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Published on April 29, 2011, edited by [[Tibi]], [[Kurt]], [[Ishan]], [[Ian]], [[Francois]], and [[Steve]]. See [http://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=1fERNK99y_3aMx5XgGirRa_76WMz3WhEInWORJ7zfBqg original doc], last modified on Oct 14, 2012 before content was moved here.</blockquote>

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Work on the value system is hosted on [http://github.com/valnet/valuenetwork github]. We are using REA (for [[Resources]], Events and Agents) designed by Bill McCarthy of Michigan State University (See more on [http://www.msu.edu/~mccarth4/ Bill McCarthy’s website]). See a prototype [http://valnet.webfactional.com/ HERE].</blockquote>

See [[screenshots|Screenshots]] of the new Value Accounting System of SENSORICA

See [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOlzNsv8ly0&feature=share latest demo video] March 2014.

See all pages in the category [http://valuenetwork.referata.com/wiki/Category:Value_Accounting_System_(VAS) Value_Accounting_System_(VAS)]

More on [[NRP-CAS]]

=Theory=

The ''contribution accounting system'' (CAS) is an IT tool for commons-based peer production or [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peer_production peer production]. At the network level, it describes transformation and flow of [[resources]]. At the product level, it describes amalgamation of resources and contributions into something.

[[Contributions]] are evaluated and a [[Benefit redistribution equation]] is used to turn them into benefits, including [[fluid equity]]. The production and the resulting benefits is attributed to its creators.

The CAS is NOT a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Currency currency] system, it is not a system of exchange. It keeps track of how contributions amalgamate into something like [[products]], services, infrastructure, social goods, etc. It keeps a record of who is doing what ([[role]]), how well ([[reputation]]) and how much ([[value]]) in a particular [[project]]. Its output is a normalized distribution benefits, including [[fluid equity]] for a particular [[project]]. If goods and services are created to be exchanged on the market, the CAS helps redistribute the revenue.

The CAS reappropriates labor, which is a major departure from capitalism. In capitalism, labor becomes a commodity. In a corporation for example, the worker exchanges his labor against wage. This transaction dispossesses the worker of the fruits of his own labor. In other words, the owner of capital owns the production of all workers. The CAS allows peers to turn their labor into [[fluid equity]] and thus to own the future revenue generated from the products they co-produce.

The CAS embodies tangible/extrinsic incentives. It allows redistribution of benefits to participants in projects. Moreover, the CAS incentivizes collaboration by reducing the risk. If someone creates a project and asks for collaboration but there is no documentation, no sharing of designs, or R&D processes, or of recipes (manufacturing script with bill of materials), other [[affiliates]] of the [[OVN]] might grow reluctant to participate, because the project becomes too dependent on its initiator or main facilitator. If this affiliate leaves the OVN, no one can continue the work. Therefore, past investment is lost or eventual benefits are delayed. Proper documentation and logging into CAS reduces the risk for investment (in time, $, materials, and other), because it insures continuity of the project in case the initiator or main facilitator leaves.

==About value==
See more on [[Value]]

==Interpretations of the CAS==
The interpretation of the [https://github.com/valnet/valuenetwork actual version of the CAS] is not settled yet.

===CAS and potential of value===
{Contact [[Tibi]] for more, proposed in a discussion about [[Social capital]]}

One can argue that nothing logged in [[NRP-CAS]] has valuable a priori. A [[prototype]] that someone physically assembles today and is logged in [[NRP-CAS]] and linked to different types of [[contributions]] (time, $, etc,) can end up never being used by the community, never cited, entirely forgotten. One way to see it is that something is valuable if it finds its way into other things. But nothing has a priori valuable, no matter how tangible or real it is. We can legitimately use an interpretation according to which [[NRP-CAS]] is only about potentials. Nothing has been marketed as valuable in the OVN's [[NRP-CAS]] until now. It only contains logged contributions connection. According to this new interpretation of the [[NRP-CAS]] we can say that things that are already linked together, these things that are used/consumed/cited in other things, are valuable or are in the process of becoming valuable. In other words, [[value]] in the system becomes actualized when [[resources]] (created through [[contributions]]) are linked together, [[value]] is actualized by the edges of the network of resources. But to quantify further (it's always a relative quantity set in comparison with other things) we need another process, and a part of that is subjective.

