Because of the many disciplines involved in these areas of exploration and the rapidly developing theories associated with them, clarification of terms is vital. However, we do not intend to post final decisions on terminology but rather expose users to the variety of meanings. For this reason, we have asked a number of experts to give definitions of various terms. People will be able to comment on these definitions. Additions will be purely factual, such as references and historical notes.
Extensions are more substantive comments, and objections are technical problems.
The coordinator will decide which comments are suitable, and will do any required editing. Please send all comments to the editor by email. Eventually there will be a form for this purpose. Self-Organisation Semiotics Many of the terms used on the SEE pages are used more widely in complexity and information studies. Two locations with good sets of definitions that overlap our own are maintained by The VCU Complexity Research Group and the Principia Cybernetica Web .