How is this different from a hackathon platform?
A hackathon usually optimizes for short-term participation. This system optimizes for durable artifacts, ontology continuity, contributor reputation, reviewable evidence, and standards that survive after the event.
Can prize pools be listed before funding is complete?
Yes, but only as target or proposed pools. Active prize language should wait until sponsorship, grant funding, partner commitment, or escrow is confirmed.
Why not publish every internal ontology?
Public ontology should support coordination without exposing sensitive workflows, private datasets, reviewer notes, hidden scoring, or proprietary inference logic.
What makes a contribution valuable?
A valuable contribution is reusable, reviewed, well-scoped, connected to the ontology, and useful to other builders, researchers, sponsors, or standards stewards.
Who should sponsor a challenge?
Sponsors should be organizations with a real problem, a public-interest reason to develop the field, and enough commitment to support review, publication, and follow-through.
What should be measured after launch?
Measure artifact reuse, review completion, contributor retention, standards gaps closed, funded bounties completed, glossary improvements, and the quality of published evidence.