SPEC REFERENCE WIKI · English

Every technical term should explain itself.

A linkable reference for protocol notation, attributes, states, components, entities, contextual actant roles, operational agents, profiles and normative rules. Every entry has a stable anchor that can be cited in discussions, issues and implementation notes.

HOW TO REFERENCE

Use the visible term in prose and link to its permanent anchor. Example: [rights.status] is !MUST in #CoreProfile.

Learning and skills — proposed extension

Intertweens can seed separately represented skills. Evaluation, authorisation and demonstrated capability remain distinct. Read the proposed learning-and-skills profile ↗

Concepts and vocabulary

Relational metadata register: explanation and connected example ↗

The conceptual core is Knowledge Objects, attributable relationships and the relational metadata register, and intertweens. Skills extend this model into reusable methods. Operational roles describe how it is supported. Exact requirements are defined in the profiles below.

Skill

A reusable method for performing an activity under specified conditions. A skill description is distinct from demonstrated capability. Proposed learning-and-skills profile.

Skill Knowledge Object

A separately identifiable representation of a skill’s purpose, method, applicability, evidence, conditions and version history. It links to originating intertweens rather than replacing them. Proposed extension; no current validator conformance claim.

Candidate skill

A proposed method. Evaluation, authorisation and deployment remain separately scoped dimensions.

Learning cycle

Connected observations, interpretations, candidate methods, evaluations, decisions, applications and outcomes. A branching process rather than a required linear lifecycle.

Interpretation record

Proposed record linking an intention or evidence to its operational interpretation or summary, with author, assumptions, omissions, uncertainty and review scope.

Skill evaluation

A scoped record of criteria, baseline, evaluator, context, results and limitations. Positive results do not automatically authorise use.

Skill adoption decision

An attributable decision allowing a defined skill version and use under stated authority and conditions.

Skill application

An activity referencing a skill version and execution context, connected to its observed outcome.

Model adaptation

A process changing a model, with source, transformation, training and evaluation lineage recorded where available. Training provenance does not prove acquisition of a skill.

Recursive self-improvement

Improvement that also changes the methods used to generate or evaluate further improvements. Proposed the protocol records support inspection; they do not guarantee progress or safety.

Object Voice

A proposed interface expressing a Knowledge Object’s permitted information and relationships. An identified system assembles evidence-backed answers, distinguishes interpretation and uncertainty, and routes requests to responsible actors. An answer is not an authorisation. The object remains distinct from the entity it describes.

Relational Trace

Proposed append-only attributable history, separate from the mutable current register. Corrections append linked events. Existing logs do not automatically meet the integrity profile. See /spec/integrity.

Federated Integrity

Profile for signed checkpoints, scoped attestations and independently retained evidence. Verification does not establish truth; recovery requires retained records.

Actor

Participation by a person, organisation or software in a context. Participation, authority and identity disclosure are separate decisions; attribution does not require public identification.

Actor identity disclosure

Recipient- and purpose-specific visibility of actor identity, attributes, identifiers and relationships. Withheld identity remains distinct from unknown identity. Implementation is not yet verified by the prototype.

Masked / pseudonymous actor

An actor represented by a limited identity or context-scoped reference. An underlying identity may be held under separate access rules; pseudonymity is not anonymity or proof of authority.

Anonymous participation

Participation with no identifying link retained in the defined contribution context. No later identification is promised. Unknown source identity is a separate case, and remaining identifying clues must be assessed.

Relational metadata register

The local node’s descriptions of knowledge objects, actors, agents, systems, relationships and applicable conditions. The register describes and references knowledge; it need not contain the source content. Relational describes these connections rather than requiring a specific database technology.

Event log

The attributable record of provenance, changes, validations, contributions, reuse and attribution. Permitted parts may be exchanged across nodes. A log is not automatically immutable or authenticated.

Local node

The organisation’s control point for its metadata register, event log, access rules and connections to local source systems.

