A CNA Overview is now On-Line

Hi,
I am presently in the process of organizing notes into a single, publishable document, which should be completed soon. For a good, general idea of what the CNA and SiteFS look like, an overview is now available on the Cooperative Assembly web site.

This project is now entering it's next stage of development in public trust. Top-level parties are being sought to establish concensus on CNA and SiteFS design. The primary categories of concern at this point include:

• Computer Science
• Political Science
• Philosophy
• Language
• Law

In terms of the work involved, SiteFS, which is the software for the CNA, may represent the biggest design "hit" in the roll-out for this project. Any person(s) with experience in enterprise-level security and/or File Systems may be ideal for the development of this design and of design concensus. It is presently my position that this project may be best implemented primarily, if not entirely, in Java.

The CNA is a political structure and it is not by any means one kind of organization. This is a widely configrable infrastructural tool for anything ranging from private, internal use to thoroughly public openness, involvement and participation. Aside from any standardized CNA constitutional and cresting configuration options, there is much to do in the name of framing, or templating rules for a variety of organizations, all of which would be above-and-beyond systems-level rules.

The philosophy section includes, but is not limited to the defining of the CNA, its three branches of checks and balances and the derivation of other elements closely associated with its political infrastructure.

A new world of terminology comes on-line, as well as the need to communicate well. Language rules for content review also need to be fashioned.

There are areas where legal and law-making efforts come to bear. Primarily, it appears that this will be in the areas of freedom of information, information privacy, intellectual property protection and in the development of new in-roads into information infrastructure that meets the needs for content reference in a court of law.

Any persons applying out of personal interest or inspiration are certainly welcome, as well as any comments or suggestions. If you know of someone who might be interested, please feel free to share this with them.

And keep up the good work.

Cheers, Mark G. Meyers