This working document distills Information axioms for emerging policy networks.
We culled these information axioms from a variety of analysts whose work examines
primarily - but not wholly - emerging commercial information networks on the Internet.
These "axioms" do not necessarily apply to non-profits, or true communities, but rather,
are to serve as a starting point in understanding the role of information and information
technologies in the policy process.

• axiom 1 - metcalf's law
  
• axiom 2 - early entrants win the field
  
• axiom 3 - significance precedes momentum
  
• axiom 4 - standards as power
  
• axiom 5 - producer and consumer utility
  
• axiom 6 - gatekeepers, intermediaries, and the attention deficit
  
• axiom 7 - positive feedback loops
  
• axiom 8 - differentiation of products and pricing
  
• axiom 9 - switching costs and lock-in
  
• axiom 10 - free information: cooperation in a competitive environment