipedia|Transparency (humanities)}} | ||
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+ | * [http://www.wikileaks.org/faq.html WikiLeaks] (under construction): a site for principled document leaking and analysis. "We have received over 1.1 million documents so far." (as of 2007-01-11) | ||
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* [http://www.davidbrin.com/akademos.html A Parable about Openness] by David Brin | * [http://www.davidbrin.com/akademos.html A Parable about Openness] by David Brin | ||
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* [[2007-01-07 Cell phone videos transforming TV news]] | * [[2007-01-07 Cell phone videos transforming TV news]] |
Revision as of 01:58, 12 January 2007
Overview
Transparency refers to the idea that social and political processes should be both visible and accountable, in order to minimize error. It is one of the mechanisms whereby public error correction can take place.
Related Articles
- Transparency is a policy which allows and encourages public error correction
- Transparency is one of the key ideas of modernism.
- CITOKATE (Criticism Is The Only Known Antidote To Error) is an acronymic expression of the basic idea of transparency
Related Concepts
- The software development maxim "many eyeballs make all bugs shallow" (Linus's law) is essentially applying transparency to the field of software development.
- The Open Business Model is an application of transparency to the business world.
Links
Reference
Projects
- WikiLeaks (under construction): a site for principled document leaking and analysis. "We have received over 1.1 million documents so far." (as of 2007-01-11)
Essays
- A Parable about Openness by David Brin