Federated index

Makes permitted objects and relationships discoverable across nodes by exposing addresses and permitted metadata. Discovery neither requires a central content store nor grants content access.

protocol

The shared models and rules for describing, verifying and exchanging objects, relationships, rights and events between interoperable local registers. The conceptual model is a recommended direction in this specification, not a completed conformance claim.

Knowledge Object

An independently addressable unit that carries or references knowledge together with the context required to interpret, govern, validate and trace it.

Knowledger

A Knowledge Object representing an addressable, governed and versioned composition of related Knowledge Objects. Every member retains its independent identity, provenance and rights. A folder or search result is not, by itself, a Knowledger.

Membership Assertion

An attributable statement that a version or moving reference participates in a Knowledger under a declared role, validity interval and policy. Membership neither transfers ownership nor mutates the member.

Relation Assertion

A separately governed Knowledge Object asserting a typed relationship, with evidence, method, authority and validation state. A relation does not imply membership.

an intertween

A derived Knowledge Object representing a potentially meaningful pattern, contradiction or phenomenon that emerges through relationships. It cites supporting Relation Assertions and remains distinguishable from source facts. It can seed separately represented skills. Having no assigned responsibility is a possible governance state; accepting responsibility does not erase the originating intertween or establish ownership.

Current Knowledge State

A time-bound, rights-filtered projection produced by resolving a Knowledger for an actor and purpose. It is not an independent source of truth or a replacement for the manifest.

protocol Ledger

Earlier terminology for the logical accountability record formed by Tracker events, Event log describes the generic history function under the 19 September memo. Relational Trace names the proposed integrity-qualified history in the 20 September extension. Ledger does not name the whole local register or node, require blockchain, or guarantee immutable history. This anchor remains for earlier citations.

Wrapper

Preserves a source observation as a Knowledge Object.

Mapper

Maps local meaning without replacing local meaning.

Tracker

Appends attributable Relational Trace events. Checkpoints and independent witnesses are a proposed integrity extension, not an established capability of existing event logs.

Finder

Proposes separately governed relations.

Assembler

Emits versioned Knowledger manifests and projections without overwriting members.

Cultivator

Proposes governed improvements from feedback and outcomes.

Mediator

Resolves permitted exchange and records the decision.

Agora

The shared place where permitted objects become visible to actors.

Concourse

The permission-aware view an actor gets into the Agora. Visibility is evaluated per object, field and relationship.

ATTRIBUTES

Information fields

Data carried by a Knowledge Object or one of its projections.

[source]#attribute

The binding to the authoritative source observation.

Preserves this part of the object context across reuse.

Allowed values / contract: Structured record · see Core Profile
Example: source: { ... }
Related: #CoreProfile

[provenance]#attribute

Attributable origin and activities associated with the object.

Preserves this part of the object context across reuse.

Allowed values / contract: Structured record · see Core Profile
Example: provenance: { ... }
Related: #CoreProfile

[rights]#attribute

Declared use conditions, permissions, duties and prohibitions.

Preserves this part of the object context across reuse.

Allowed values / contract: Structured record · see Core Profile
Example: rights: { ... }
Related: #CoreProfile

[status]#attribute

The declared lifecycle and validation state.

Preserves this part of the object context across reuse.

Allowed values / contract: Structured record · see Core Profile
Example: status: { ... }
Related: #CoreProfile

[id]#attribute

Stable global identifier for one Knowledge Object.

Allows an object to be referenced across systems and organisations without replacing local identifiers.

Allowed values / contract: URI · intw:ko:{namespace}:{identifier}
Example: intw:ko:malmo:7F3A
Related: [local_source_id]#CoreProfileWrapper

[local_source_id]#attribute

Identifier assigned by the authoritative source system.

Preserves the local registry number, case ID or source-defined identity exactly as received.

Allowed values / contract: string · local format
Example: MAL-2023-1842
Related: [id][source.canonical]Wrapper

[type]#attribute

Declared semantic type of the object.

Selects the applicable vocabulary and domain profile.

