# Precedent system

`kaal:entity:precedent-system`

**Status.** derived

This node is assembled mechanically from the 4 claims that carry the concept tag `precedent-system`. 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

4 claims across 4 works, 2018 to 2024.

**2018**

- [3266953-038](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3266953-038) [mechanism/argued] -- In the weighted directed acyclic graph precedent system, more reputation weight and salary flow to forum posts that other posts continuously reference, and as a precedent dissipates over time new precedent emerges naturally to replace the older one.
  > more reputation weight and salaries are allocated to posts on the Semada Forum that get continuously referenced by other posts. As a precedent dissipates over time, new precedence in the Semada Forum emerge naturally to replace older precedent.
  Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, Gopinath Sivalingam, Reputation Protocol for the Internet of Trust - Conceptual Whitepaper (2018). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3266953

**2019**

- [3441904-037](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3441904-037) [mechanism/argued] -- A decentralized on chain precedent system makes reputation based DAO governance dynamic: a post or template that is increasingly referenced gains non fungible reputation weight and associated fungible salaries, while unused precedent dissipates over time.
  > As a post/template on the blockchain gets increasingly referenced by the DAO members and other users, it increases in non-fungible reputation weight and associated fungible salaries.
  Wulf A. Kaal, Blockchain-Based Corporate Governance (2019). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3441904

**2021**

- [3799320-020](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3799320-020) [definitional/argued] -- Because a series of smart contracts grants DAO token holders voting rights, those smart contracts take the place of articles of association or bylaws and of the entire precedent system that a jurisdiction based legal structure would otherwise supply by default.
  > Because a series of smart contracts grants DAO token holders voting rights, the blockchain-based smart contracts imitates the role of articles of association or bylaws and the entirety of a precedent system that would otherwise be provided by default in a jurisdiction-based legal structure.
  Wulf A. Kaal, A Decentralized Autonomous Organization (DAO) of DAOs (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3799320

**2024**

- [4941807-040](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/4941807-040) [design/argued] -- Treating each AI model as a post within the WDAG framework lets stakeholders build a comprehensive and visually intuitive map of how well that model aligns with the governance frameworks it is required to meet.
  > By treating each AI model as a post within a WDAG framework, stakeholders can create a comprehensive, visually intuitive map of how well the AI aligns with required governance frameworks.
  Wulf A. Kaal, AI Governance Via Web3 Reputation System (2024). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4941807

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