@conference {5065, title = {Charters for Self-Evolving Communities}, booktitle = {11th European Workshop on Multi-agent Systems (EUMAS 2013)}, volume = {1113}, year = {2013}, month = {12/12/2013}, pages = {112-123}, publisher = {CEUR-WS.org}, organization = {CEUR-WS.org}, address = {Toulouse, France}, abstract = {Self-organisation and self-evolution is evident in physics, chemistry, biology, and human societies. Despite the existing literature on the topic, we believe self-organisation and self-evolution is still missing in the IT tools we are building and using. Instead of creating numerous rigid systems, we should aim at providing tools for creating self-evolving systems that adapt to the ever evolving community{\textquoteright}s needs. This paper proposes a roadmap for self-evolution by presenting a set of building blocks, which we refer to as community charters. The paper also presents an approach for each of these blocks, helping build the first prototype for self-evolving communities.}, keywords = {community goals, interaction protocols, self-evolution}, author = {Nardine Osman and Carles Sierra and Marco Schorlemmer}, editor = {Emiliano Lorini} }