etaleren
Etaleren is a collaborative authorship model and methodological framework for producing works with distributed contributions. In etaleren projects, a single work—whether a novel, a dataset, software, or a scholarly article—carries formal acknowledgement of all contributors who meet defined criteria. The model emphasizes transparency of individual roles and collective authorship beyond traditional bylines, aiming to recognize diverse forms of input such as writing, data curation, software development, editing, and project governance.
The term etaleren emerged in online collaborative communities in the early 2010s and was later formalized
Key features of etaleren include a metadata schema for contributor roles, transparent version control, and governance
Etaleren has been discussed in contexts ranging from open-source software and open science to collaborative writing
Supporters cite increased transparency and fairness in credit, while critics point to potential overhead, disputes over
Et al., collaborative writing, collective intelligence, open science, authorship ethics.