Allowed values / contract: URI or controlled term
Example: Appeal
Related: #CoreProfile#DomainProfile

[objectType]#attribute

Declared role of the Knowledge Object in the entity-aware model.

Distinguishes technical primitives and domain roles without confusing a representation with the entity it concerns.

Allowed values / contract: representation · assertion · event · evidence · model · process · projection · intertween · trend · scenario · assumption · indicator · observation · decision · activity · outcome · learning
Example: trend
Related: [about]#IntertweenProfile#ForesightActionProfileWrapper

[about]#attribute

References to the persistent subjects that the Knowledge Object concerns.

Allows knowledge to accumulate around entities while keeping the representation distinct from the referenced thing.

Allowed values / contract: array<EntityReference> · optional in Core
Example: intw:entity:malmo:door-a
Related: [objectType]#EntityReferenceProfileWrapper

[participations]#attribute

Situated records of how entities take part in a context.

Represents actorship as a contextual relation instead of a permanent type assigned to a person, policy, object, organisation or system.

Allowed values / contract: array<Participation> · optional in Core
Example: policy:a + decision:42 + constraint + access-limited
Related: [participation.role][participation.effect]!actorship-is-contextual

[participation.context]#attribute

The event, process, decision, relation or situation in which participation is observed.

Makes clear that the same entity can act differently or not act at all in another context.

Allowed values / contract: EntityReference | EventRef | KnowledgeObjectRef
Example: intw:event:decision-42
Related: [participations][participation.role]#EventProfile

[participation.role]#attribute

The situated role through which an entity participates.

Allows a policy, person, document, algorithm or material object to be described as enabling, constraining, triggering or mediating without turning actant into a fixed entity class.

Allowed values / contract: controlled RoleTerm or URI
Example: constraint
Related: [participations][participation.effect]!actorship-is-contextual

[participation.effect]#attribute

An evidenced assertion about the difference a participant made in the named context.

Requires actorship claims to state an observable or contestable effect rather than merely label something an actor.

Allowed values / contract: AssertionRef | EffectTerm + evidence + validation
Example: limited-data-access
Related: [participations][participation.role]#AssertionProfile

[authorityScope]#attribute

Authority, jurisdiction or organisational context in which a claim or identifier applies.

Allows conflicting local assertions to coexist without being flattened into a universal fact.

Allowed values / contract: AuthorityRef | JurisdictionRef
Example: @malmo-building-committee
Related: [authority.state]#AssertionProfile

[validTime]#attribute

Interval during which an assertion or state is claimed to apply.

Separates the time a claim was recorded from the period it describes.

Allowed values / contract: TimeInterval
Example: 2026-01-01/2026-12-31
Related: [recordedTime]#EventProfile

[recordedTime]#attribute

Time when the object, assertion or event entered the governed record.

Supports temporal audit without treating recording time as the time of the underlying event.

Allowed values / contract: ISO 8601 datetime
Example: 2026-08-30T20:14:00Z
Related: [validTime]Tracker

[version]#attribute

Immutable version number of the wrapped object.

Makes change, supersession and reproducibility explicit.

Allowed values / contract: integer ≥ 1
Example: 3
Related: {superseded}[source.content_hash]Tracker

[source.canonical]#attribute

Canonical reference to the authoritative source.

Lets every projection return to the source that remains normatively responsible.

Allowed values / contract: absolute https URI
Example: https://example.se/diarium/123
Related: #SourceBindingProfile[source.retrieved_at]

[source.retrieved_at]#attribute

Time when the source was observed.

Separates what was known at a particular observation from later source changes.

Allowed values / contract: ISO 8601 datetime
Example: 2026-08-28T09:42:00Z
Related: {observed}Tracker

[source.content_hash]#attribute

Cryptographic fingerprint of the observed payload.

Supports integrity checks, reproducibility and change detection.

Allowed values / contract: sha256 + hexadecimal digest
Example: sha256:74c9…a21e
Related: #SourceBindingProfile[version]

[responsible_actor]#attribute

Eligible person, organisation or function formally accountable for an ordinary Knowledge Object or a claimed Intertween.

