01519nas a2200253 4500000000100000008004100001260003600042653002200078653001800100653002700118653002200145653003800167653001400205653002900219653003300248653002200281653002700303100001600330245004800346856004500394300001500439520079700454022001401251 2012 d bIEEE Computer SocietyaMaui, HI10asolitary practice10asolitary mode10apeer-to-peer computing10alight-weight mode10aheavy-weight peer-production mode10agroupware10aemergent authorship mode10adocumentary boundary objects10adocument handling10acollaborative practice1 aIsto Huvila00aAuthorship and Documentary Boundary Objects uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1109/HICSS.2012.126 a1636 -16453 aEarlier research on documentary boundary objects has underlined the contextual nature of the process of their emergence. The aim of this paper is to discuss how the process of making and the attribution or non-attribution of authorship affects documentary boundary objects. A better understanding of the making of boundary objects is helpful in understanding why and how particular boundary objects work, and what are their implications. The article proposes an analytic model of four modes of authorship of documentary boundary objects (1. solitary, and 2. emergent authorship, 3. light-weight, and 4. heavy-weight peer-production) based on a review and synthesis of the spectrum of solitary and collaborative practices of creating documentary boundary objects discussed in the literature.  a1530-1605