Information axioms
This working document distills Information axioms for emerging policy networks. We culled these information axioms from a variety of analysts whose work examines primarily - but not wholly - emerging commercial information networks on the Internet. These "axioms" do not necessarily apply to non-profits, or true communities, but rather, are to serve as a starting point in understanding the role of information and information technologies in the policy process.
- axiom 1 - metcalf's law
- axiom 2 - early entrants win the field
- axiom 3 - significance precedes momentum
- axiom 4 - standards as power
- axiom 5 - producer and consumer utility
- axiom 6 - gatekeepers, intermediaries, and the attention deficit
- axiom 7 - positive feedback loops
- axiom 8 - differentiation of products and pricing
- axiom 9 - switching costs and lock-in
- axiom 10 - free information: cooperation in a competitive environment
- bibliography
[via Sebastien Paquet]