Keeps formal responsibility distinct from contextual actorship and avoids inventing an owner for an unclaimed matter.

Allowed values / contract: ResponsiblePartyRef | null for unclaimed Intertween
Example: org:malmo-stad
Related: @organisation[ownership.state]!agency-is-not-accountability

[legal_basis]#attribute

Assessed legal basis and purpose for processing, separate from usage permission.

Prevents ODRL rights from being mistaken for a public body's authority to process personal data.

Allowed values / contract: LegalBasisRecord | null with explicit assessment status
Example: { purpose: case_handling, basis: legal_obligation }
Related: #RightsProfile!local-responsibility

[jurisdiction]#attribute

Residency, processing location, third-country conditions and disclosure-assessment status.

Makes sovereignty and disclosure constraints travel with the object.

Allowed values / contract: JurisdictionRecord
Example: { residency: EU, rojande_assessed: true }
Related: [classification]!local-responsibility

[classification]#attribute

Information classification, secrecy marker, security level and personal-data status.

Makes sensitivity and access-relevant assessment explicit before reuse.

Allowed values / contract: ClassificationRecord
Example: { scheme: KLASSA, contains_personal_data: false }
Related: [jurisdiction][access.state]

[epistemic.status]#attribute

Declared epistemic role of the content in its current context.

Keeps an observation, assumption, inference, decision and validated conclusion from collapsing into the same apparent fact.

Allowed values / contract: observed · assumed · inferred · decided · validated · unclassified
Example: assumed
Related: #ForesightActionProfile!epistemic-status-is-required[validation.status]

[access.state]#attribute

Current access classification for the object or projection.

Signals which policy context must be evaluated before fields are exposed.

Allowed values / contract: open · internal · restricted · confidential · security_protected
Example: federated
Related: #RightsProfile{restricted}

[visibility.scope]#attribute

Declared audience scope under which an object, field, representation or relation may become encounterable.

Separates visibility conditions from storage location and avoids modelling private, local, federated and open as different spaces.

Allowed values / contract: private · local · federated · open
Example: federated
Related: #ProjectionProfile#RightsProfileMediator

[observation.state]#attribute

Evidence-based state of the source observation.

Prevents absence from being misrepresented as verified deletion.

Allowed values / contract: observed · not_observed · withdrawn · deleted · unknown
Example: observed
Related: {not_observed}!conservative-tracker

[rights.status]#attribute

Status of the rights assessment.

Makes an unresolved legal assessment impossible to hide.

Allowed values / contract: resolved · unresolved · human_review_required
Example: unresolved
Related: #RightsProfile@steward

[validation.status]#attribute

Status of structural, semantic or human validation.

Separates ingestion and machine checks from authorised validation.

Allowed values / contract: unreviewed · machine_checked · human_reviewed · validated · rejected
Example: unreviewed
Related: {validated}@validator

[disclosure.status]#attribute

Status of public-disclosure assessment.

Separates public-access review from technical access control.

Allowed values / contract: open · partially_restricted · restricted · not_assessed
Example: not_assessed
Related: #RightsProfile!local-responsibility

[sensitivity.status]#attribute

Status of sensitivity and protective-security assessment.

Prevents unassessed information from being silently treated as safe.

Allowed values / contract: assessed · assessment_pending · protected
Example: assessment_pending
Related: {security_protected}#ThreatModel

[generated_by]#attribute

Entity, component, model or operational agent that generated an assertion.

Separates technical generation and causal participation from information ownership and validation authority.

Allowed values / contract: EntityRef | AgentRef | ComponentRef + model/version
Example: @system / <Finder> v0.3
Related: @agent#RelationAssertion[participations]

[relation.state]#attribute

Lifecycle state of a separately governed relationship assertion.

Prevents a discovered candidate from being presented as an established connection.