=General layout of the value accounting system=

==OVN-OS==
As developed by [[Bob]] and [[Lynn]], in collaboration with [[Tibi]], [[Francois]] and other [[SENSORICA]] affiliates.

OVN-OS stands for Open Value Network Operating System.

Other ways to refer to it are: Open Value Network infrastructure (OVNi), Network Resource Planning (NRP), of simply Value Accounting System (CAS).

* Bob's [http://metamaps.cc/maps/442 - OVN-OS architecture layout] for an open value network node
* Bob's [http://metamaps.cc/maps/437 - OVN-OS internetworking protocol], for network to network interaction

==Contributions log==

The [[contributions log]] system assists [[affiliates]] in recording/logging [[contributions]]. One expects rewards (revenues) after the value creation process, after efforts have been deployed. Fair redistribution of revenue, in proportion to everyone’s [[contribution]], which arrives at a time in the future, requires information on past [[contributions]], risk levels, etc.. It is very important to record enough information about involvement, participation, contributions, even before formalizing the revenue redistribution scheme.

[[Contributions]] can be time (which is complemented by a description of activities/tasks performed), money (spent on a particular [[project]]), a virtual or physical space (for a given activity within a given [[project]]), materials (including tools/instruments), access to [[resources]] or to the market (using social capital), etc.

[[Contributions]] have quantities AND qualities associated with them.

The [[contribution log system]] is organized to map formal [[projects]] that have a direct [[path to market]], i.e. resulting in [[products]]/services that will be exchanged on the market and generate revenues. Revenue and acknowledgement are extrinsic [[incentives]]. The value system also contains other categories/projects which don't have a traced path to a particular market. These are exploratory [[projects]] or passion-driven [[projects]] (see section on [[Integrating a gift economy within a value network]]).

Read about [http://valuenetwork.referata.com/wiki/Contributions_log#SENSORICA.27s_first_prototype_of_contribution_log_system SENSORICA's first contribution log system].

See the second version, the [http://valnet.webfactional.com/ actual prototype in testing]. This prototype will evolve very rapidly this year.

==Evaluation of contributions==
How different types of contributions are evaluated. This system has an objective part, which relies on some metrics, and a subjective part, which relies on negotiation. See more on [[The evaluation system]]

===Back office catalog===
Assigns value to deterministic, recurrent back office tasks. See the [[Back office catalog]] page.

(for continuous [[contributions]])

==Amalgamation of value==
Describes how different types of [[contributions]] are amalgamated into a single deliverable. The output is the [[fluid equity]] piechart.

===The Value Equation===
Describes how evaluated [[contributions]] are turned into [[fluid equity]]. See the [[The Value Equation]] page.

===Solidarity mechanisms===
Pay dead ends or mistakes, bring in the main value stream other contributions.

Solidarity mechanisms are part of the open-value network to ensure two unique aspects: compassion and distribution of risk. Compassion is an important part of human-collaboration and therefore, the network provides insurance mechanism for its members based on the members’ reputation. In addition to compassion, solidarity mechanisms are used to partially reward for unavoidable failures in order to create higher levels of trust and knowledge base within the network; these failures include: process inadequacy, task challenge, process complexity, uncertainty, hypothesis testing, and exploratory testing.[52] The network governance determines the decisions on the implementation of solidarity mechanisms.

==Project==
See the [[Project]] page.

==Value transfer between projects==
See the [[Value transfer between projects]] page

==CAS simulator==
Allows value network affiliates to plan their contributions. This engine uses history to predict [[fluid equity]] once the project reaches maturity and generates revenue. Affiliates can use it to decide how to allocate their resources across different projects, in order to optimize their investments, to mitigate their risk, etc.

The CAS simulator also intervenes in the [[Project and task management]] system. For every available task it estimates the [[fluid equity]] once the project reaches maturity and generates revenue. This acts as a direct incentive for affiliates to take the task, knowing the impact is will have on their future revenue, and the risk associated with it (see [https://groups.google.com/d/topic/sensorica-infrastructure/fmuDhXIh1po/discussion discussion]).

=Install a CAS=
Open [https://github.com/valnet/valuenetwork NRP-CAS github]

Open [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1ztnDX-Cf-PmQPUNxAfntNBBpLH9mhsQ2lrJ77Ty8Plw/edit#slide=id.p Lynn's guide to install the NRP-CAS]

=Network of networks=
See the [[Network of Networks]] page.

=Praxis=
See [[SENSORICA's Google-based value accounting system]]

See [http://valnet.webfactional.com/ SENSORICA's new value accounting system]

=External links=
[http://p2pfoundation.net/Category:P2P_Accounting P2P_Accounting on p2p foundation]

==Discussions==
* August 2014 - [https://groups.google.com/d/topic/sensorica/gjM9IHidCNM/discussion Salary in value networks]

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 One can argue that nothing logged in [[NRP-CAS]] is [[valuable]] a priori. A [[prototype]] that someone physically assembles today and is logged in [[NRP-CAS]] and linked to different types of [[contributions]] (time, $, etc,) can end up never being used by the community, never cited, entirely forgotten. One way to see it is that something is [[valuable]] if it finds its way into other things. But nothing has is priori [[valuable]], no matter how tangible or real it is. We can legitimately use an interpretation according to which [[NRP-CAS]] is only about '''potentials'''. Nothing has been marketed as [[valuable]]  in the OVN's [[NRP-CAS]] until now. It only contains logged [[contributions]]. According to this new interpretation of the [[NRP-CAS]] we can say that things that are already linked together, these things that are used/consumed/cited in other things, are [[valuable]] or are in the process of becoming [[valuable]]. In other words, [[value]] in the system becomes actualized when [[resources]] (created through [[contributions]]) are linked together, [[value]] is actualized by the edges of the network of [[resources]]. But to quantify further (it's always a relative quantity set in comparison with other things) we need another process, and a part of that is subjective.
-=General layout of the value accounting system=
+=General layout of the contribution accounting system=
 ==OVN-OS==

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 [[Contributions]] have quantities AND qualities associated with them.
-The [[contribution log system]] is organized to map formal [[ventures]], some of which may have a direct [[path to market]], i.e. resulting in [[products]]/services that will be exchanged on the market and generate [[revenues]]. [[Revenue]] and acknowledgement are extrinsic [[incentives]]. The value system also contains other categories/[[projects]]/[[ventures]] which don't have a traced path to a particular market. These are exploratory [[projects]]/[[ventures]] or passion-driven [[projects]]/[[ventures]] (see section on [[Integrating a gift economy within a value network]]).
+The [[NRP-CAS]] is organized to map formal [[ventures]], some of which may have a direct [[path to market]], i.e. resulting in [[products]]/services that will be exchanged on the market and generate [[revenues]]. [[Revenue]] and acknowledgement are extrinsic [[incentives]]. The value system also contains other categories/[[projects]]/[[ventures]] which don't have a traced path to a particular market. These are exploratory [[projects]]/[[ventures]] or passion-driven [[projects]]/[[ventures]] (see section on [[Integrating a gift economy within a value network]]).
 ==Evaluation of contributions==

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 See [[Sensorica's Google-based contribution accounting system]]
-See [Sensorica NRP-CAS tutorials]
+See [[Sensorica NRP-CAS tutorials]]
 =External links=

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 =Praxis=
-See [[Sensorica's Google-based value accounting system]]
+See [[Sensorica's Google-based contribution accounting system]]
-See [http://valnet.webfactional.com/ Sensorica's new contribution accounting system]
+See [Sensorica NRP-CAS tutorials]
 =External links=

