Evolving Authorship
Evolving Authorship is a proposed framework for documenting how contributions to a continuing conceptual work change across versions. It was presented by Valentin Shapovalov, Emma Nelson and Viktoriia Shapovalova in Conceptual Future (2026), DOI 10.53933/tam4dx44.
Central distinctions
The model distinguishes principal authors, development co-authors and concept co-authors. It separates contributing an idea from endorsing every subsequent claim, and distinguishes intellectual credit from responsibility for specified tasks. Contributions can remain acknowledged even when later versions change direction or record disagreement.
Application to this wiki
A useful contribution record identifies the proposal, its originator, later developers, source and version. A change to an entry should not silently transfer the origin of an idea to the person who last edited the page. People and attribution and History and research foundations therefore retain historical roles rather than applying the latest byline to all earlier work.
Evidence status
This is a conceptual proposal developed through analysis and the Vision 2035 case, not an empirically validated universal authorship standard. Its usefulness should be assessed against attribution accuracy, visibility of disagreement, administrative burden and fairness.
Source
- Publisher record and abstract (published 14 October 2026).
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