Briefs

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A brief is a small, bounded problem posted by the stewards, with its constraints, its cost, and its promised return stated before any work is asked. Every answer that follows the brief's format receives a published outcome. New kinds of brief open one at a time, and only after the previous brief's outcomes have published.

The brief format

A brief states, on its own page:

• its identifier and version;
• its state — open or closed — and, while open, its live count of answers read;
• the ask, in plain words;
• its constraints. Constraints are hard: an answer outside them is not read;
• its cost note — the work an answer takes;
• its cap, if any, and its close date;
• its answer format — the exact fields an answer must carry (see participate, Action 1);
• the window within which outcomes will be published after close.

Open

No brief is open. Briefs will be listed on this page.

Closed

None. Closed briefs stay published on this page, with their answers and outcomes, at the same addresses — the record does not move.

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