Platform roadmap

Platform is the name that Organic Design has given to the notion of a group, project or other organisation which has followed the setup up a new organisation procedure. The idea is that such "platforms" form nodes in a larger "platform network" which offering a robust repository of shared knowledge and procedures and project management tools which refine under the collaboration of the members.

Platforms consist of the following core aspects:

• Content management system
• Documentation including procedures and best practices
• Research & Education material such as Wikipedia, legal glossary and documentaries
• Record administration for managing projects, resources, contacts, accounts and other information
• Linux distro for managing IT infrastructure
• Legal framework for setting up independently of the system
• Financial framework of trading together and funding projects

Current state as of April 2010 - prototype phase

We currently have a functional system that we've been using for our own organisation and project management. It still has some critical elements from the above list missing, and it's currently based built within a MediaWiki framework which is very good for us as a kind prototype which allows us to develop and refine the content and structure of the environment. Ideally we'd prefer the system to lean more strongly toward Javascript for the interface than it does now, and to be using robust Internet-independent P2P network layer rather than the current web-oriented way.