Ephemeralization as Institutional Design: Fuller's Principle and the DOI Knowledge Endowment as a Near-Zero-Friction Civilization Infrastructure (v2)

Revised v2: Corrected the claim that D=0 for DOI infrastructure. IDF and Zenodo have non-zero fixed operating costs. Precise reformulation: D_marginal=0 (zero cost per additional reader/citation), while D_fixed is constant and non-zero. V_DOI(t) = N(t)/D_fixed increases without bound as N grows — the ephemeralization condition. Distinction between D_marginal and D_fixed now explicit throughout.

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Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Published
2026-06-18
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20740286
Primary Topic
University-Industry-Government Innovation Models
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Ephemeralization as Institutional Design: Fuller's Principle and the DOI Knowledge Endowment as a Near-Zero-Friction Civilization Infrastructure (v2)

Yoshimitsu Katayama
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
University-Industry-Government Innovation Models
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Ephemeralization as Institutional Design: Fuller's Principle and the DOI Knowledge Endowment as a Near-Zero-Friction Civilization Infrastructure (v2)

Yoshimitsu Katayama
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Abstract

Revised v2: Corrected the claim that D=0 for DOI infrastructure. IDF and Zenodo have non-zero fixed operating costs. Precise reformulation: D_marginal=0 (zero cost per additional reader/citation), while D_fixed is constant and non-zero. V_DOI(t) = N(t)/D_fixed increases without bound as N grows — the ephemeralization condition. Distinction between D_marginal and D_fixed now explicit throughout.

Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Bukhara State University (UZ)
Industry, innovation and infrastructure
University-Industry-Government Innovation Models
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