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[nick] I don't understand what the figure is meant to convey here, and it's too small to read
[julie]have fixed the wording regarding your first comment. enlarged the figure. leave adding explanatory text to Nick
Platform is responsible for the DIDO infrastructure that resides on each Node in the Node Network. Direct involvement within a Platform covers the gamut from observers, to passive users of the software, and significant contributors to the community or de facto standards. As a general rule, Domains, Ecosystems, and Ecospheres participate in Platform communities rather than sponsor them. For the most part, Platforms are already existing, self-contained communities with well established governance. Common CoI activities are bug tracking, collaboration and voting on resolutions of problems and future directions.
Some examples of Platforms are: