initial stub for specification document

specification/.gitignore

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specification/README.md

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+# Setup
+
+    pip install mkdocs
+    pip install mkdocs-mermaid2
+    pip install mkdocs-material
+
+# Local Development
+
+    mkdocs serve
+
+# Production Build
+
+    mkdocs build

specification/docs/overview.md

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+The purpose of this document is to provide detailed instructions for building a decentralized, autonomous organization (DAO) using the principles and approach described in the paper [On-Chain Governance of Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (Craig Calcaterra, 2018)](https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3188374).
+
+A [prototype of this system](https://gitea.dgov.io/DGF/dgf-prototype) has been implemented in Solidity and JavaScript. This specification will be derived from that prototype, and generalized in such a way that it can be implemented using an alternative technology stack, such as Casper.
+
+## Decentralized Autonomous Organization
+
+### Organization
+
+- a group of persons organized for some end or work; association 
+  ([dictionary.com](https://www.dictionary.com/browse/organization))
+
+In our model, a DAO is comprised of a group of experts who want to be able to present a united front. They will collaborate to define the rules by which the organization is to be governed, and by which customers may engage the expertise of the DAO.
+
+### Autonomous
+
+- self-governing; independent; subject to its own laws only. 
+- having autonomy; not subject to control from outside; independent
+- (of a machine, device, etc.) able to operate with little or no human control or intervention
+  ([dictionary.com](https://www.dictionary.com/browse/autonomous))
+
+The rules of the DAO are to be implemented as code, and executed automatically, without the need for human intervention.
+
+### Decentralized
+
+- (of currency) not controlled or distributed by a government, bank, or other third party, as bitcoin and some other digital currencies
+  ([dictionary.com](https://www.dictionary.com/browse/decentralized))
+
+The code which implements the rules of the DAO is to be run by multipe parties who each verify one another's results.

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+  background-color:rgb(36, 88, 43);
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specification/mkdocs.yml

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+site_name: DGF DAO Specification
+site_url: https://spec.dgov.io
+theme:
+  name: material
+plugins:
+  - search
+  - mermaid2
+extra_css:
+  - stylesheets/extra.css
+markdown_extensions:
+  - pymdownx.superfences:
+      # make exceptions to highlighting of code:
+      custom_fences:
+        - name: mermaid
+          class: mermaid
+          format: !!python/name:mermaid2.fence_mermaid_custom
+nav:
+  - Overview: overview.md
+  - Terminology: terminology.md
+  - Requirements: requirements.md
+  - Design: design.md
+  - Implementation: implementation.md