Associations of Community

How is the class of community associated with other classes (and itself)? What aggregation, composition, or other association relations can exist between communities, as well as between a community and instances of other classes?

In the scientonomic context, this question was first formulated by Nicholas Overgaard in 2016. The question is currently accepted as a legitimate topic for discussion by Scientonomy community. "A community can delegate authority to another community." is the association of Community currently accepted in Scientonomy.

Scientonomic History

Acceptance Record

Here is the complete acceptance record of this question (it includes all the instances when the question was accepted as a legitimate topic for discussion by a community):

Community	Accepted From	Acceptance Indicators	Still Accepted	Accepted Until	Rejection Indicators
Scientonomy	19 May 2017	Associations of Community became accepted by virtue of the acceptance of Community. The question became accepted with the publication of Overgaard's A Taxonomy for Social Agents of Scientific Change.	Yes

All Theories

The following answers have been added to this encyclopedia:

Theory	Formulation	Formulated In
Community Can Delegate Authority to Another Community (Loiselle-Overgaard-2016)	A community can delegate authority to another community.	2016
Community Can Have Subcommunities (Overgaard-2017)	A community can consist of other communities.	2017

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Accepted Theories

The following theories have been accepted as answers to this question:

Community	Theory	Accepted From	Accepted Until
Scientonomy	Community Can Delegate Authority to Another Community (Loiselle-Overgaard-2016)	1 February 2017

Suggested Modifications

Here is a list of modifications concerning this topic:

Modification	Community	Date Suggested	Summary	Verdict	Verdict Rationale	Date Assessed
Sciento-2017-0013	Scientonomy	19 May 2017	Accept that communities can consist of other communities, i.e. that there is such a thing as a sub-community.	Open

Current View

In Scientonomy, the following association of Community is currently accepted:

• A community can delegate authority to another community.
  

In Scientonomy, the accepted answer to the question is Community Can Delegate Authority to Another Community (Loiselle-Overgaard-2016).

Community Can Delegate Authority to Another Community (Loiselle-Overgaard-2016) states: "A community can delegate authority to another community."