Editing Science DAO Framework (section)

=== REP tokens ===
Science DAO participants are awarded with [[Reputation|reputation tokens]], for contributions which their fellow participants deem valuable. Reputation should be non-fungible between [[Reputation#6. Limited Domain|domains]], meaning that one kind of reputation token has no power in Validation Pools for a different kind. SDF has to following distinct domains:

* aREP - article authoring reputation
* rREP - reputation for reviewing articles
* cREP - reputation for commenting on articles, reviews, or other comments
* gREP - governance reputation, which determines power to make changes to the DAO's protocols

aREP is associated with writing articles. In a Science Publishing DAO, an article is a post in the DAO's Forum. An article's citations would make weighted [[Forum reference mechanisms|references]] (positive and negative) to other articles. The weighted, annotated citations give us the peer validation mechanism that determines a paper's importance in the scientific society that is governed by the DAO. A work product which receives favorable review shall attribute aREP to its authors, as well as to the authors of the works cited, in a recursive manner, up to some (configurable) depth.

rREP is associated with reviews. A reviewer receives rREP for contributing a review that is validated by the DAO. Reviews can be solicited by anyone, including authors of articles, academic societies, or universities who employ the authors. Standards for fees, including no fee, are determined by the particular sDAO.

gREP is associated with proposals to modify any particular sDAO's parameters. gREP may be staked on new governance proposals. Successful proposals shall attribute gREP to their authors and supporters. Often there is a close relationship between gREP and rREP.

cREP plays an important role in the [[Governance#Soft protocols|soft protocols]] governing the organization. Fundamentally any DAO is a group of individuals. Their behavior is partly shaped by their communication. Comments are the primary vehicle for this communication. Each organization will develop its own culture determining the meaning of comments and cREP. An organization may want its participants to be able to stake their own reputation toward promoting particular comments, and toward suppressing others. Our goal is to enable each community to articulate its own values, in a way that is transparent for the community as well as the public to observe.