This norm set is provided to illustrate a format in which normative priorities can be encoded.
It is offered as an illustrative rather than an empirical example.
Ideally, the pub wan knowledge base will contain a large number of normsets,
representing the subjective priorities and norms of a large number of people.
These, of course would normally be stored in a way that is not traceable to the authors.
This is to address legitimate concerns for the privacy of individuals.
In general, normspecs can represent any economic good, or bundle of goods (see http://geocities.com/n8chz/pvo.htm). Note that this sample normset lists a job (in the employment sense) as a "good." Since labor is sold rather than purchased by laborers, treating jobs as "goods" is somewhat unorthodox. Nevertheless, maxhi schema is about negotiating tradeoffs between normative preferences. These preferences may or may not have to do with cash flow. Even if you're fortunate enough to have a job that generates cash flow in your direction, there is a good chance that you are "paying for" that job in currencies other than cash; such as waivers of rights, de facto indentures, submission to informational advantage, etc.
The items listed here represent my idea of a "minimalist" (see cash flow minimalism) market basket of consumable items, again with the assumption that in some sense a job is a consumable item. After all, in these conservative times PR copy never misses an opportunity to substitute "job provider" for "employer." Even authors putatively representing the working class are in on the "paradigm shift," as evidenced by all the "let's take a positive attitude to job hunting" literature that speaks in terms of "firing one's current boss."
Note that in this file a normspec is represented by an HTML table object. I think an SQL table would be more flexible in the long run. Right now, however, I only have sneakernet access (see server side netizen) so HTML is most expedient now. My plans for the near future include creating protocols for merging tabular normspecs, across "product category," and also across "contributor." I hope to come up with a simple method that destroys information that would identify contributors, while keeping contributions "intact."
Also, it must be re-iterated that normspecs (and normsets) are entirely subjective. This sample normset is a sample, not a suggestion. A normset representing the exact opposite preferences and/or priorities would be an equally valid pubwan contribution, in keeping with the neutrality principle.
Sample norm spec's in this norm set:
<A HREF="#table0">job</A>
<A HREF="#table1">housing</A>
<A HREF="#table2">grocery</A>
<A HREF="#table3">wardrobe</A>
<A HREF="#table4">risk management</A>
<A NAME="table0">
Sheet 1: job
</A>
<COLGROUP><COL WIDTH=245><COL WIDTH=431><COL WIDTH=203><COL WIDTH=193><COL WIDTH=1412></COLGROUP> <TBODY> </TBODY>| factor | derivation | unit ("SI," when applicable) | maxhi schema assignment | [comment(s)] |
| commute-distance | (distance workplace homeplace) | m | minhi | Saving energy laudable as self imposed norm, no? |
| alternative-commute-friendly | (minimum (distance workplace (common-carrier-stop index))) | m | minhi | (same normative goal) |
| bachelors-degree-required | (boolean) | maxlo | AOTBE*, college-level may be a plus, or so we assume for this sample case. | |
| advanced-degree-required | (boolean) | minhi | Again we assume; this time that required means required. | |
| drivers-license-required | (boolean) | minhi | Because AOTBE I'd rather be associated with an outfit that doesn't hold carlessness against people, as this unethical (IMNSHO) HR practice makes a de-facto necessity of a de-jure and de-facto extravagance. | |
| is-union-shop | (boolean) | maxhi | Solidarity forever, folkx! | |
| job-description-includes-research | (boolean) | maxlo | Max because I'd be honored, lo because I'm humble. (See 'bachelors-degree-required, etc.; above) | |
| research-includes-classified | false for non-research jobs. | (boolean) | minhi | Because my own subjective norms include a bias against the public sector. |
| research-includes-proprietary | " | (boolean) | minlo | Because I'm also biased against the bu$ine$$ sector. But lo priority because 9/11 et sequelæ have re-taught me the value of the private sector per se. |
| pay-rate | $ sec-1 | maxlo | Maxlo seems a suitable compromise between the need (do to pre-post-scarcity lifespan) for $elfishne$$ (i.e. "virtue"); and realism regarding résumé and other liabilities. |
<A NAME="table1">
Sheet 2: housing
</A>
<COLGROUP><COL WIDTH=213><COL WIDTH=431><COL WIDTH=203><COL WIDTH=193><COL WIDTH=106></COLGROUP> <TBODY> </TBODY>| factor | derivation | unit ("SI," when applicable) | maxhi schema assignment | [comment(s)] |
| commute-distance | (distance workplace homeplace) | m | minhi | |
| alternative-commute-friendly | (minimum (distance workplace (common-carrier-stop index))) | m | minhi | |
| single-family | (boolean) | minhi | ||
| floor-area | m2 | maxlo | ||
| interior-volume | m3 | maxlo | ||
| energy-leakage | (surface-integral (/ r-factor) d area) | W | minhi |
<A NAME="table2">
Sheet 3: grocery
</A>
<COLGROUP><COL WIDTH=137><COL WIDTH=269><COL WIDTH=203><COL WIDTH=193><COL WIDTH=1254></COLGROUP> <TBODY> </TBODY> <TBODY> </TBODY>| factor | derivation | unit ("SI," when applicable) | maxhi schema assignment | [comment(s)] |
| under-budget | (max (- budget (sum (price index)) 0) | $ | maxlo | |
| over-budget | (max (- (sum (price index)) budget) 0) | $ | minhi | Staying under budget is a "preference;" not going over budget is a "need." |
| total-protein | kg | maxhi | ||
| total-sugar | kg | minhi | ||
| total-fat | kg | minhi | ||
| total-dietary-fiber | kg | maxhi | ||
| total-inorganic | $ | minlo | Low priority because I'm broke. Minimized not so much because I buy the anti-inorganic line, but because I'd rather patronize the "alternative" food industry than the "mainstream" one. :) | |
| total-gmo | $ | minlo | The ideological rather than nutritional basis for the preference is also why these criteria are weighted by price rather than mass. |
<A NAME="table3">
Sheet 4: wardrobe
</A>
<COLGROUP><COL WIDTH=150><COL WIDTH=269><COL WIDTH=203><COL WIDTH=193><COL WIDTH=769></COLGROUP> <TBODY> </TBODY>| factor | derivation | unit ("SI," when applicable) | maxhi schema assignment | [comment(s)] |
| under-budget | (max (- budget (sum (price index)) 0) | $ | maxlo | |
| over-budget | (max (- (sum (price index)) budget) 0) | $ | minhi | |
| percent-union-label | (dimensionless...$/$) | maxhi | Purely normative criterion | |
| number-of-suits | (dimensionless number) | maxhi | Higher priority than casual, because the HR Establishment reserves the right to grade people on silly stuff like this. | |
| number-of-outfits | " | maxlo |
<A NAME="table4">
Sheet 5: risk management
</A>
<COLGROUP><COL WIDTH=129><COL WIDTH=86><COL WIDTH=203><COL WIDTH=193><COL WIDTH=204></COLGROUP> <TBODY> </TBODY> <TBODY> </TBODY>| factor | derivation | unit ("SI," when applicable) | maxhi schema assignment | [comment(s)] |
| premium | $ sec-1 | minhi | ||
| deductible | $ | minlo | ||
| credit-scored | (boolean) | minhi | Normative criterion. | |
| mutual-company | (boolean) | maxhi | Another self-imposed norm. |