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 =Praxis=
-See [[SENSORICA's Google-based value accounting system]]
+See [[Sensorica's Google-based value accounting system]]
 See [http://valnet.webfactional.com/ Sensorica's new contribution accounting system]

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 The ''contribution accounting system'' (CAS) is an IT tool for [[commons-based peer production]] or [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peer_production peer production]. At the network level, it describes flows of [[resources]]the amalgamation of [[resources]] and [[contributions]] into something.
-[[Contributions]] are evaluated and a [[Benefit redistribution equation]] is used to turn them into [[benefits]], including [[fluid equity]]. The production and the resulting [[benefits]] is attributed to its creators.
+[[Contributions]] are evaluated and a [[Benefit redistribution algorithm]] is used to turn them into [[benefits]], including [[fluid equity]]. The production and the resulting [[benefits]] is attributed to its creators.
 The CAS is NOT a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Currency currency] system, it is not a system of exchange. It keeps track of how [[contributions]] amalgamate into artifacts (can be [[products]] or services), infrastructure, social goods, etc. It keeps a record of who is doing what ([[role]]), how well ([[reputation]]) and how much ([[value]]) in a particular [[venture]]. Its output is a normalized distribution [[benefits]], including [[fluid equity]] for a particular [[venture]]. If goods and services are created to be exchanged on the [[market]], the CAS helps redistribute the [[revenue]].

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−	~~See all pages in the category [http://valuenetwork.referata.com/wiki/Category:Value_Accounting_System_(VAS) Value_Accounting_System_(VAS)]~~