Allowed values / contract: proposed · machine_matched · verified · rejected · outdated
Example: proposed
Related: #RelationAssertionTracker

[authority.state]#attribute

Declared authority of the assertion in its current context.

Makes clear whether a claim is advisory, validated or authoritative.

Allowed values / contract: non_authoritative · advisory · validated · authoritative · disputed
Example: non_authoritative
Related: [validation.status]@validator

[ownership.state]#attribute

Provenance-tracked lifecycle state for ownership of an intertween matter.

Allows a cross-boundary matter to remain visible and answerable before any mandate fully owns it.

Allowed values / contract: unclaimed · surfaced · between · contested · emerging · claimed
Example: unclaimed
Related: [responsible_actor][custodian]!custody-is-not-ownership

[custodian]#attribute

Actor answerable for keeping an observation visible, evidenced, reviewed and notified.

Provides custody of the observation without implying ownership of the underlying matter.

Allowed values / contract: OrganizationRef or governed stewardship function
Example: @neutral-mediator
Related: [ownership.state][generated_by]

[confidence]#attribute

Calibrated confidence attached to a machine-generated claim.

Makes uncertainty measurable while retaining the evidence and method behind the score.

Allowed values / contract: number 0..1 + evidence + model + threshold
Example: 0.82 / shared case reference
Related: #ConfidenceProfile#RelationAssertion

[based_on]#attribute

References to observations, feedback, corrections or outcomes supporting an emergent object.

Keeps learned knowledge traceable to the evidence from which it emerged.

Allowed values / contract: array<KnowledgeObjectRef | EventRef | EvidenceRef>
Example: 37 validated corrections across 4 organisations
Related: Cultivator#LearningSignal[confidence]

[derived_from]#attribute

Constituent Knowledge Objects, entities, events or prior Intertweens from whose relations an intertween emerges.

Makes multi-source origin inspectable without assigning the resulting claim to any one constituent.

Allowed values / contract: array<KnowledgeObjectRef | EntityRef | EventRef | IntertweenRef> · minimum 2
Example: KO:A · KO:B · KO:C
Related: #IntertweenProfile[based_on]Tracker

[emergence_method]#attribute

Named method by which relational knowledge was detected or proposed.

Keeps discovery reflexive and independent of whether the method was human, deterministic, statistical, graph-based or AI-assisted.

Allowed values / contract: MethodRef + parameters + implementation/version
Example: comparative-analysis@1.2
Related: #IntertweenProfile[generated_by]!emergence-is-not-truth

[intertween.state]#attribute

Lifecycle state of an emergent relational Knowledge Object.

Separates potential, detection, proposal, validation, active use, contestation and supersession.

Allowed values / contract: potential · detected · proposed · validated · active · contested · superseded
Example: proposed
Related: #IntertweenProfileTracker!emergence-is-not-truth

[recognition]#attribute

Attributable context in which relational emergence was observed and registered.

Distinguishes where a pattern was noticed from where it became an addressable Knowledge Object.

Allowed values / contract: recognisedBy + observationContext + registrationContext
Example: @analyst-a + municipality-a + intw:node:a
Related: #IntertweenProfile[emergence_method][generated_by]

[federation.status]#attribute

Declared discoverability and exchange state of an object across node boundaries.

Prevents local emergence from being mistaken for federated visibility.

Allowed values / contract: local · discoverable · projected · federated
Example: discoverable
Related: #IntertweenProfile#RightsProfileMediator

STATES

States and policy values

Explicit values describing observation, lifecycle, validation, access or relation state.

{observed}#state

The object was present in a valid source observation.

Records positive evidence without asserting broader truth.

Allowed values / contract: observation state
Example: observation.state = observed
Related: [source.retrieved_at]Tracker

{not_observed}#state

The object was not present in the latest valid source observation.

Retains uncertainty rather than inventing a deletion event.

Allowed values / contract: observation state
Example: not observed on 2026-08-28
Related: {deleted}!conservative-tracker

{deleted}#state

Deletion has been explicitly verified by the source or an authorised agent.

