TEMPLATE

Charles François (2004). TEMPLATE, International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics, 2(2): 3516.

Collection	International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics
Year	2004
Vol. (num.)	2(2)
ID	◀ 3516 ▶
Object type	General information

A pattern

that can be used for replicating some kind of

element .

This is a systemic isomorphy

for many types of stable

structures

bearing some specific

function . Genes in living beings, or values

and

norms

in

sociosystems , are templates in their own field of action (L. TRONCALE).

But, how did the first template appear?

According to H. KUHN, it must have been caused by the emergence of repetitive dissymetries , which may have been equivalent to rules

in the development and self-

stabilization

of

automata

(1976).

Environmental influences, when permanent or repetitive, may act as templates. Examples are specific gradients

of humidity or temperature, that may condition

behavior

, for instance of bees or ants.

See also