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 [[Contributions]] are evaluated and a [[Benefit redistribution equation]] is used to turn them into benefits, including [[fluid equity]]. The production and the resulting benefits is attributed to its creators.
-The CAS is NOT a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Currency currency] system, it is not a system of exchange. It keeps track of how contributions amalgamate into something like [[products]], services, infrastructure, social goods, etc. It keeps a record of who is doing what ([[role]]), how well ([[reputation]]) and how much ([[value]]) in a particular [[project]]. Its output is a normalized distribution benefits, including [[fluid equity]] for a particular [[project]]. If goods and services are created to be exchanged on the market, the CAS helps redistribute the revenue.
+The CAS is NOT a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Currency currency] system, it is not a system of exchange. It keeps track of how contributions amalgamate into something like [[products]], services, infrastructure, social goods, etc. It keeps a record of who is doing what ([[role]]), how well ([[reputation]]) and how much ([[value]]) in a particular [[venture]]. Its output is a normalized distribution benefits, including [[fluid equity]] for a particular [[venture]]. If goods and services are created to be exchanged on the market, the CAS helps redistribute the revenue.
 The CAS reappropriates labor, which is a major departure from capitalism. In capitalism, labor becomes a commodity. In a corporation for example, the worker exchanges his labor against wage. This transaction dispossesses the worker of the fruits of his own labor. In other words, the owner of capital owns the production of all workers. The CAS allows peers to turn their labor into [[fluid equity]] and thus to own the future revenue generated from the products they co-produce.
-The CAS embodies tangible/extrinsic incentives. It allows redistribution of benefits to participants in projects. Moreover, the CAS incentivizes collaboration by reducing the risk. If someone creates a project and asks for collaboration but there is no documentation, no sharing of designs, or R&D processes, or of recipes (manufacturing script with bill of materials), other [[affiliates]] of the [[OVN]] might grow reluctant to participate, because the project becomes too dependent on its initiator or main facilitator. If this affiliate leaves the OVN, no one can continue the work. Therefore, past investment is lost or eventual benefits are delayed. Proper documentation and logging into CAS reduces the risk for investment (in time, $, materials, and other), because it insures continuity of the project in case the initiator or main facilitator leaves.
+The CAS embodies tangible/extrinsic incentives. It allows redistribution of benefits to participants in ventures. Moreover, the CAS incentivizes collaboration by reducing the risk. If someone creates a venture and asks for collaboration but there is no documentation, no sharing of designs, or R&D processes, or of recipes (manufacturing script with bill of materials), other [[affiliates]] of the [[OVN]] might grow reluctant to participate, because the venture becomes too dependent on its initiator or main facilitator. If this affiliate leaves the OVN, no one can continue the work. Therefore, past investment is lost or eventual benefits are delayed. Proper documentation and logging into CAS reduces the risk for investment (in time, $, materials, and other), because it insures continuity of the venture in case the initiator or main facilitator leaves.
 ==About value==
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 The [[contributions log]] system assists [[affiliates]] in recording/logging [[contributions]]. One expects rewards (revenues) after the value creation process, after efforts have been deployed. Fair redistribution of revenue, in proportion to everyone’s [[contribution]], which arrives at a time in the future, requires information on past [[contributions]], risk levels, etc.. It is very important to record enough information about involvement, participation, contributions, even before formalizing the revenue redistribution scheme.
-[[Contributions]] can be time (which is complemented by a description of activities/tasks performed), money (spent on a particular [[project]]), a virtual or physical space (for a given activity within a given [[project]]), materials (including tools/instruments), access to [[resources]] or to the market (using social capital), etc.
+[[Contributions]] can be time (which is complemented by a description of activities/tasks performed), money (spent in a particular [[venture]]), a virtual or physical space (for a given activity within a given [[venture]]), materials (including tools/instruments), access to [[resources]] or to the market (using social capital), etc.
 [[Contributions]] have quantities AND qualities associated with them.
-The [[contribution log system]] is organized to map formal [[projects]] that have a direct [[path to market]], i.e. resulting in [[products]]/services that will be exchanged on the market and generate revenues. Revenue and acknowledgement are extrinsic [[incentives]]. The value system also contains other categories/projects which don't have a traced path to a particular market. These are exploratory [[projects]] or passion-driven [[projects]] (see section on [[Integrating a gift economy within a value network]]).
+The [[contribution log system]] is organized to map formal [[ventures]] that have a direct [[path to market]], i.e. resulting in [[products]]/services that will be exchanged on the market and generate revenues. Revenue and acknowledgement are extrinsic [[incentives]]. The value system also contains other categories/[[projects]]/[[ventures]] which don't have a traced path to a particular market. These are exploratory [[projects]]/[[ventures]] or passion-driven [[projects]]/[[ventures]] (see section on [[Integrating a gift economy within a value network]]).
 Read about [http://valuenetwork.referata.com/wiki/Contributions_log#SENSORICA.27s_first_prototype_of_contribution_log_system SENSORICA's first contribution log system].
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 See the [[Project]] page.
-==Value transfer between projects==
+==Venture==
-See the [[Value transfer between projects]] page
+See the [[Venture]] page.
 ==CAS simulator==
-Allows value network affiliates to plan their contributions. This engine uses history to predict [[fluid equity]] once the project reaches maturity and generates revenue. Affiliates can use it to decide how to allocate their resources across different projects, in order to optimize their investments, to mitigate their risk, etc.
+Allows value network affiliates to plan their contributions. This engine uses history to predict [[fluid equity]] once the venture reaches maturity and generates revenue. Affiliates can use it to decide how to allocate their resources across different [[ventures]] and [[projects]], in order to optimize their investments, to mitigate their risk, etc.
-The CAS simulator also intervenes in the [[Project and task management]] system. For every available task it estimates the [[fluid equity]] once the project reaches maturity and generates revenue. This acts as a direct incentive for affiliates to take the task, knowing the impact is will have on their future revenue, and the risk associated with it (see [https://groups.google.com/d/topic/sensorica-infrastructure/fmuDhXIh1po/discussion discussion]).
+The CAS simulator also intervenes in the [[Project and task management]] system. For every available task it estimates the [[fluid equity]] once the [[venture]] reaches maturity and generates revenue. This acts as a direct incentive for affiliates to take the task, knowing the impact is will have on their future revenue, and the risk associated with it (see [https://groups.google.com/d/topic/sensorica-infrastructure/fmuDhXIh1po/discussion discussion]).
 =Install a CAS=