mdcbowenhttp://mdcbowen.info/visions/Recent content on mdcbowenHugoen-us<link>http://mdcbowen.info/visions/boxtag/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>http://mdcbowen.info/visions/boxtag/</guid><description><h2 id="boxtag"> boxtag <a class="heading-link" href="#boxtag"> <i class="fa-solid fa-link" aria-hidden="true" title="Link to heading"></i> <span class="sr-only">Link to heading</span> </a> </h2> <h3 id="news"> news <a class="heading-link" href="#news"> <i class="fa-solid fa-link" aria-hidden="true" title="Link to heading"></i> <span class="sr-only">Link to heading</span> </a> </h3> <ul> <li><a href="https://tessellations.substack.com/p/june-boxtag-update" class="external-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener">June Update</a></li> </ul> <p>BoxTag is multidimensional karma sytem for comment sections. It will provide advanced reputation management for integration with online publications such as magazines, news sites, blogs, newsletters and social networks. It aims to be a competitor to current external comment systems like Discus and Gravatar. The IP is in the presentation and management of scoring mechanisms and in the database design and implementation.</p></description></item><item><title/><link>http://mdcbowen.info/visions/circle/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>http://mdcbowen.info/visions/circle/</guid><description><h2 id="circle-protocol"> circle protocol <a class="heading-link" href="#circle-protocol"> <i class="fa-solid fa-link" aria-hidden="true" title="Link to heading"></i> <span class="sr-only">Link to heading</span> </a> </h2> <h3 id="updates"> Updates: <a class="heading-link" href="#updates"> <i class="fa-solid fa-link" aria-hidden="true" title="Link to heading"></i> <span class="sr-only">Link to heading</span> </a> </h3> <ul> <li><a href="https://tessellations.substack.com/p/circle-update-mid-march-2026" class="external-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mid March 2026</a></li> </ul> <p>The Circle Protocol: A Federated Identity and Trust Management System</p> <p>The Circle Protocol (CP) is a federated identity management system that organizes personal relationships, data access, and transactions through concentric circles of trust. Originating from the LastID concept (2007) and formalized from 2016 onward, the protocol enables individuals to exercise granular command and control over their electronic communications, personal information, and financial interactions.</p></description></item><item><title/><link>http://mdcbowen.info/visions/interrogator/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>http://mdcbowen.info/visions/interrogator/</guid><description><h2 id="interrogator"> interrogator <a class="heading-link" href="#interrogator"> <i class="fa-solid fa-link" aria-hidden="true" title="Link to heading"></i> <span class="sr-only">Link to heading</span> </a> </h2> <p><strong>Abstract</strong> The Interrogator takes an individual upon their own time to bring questions related to their interests and values and then weighs them. It works in tandem with WWID to let people know how well they are keeping fidelity with those positions they have.</p></description></item><item><title/><link>http://mdcbowen.info/visions/lastid/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>http://mdcbowen.info/visions/lastid/</guid><description><h2 id="lastid"> lastID <a class="heading-link" href="#lastid"> <i class="fa-solid fa-link" aria-hidden="true" title="Link to heading"></i> <span class="sr-only">Link to heading</span> </a> </h2> <p>LastID is the vision of a system that is integrated with major independent and sovereign networks of trust.</p></description></item><item><title/><link>http://mdcbowen.info/visions/wwid/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>http://mdcbowen.info/visions/wwid/</guid><description><h3 id="wwid---what-would-i-do"> WWID - What Would I Do? <a class="heading-link" href="#wwid---what-would-i-do"> <i class="fa-solid fa-link" aria-hidden="true" title="Link to heading"></i> <span class="sr-only">Link to heading</span> </a> </h3> <p>WWID is a personalized application that allows you to reconcile your ideals with your practical statements. You may feel very strongly about certain values, however you may be contractiction yourself in actual statements that you make in public spaces and online media.</p> <p>WWID allows you to see which specific things you say violate or contradict the principles you claim. It does so by allowing you to compile your own ideas and guiding principles into a kind of Bill of Rights or Ten Commandments. In some way you could think of WWID as your lawn sign. In This House We: and then a statement of principles.</p></description></item><item><title/><link>http://mdcbowen.info/visions/xr/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>http://mdcbowen.info/visions/xr/</guid><description><!