# Modularity

`kaal:entity:modularity`

**Status.** derived

This node is assembled mechanically from the 2 claims that carry the concept tag `modularity`. It is a roster of what the corpus says under this term. It is **not** an adjudicated definition: no single statement here has been ruled canonical, and no first-appearance call has been made. Read the claims and judge for yourself.

## Every claim under this term

2 claims across 2 works, 2018 to 2021.

**2018**

- [3128900-043](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3128900-043) [mechanism/argued] -- Building interface modules as reusable open source components lets future requesters build new modules on existing ones, which generates network effects within the platform.
  > All open source software components of modules are reusable and enable future requesters to build new modules on existing ones, enabling superior network effects within the Semada Platform.
  Wulf A. Kaal, Decentralized Mechanical Turk Through Verified Reputation (2018). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3128900

**2021**

- [3808859-013](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3808859-013) [mechanism/argued] -- APIs dissolve traditional value-chain hierarchies because a company can obtain features more cheaply and more easily by connecting separate products through APIs than by controlling the entire value chain itself.
  > Through the use of APIs, companies no longer need to control the entire value chain because it is much cheaper and technologically often easier to create application features in separate products that connect via APIs to existing ecosystems and/or other products.
  Wulf A. Kaal, Decentralization – Why We Need Technology Infrastructure Upgrades (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3808859

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