| Protocolsstandards & coordination | Preferencesaggregated wants | Rightsformal entitlements & adjudication | Incentivesstructured payoffs | Expertisecredentialed epistemic authority | Normsbehavioral expectations | Thick Commitmentsarticulated shared understanding | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dyadic2 parties | Handshake protocols & shared formats | Negotiation & bargaining | Mediation & fair dealing | Contracts & escrow | Mentorship & apprenticeship | Social conventions | Vows & covenants |
| Groupteams, clubs | Team protocols & workflows | Committee voting & prediction markets | Bylaws & grievance boards | Profit-sharing, vesting & bounty systems | Peer review & quality circles | Professional codes of conduct | Founding charters & community covenants |
| Communityorgs, cities | Technical standards bodies (W3C, IEEE) | Cooperatives, participatory budgets & local markets | Municipal codes & local courts | Matching markets (kidney, school) & commons governance | Universities, licensing boards & professional associations | Guild standards & HOA rules | Intentional communities & mission-driven orgs |
| Nationalstates, nations | National standards agencies (NIST, DIN) | Elections, deliberative polls & national exchanges | Constitutions, courts & judiciary | Spectrum auctions, cap-and-trade & tax policy | Regulatory agencies (FDA, BaFin) | Legal codes & regulatory norms | Substantive constitutions & founding value documents |
| Globaltransnational | ISO standards & internet protocols (TCP/IP, HTTP) | Multilateral assemblies & global markets | Int'l law, treaties & tribunals | Emissions trading, WTO mechanisms & development incentives | Expert panels & assessment bodies (IPCC, WHO) | Diplomatic protocols & soft-law norms | Religious orders & global faith traditions |
| Methodsdesign practices | Protocol designStandards developmentInteroperability testing | Electoral system designAuction designPreference elicitationDeliberative process design | Constitutional designDispute system designLegislative draftingComparative institutional analysis | Mechanism designMarket designMatching market designMetrology | Accreditation | Regulatory designLegislative drafting | Values articulation methodsHermeneuticsCase canon designAlignment writing |