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <!-- saved from url=(0031)http://www.mdcbowen.org/xrblog/ --> <HTML><HEAD><TITLE>meta XRepublic</TITLE> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> <META http-equiv=Expires content="Mon, 01 Jan 1990 01:00:00 GMT"> <STYLE type=text/css>BODY { MARGIN: 0px } BODY { FONT-SIZE: 12px; FONT-FAMILY: verdana, sans-serif } TD { FONT-SIZE: 12px; FONT-FAMILY: verdana, sans-serif } P { FONT-SIZE: 12px; FONT-FAMILY: verdana, sans-serif } H2 { FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 24px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif } .header { FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 40px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif } .realsmall { FONT-SIZE: 9px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif } .small { FONT-SIZE: 10px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif } </STYLE> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1106" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffff99 leftMargin=0 topMargin=0 marginheight="0" marginwidth="0"> <P> <TABLE width="100%" border=0> <TBODY> <TR> <TD> <H1>Meta XRepublic</H1></TD> <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR> <TR> <TD>Design for Computer Mediated Deliberation &amp; Collaboration</TD> <TD> <DIV align=right>Roberts Rules for the Future</DIV></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE> <P> <HR> <TABLE height=263 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=4 width="100%" align=center bgColor=#333333 border=0> <TBODY> <TR bgColor=#333333> <TD vAlign=top width=240 height=545> <TABLE height=91 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=3 width=240 bgColor=#999999 border=0> <TBODY> <TR> <TD width=409 height=39> <P align=left><font face="Courier New" color="#ffffff" size="5"><b>software for democratic thought</b></font> </TD></TR> <TR> <TD bgColor=#666666>&nbsp;</TD></TR> <TR> <TD bgColor=#666666> <DIV align=center></DIV> </TD></TR> <TR> <TD width=409 height=39> <P>&nbsp;</P> </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE> <TABLE borderColor=#000000 cellSpacing=1 borderColorDark=#000000 cellPadding=3 width="100%" bgColor=#ffffff border=0> <TBODY> <TR borderColor=#000000> <TD bgColor=#ccccff><B>Primary Documents</B></TD> </TR> <TR borderColor=#000000> <TD> <UL> <LI><FONT size=2><A href="http://www.mdcbowen.org/p5/xrstatic/what.htm">XRepublic: What is it?</A></FONT> <LI><A href="demo/index.htm">Static Demo</A> <LI><FONT size=2><A href="barriers.htm">Barriers to Deliberation</A></FONT> <LI><FONT size=2><A href="design.htm">Primary Design Doc</A></FONT> <LI><FONT size=2><A href="http://www.mdcbowen.org/p5/xrstatic/faq.htm">XRepublic FAQ</A></FONT> <LI><FONT size=2><A href="anno-bib.htm">Annotated Bibliography</A></FONT> <LI><FONT size=2><A href="xrsys.htm" target=_blank>XR Systems</A></FONT> </LI> </UL> </TD> </TR> <TR borderColor=#000000> <TD bgColor=#ccccff><B>Conceptual Documents</B></TD> </TR> <TR borderColor=#000000> <TD> <UL> <LI><A href="point_weight.htm">Point Weight</A> (New) <LI><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2><A href="cheating.htm">Cheating &amp; Tyranny</A></FONT> <LI><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2><A href="wonkpath.htm">The Wonk Path</A></FONT> <LI><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2><A href="agoras.htm">The Agoras</A></FONT> <LI><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2><A href="partisans.htm">Partisans &amp; Independents</A> </FONT> <LI><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2><A href="wonking_in_the_agoras.htm">Wonking in the Agoras</A> </FONT> <LI><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2><A href="multidimensional_cred.htm">Multidimensional Credibility</A> </FONT> <LI><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2><A href="voting.htm">Voting Mechanisms </A></FONT></LI> </UL> </TD> </TR> <TR borderColor=#000000> <TD bgColor=#ccccff><B>Originating Ideas (Oct. 1998)</B></TD> </TR> <TR borderColor=#000000> <TD> <UL> <LI><FONT size=2><A href="entity_list.htm">voterverse entities</A></FONT> <LI><FONT size=2><A href="implementation_ideas.htm">implementation ideas</A></FONT> <LI><FONT size=2><A href="gravity_thread.htm">the gravity thread</A></FONT> <LI><FONT size=2><A href="sample_issues.htm">sample issues / arguments</A></FONT> <LI><FONT size=2><A href="sample_issue_page.htm">sample issue page</A></FONT> <LI><FONT size=2><A href="litmus1.htm">sample litmus test</A></FONT> </LI> </UL> </TD> </TR> <TR borderColor=#000000 bgColor=#ccccff> <TD><B>Current Implementation Ideas</B></TD> </TR> <TR borderColor=#000000> <TD> <UL> <LI><FONT size=2><A href="objects.htm">Objects &amp; Classes</A></FONT> <LI><FONT size=2>Pseudocode</FONT> <LI><FONT