formalizers
Those codifying procedures
Formalizers are people or things that make something formal or official.
In academic and technical contexts, formalizers convert informal concepts into precise, structured systems—a mathematician formalizes intuitions into proofs, a bureaucrat formalizes procedures into policy: The committee served as formalizers of standards that had developed organically.
Administrative government employees
- administratorsPeople overseeing operations
- regulatorsEntities enforcing compliance
- officialsThose holding formal power
- legislatorsElected law-making officials
commissioners · codifiers · editors · notaries · clerks · auditors · inspectors · compliance officers
Foundational organizational systems
- templatesPreset formats for copying
- scaffoldingTemporary exterior work platform
- blueprintsTechnical construction drawings
- organizationStructured group with purpose
hierarchy · systematization · codification · standardization · formatting · outlining · schemas · matrices
Programs directing computer operations
- applicationsPractical uses or requests
- validatorsTools that confirm compliance
- compilersPrograms converting source code
- convertersThings that transform formats
processors · parsers · generators · automation · scripts · plugins · APIs · interfaces
Rules of polite conduct
- diplomacyNegotiation between nations
- ceremonyFormal event marking occasions
- proceduresSet methods for tasks
- conventionsAccepted social practices
standards · guidelines · specifications · documentation · treaties · accords · negotiations · summits
bureaucrats
Administrative government employees
- administratorsPeople overseeing operations
- regulatorsEntities enforcing compliance
- officialsThose holding formal power
legislators · commissioners · codifiers · editors · notaries · clerks · auditors · inspectors · compliance officers · registrars
frameworks
Foundational organizational systems
- templatesPreset formats for copying
- scaffoldingTemporary exterior work platform
- blueprintsTechnical construction drawings
organization · hierarchy · systematization · codification · standardization · formatting · outlining · schemas · matrices · grids
software
Programs directing computer operations
- applicationsPractical uses or requests
- validatorsTools that confirm compliance
- compilersPrograms converting source code
converters · processors · parsers · generators · automation · scripts · plugins · APIs · interfaces · encoders
etiquette
Rules of polite conduct
- diplomacyNegotiation between nations
- ceremonyFormal event marking occasions
- proceduresSet methods for tasks
conventions · standards · guidelines · specifications · documentation · treaties · accords · negotiations · summits · mediation
formalizersimprovisers
Those creating spontaneously
ad-libbers · freestylers · wingers · free spirits · anarchists