Second class collaborative elements have been identified by Meta Collab's collaborative research in the development a general theory of collaboration (GTC). The GTC's hypothesis states that a set of observable (second class) dynamics exist parallel to and/or nested within first class elements (first class elements being common to all human collaborative scenarios). Therefore, these components may appear in some but not all collaborative situations. The hypothesis also states that second class dynamics and components exist and arise as collaborative scenarios branch and diversify in their applications, contexts and complexity, and that first and second class dynamics and components may be different for collaborative scenarios enacted by non-human participants (i.e. computational agents etc)