size=2><A href="topicSeed.htm">TopicSeed</A></FONT> <LI><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2><A href="citizen.htm">Citizen</A></FONT> <LI><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>House</FONT> <LI><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Resolution</FONT> <LI><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Sidebar</FONT> <LI><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Thread</FONT> <LI></LI> </UL> </TD> </TR> <TR borderColor=#000000 bgColor=#ccccff> <TD><B>Links</B> </TD> </TR> <TR borderColor=#000000> <TD> <P><A href="http://blog.org/">David Brake</A><BR> <A href="http://islandia.law.yale.edu/isp/">Yale Information Society Project</A><BR> <A href="http://www.voxpolitics.com/">VoxPolitics</A> </P> </TD> </TR> <TR borderColor=#000000 bgColor=#ccccff> <TD><B>Other Tool Ideas</B> </TD> </TR> <TR borderColor=#000000> <TD> <P><A href="http://www.orgnet.com/inflow3.html">Orgnet Inflow</A><BR> <A href="http://www.touchgraph.com/">TouchGraph / Vanilla</A><BR> <A href="http://www.eekim.com/ohs/lc/dialogmaps/ohs-lc.html#nid4001">Dialog Maps</A> <BR> <A href="http://www.jjg.net/ia/visvocab/">Visual Vocab</A> <BR> <A href="http://www.public.iastate.edu/~design/ART/NAB/visthnk1.html">Visual Thinking</A> <BR> <A href="http://www.compendiuminstitute.org/tools/questmap.htm">Mapping Conversations</A> <BR> <A href="http://www.textarc.org/">Visual Text</A> <BR> <A href="http://xplane.com/">Visual Story</A> <BR> <A href="http://www.voght.com/cgi-bin/pywiki?TopicMaps">Topic Maps</A> <BR> </P> </TD> </TR> <TR borderColor=#000000 bgColor=#ccccff> <TD><B>Licensing Info</B></TD> </TR> <TR borderColor=#000000> <TD><!-- Creative Commons License --><A href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd-nc/1.0"><IMG alt="Creative Commons License" src="file:///C%7C/Documents%20and%20Settings/mbowen/Desktop/meta%20XRepublic_files/somerights.gif" border=0></A><BR> This work is licensed under a <A href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd-nc/1.0">Creative Commons License</A>. <!-- /Creative Commons License --><!-- <rdf:RDF xmlns="http://web.resource.org/cc/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#"> <Work rdf:about=""> <license rdf:resource="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd-nc/1.0" /> </Work><p> <License rdf:about="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd-nc/1.0"> <requires rdf:resource="http://web.resource.org/cc/Attribution" /> <permits rdf:resource="http://web.resource.org/cc/Reproduction" /> <permits rdf:resource="http://web.resource.org/cc/Distribution" /> <prohibits rdf:resource="http://web.resource.org/cc/CommercialUse" /> <requires rdf:resource="http://web.resource.org/cc/Notice" /> </License><p> <p>&lt;/rdf:RDF&gt;<p></p></description></item><item><title/><link>http://mdcbowen.info/visions/xrepublic/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>http://mdcbowen.info/visions/xrepublic/</guid><description><h2 id="xrepublic"> xrepublic <a class="heading-link" href="#xrepublic"> <i class="fa-solid fa-link" aria-hidden="true" title="Link to heading"></i> <span class="sr-only">Link to heading</span> </a> </h2> <h3 id="news"> News <a class="heading-link" href="#news"> <i class="fa-solid fa-link" aria-hidden="true" title="Link to heading"></i> <span class="sr-only">Link to heading</span> </a> </h3> <ul> <li><a href="https://mdcb-public-data.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/xr/XR%20Civics%20V01.pdf" class="external-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener">XR Civics</a></li> <li><a href="https://mdcbowen.substack.com/p/why-cant-we-be-citizens" class="external-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Why Can&rsquo;t We Be Citizens?</a></li> <li><a href="https://tessellations.substack.com/p/xr-barriers-to-agreement" class="external-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Barriers to Agreement</a></li> </ul> <h3 id="xrepublic---virtual-parliament"> XRepublic - Virtual Parliament <a class="heading-link" href="#xrepublic---virtual-parliament"> <i class="fa-solid fa-link" aria-hidden="true" title="Link to heading"></i> <span class="sr-only">Link to heading</span> </a> </h3> <p><strong>Abstract</strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://www.mdcbowen.org/p5/xrstatic/index.htm" class="external-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The XRepublic</a></strong> is the description and implementation of a computer mediated deliberation process. It is conceived as a system which can fundamentally change the way that people share ideas for the purposes of collaborative decision making. This includes but is not restricted to democratic voting &amp; policy making, logical problem solving in expert domains, brainstorming and intelligence gathering.</p></description></item></channel></rss>