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+ * Open - Should a page be found to be incomplete or poorly organized, any reader can edit it as they see fit.
+ * Incremental - It must be both possible and useful to cite unwritten pages. (incomplete)
+ * Organic - The structure of the site is expected to grow and evolve with the community that uses it. (co-evolution)
+ * Mundane - A small number of conventions provide all necessary formatting.(undistracted)
+ * Universal - The mechanisms of editing and organizing are the same as those of writing so that any writer is automatically and editor and organizer.
+ * Overt - The formatted and printed output will suggest the input required to reproduce it. (concrete)
+ * Unified - Page names will be drawn from a flat space so that no additional context is required to interpret them. (vocabulary)
+ * Precise - Pages will be titled with sufficient precision to avoid most name clashes, typically by forming noun phrases. (happy accidents)
+ * Tolerant - All input will produce output even when the output is not likely to be that desired.
+ * Observable - Activity within the site can be watched and reviewed by any other visitor.
+ * Convergent - Ambiguity and duplication can be removed by finding and citing similar or related content.