Distinguishes verified removal from technical absence.

Allowed values / contract: observation state
Example: source deletion event verified
Related: {not_observed}@validator

{validated}#state

Declared validation has completed under a named method and authority.

Makes the scope and authority of validation inspectable.

Allowed values / contract: validation state
Example: human reviewed by municipal legal function
Related: [validation.status]@validator

{superseded}#state

A newer version is normative while this version remains in history.

Preserves historical evidence without presenting it as current.

Allowed values / contract: lifecycle state
Example: superseded_by = intw:ko:...:v4
Related: [version]Tracker

{restricted}#state

Access requires an explicit authorisation and purpose evaluation.

Prevents general visibility even when the object is discoverable.

Allowed values / contract: access state
Example: federated legal-review group
Related: [access.state]#RightsProfile

{contested}#state

New evidence or an authorised participant challenges an intertween without deleting its history.

Keeps disagreement and contradictory evidence visible while review continues.

Allowed values / contract: Intertween lifecycle state
Example: interpretation divergence challenged by Municipality D
Related: #IntertweenProfile[intertween.state]Tracker

{assumed}#state

The content is a declared premise used for analysis or action.

Makes the premise challengeable and prevents it from appearing as a direct observation.

Allowed values / contract: epistemic state
Example: adoption rate will continue for 24 months
Related: [epistemic.status]#ForesightActionProfile

{decided}#state

The content records an authorised choice in a stated context.

Separates the authority of a decision from the truth status of its supporting claims.

Allowed values / contract: epistemic state
Example: proceed with pilot under decision 2026-14
Related: [epistemic.status]@validator

COMPONENTS

System roles

Composable responsibilities in the Intertween knowledge lifecycle.

Wrapper #component

Preserves what the source actually provided.

Custody without replacing source truth.

Allowed values / contract: role + purpose + job_to_be_done + capabilities[] + tasks[] + operations[] + inputs[] + outputs[] + constraints[] + done_when[]
Example: source → <Wrapper> → observation
Related: Mapper

Mapper #component

Translates local meaning into a shared representation.

Interoperability without a central master schema.

Allowed values / contract: role + purpose + job_to_be_done + capabilities[] + tasks[] + operations[] + inputs[] + outputs[] + constraints[] + done_when[]
Example: local field → <Mapper> → shared attribute
Related: Tracker

Tracker #component

Remembers observations, changes and reuse over time.

Memory without invented certainty.

Allowed values / contract: role + purpose + job_to_be_done + capabilities[] + tasks[] + operations[] + inputs[] + outputs[] + constraints[] + done_when[]
Example: event → <Tracker> → Relational Trace event
Related: Finder

Finder #component

Discovers candidate relationships with retained evidence.

Discovery without opaque connection claims.

Allowed values / contract: role + purpose + job_to_be_done + capabilities[] + tasks[] + operations[] + inputs[] + outputs[] + constraints[] + done_when[]
Example: objects → <Finder> → candidate relation
Related: Assembler

Assembler #component

Emits versioned Knowledger manifests and rights-filtered Current Knowledge State projections.

Coherence without destroying provenance.

Allowed values / contract: role + purpose + job_to_be_done + capabilities[] + tasks[] + operations[] + inputs[] + outputs[] + constraints[] + done_when[]
Example: members → <Assembler> → Knowledger manifest + projection
Related: Cultivator

Cultivator #component

Turns use, correction and validation into governed learning.

Learning without silently converting feedback into truth.

Allowed values / contract: role + purpose + job_to_be_done + capabilities[] + tasks[] + operations[] + inputs[] + outputs[] + constraints[] + done_when[]
Example: feedback → <Cultivator> → learning signal
Related: Mediator

Mediator #component

Mediates what may circulate between independent contexts.

Federation through negotiated policy rather than simple connectivity.

Allowed values / contract: role + purpose + job_to_be_done + capabilities[] + tasks[] + operations[] + inputs[] + outputs[] + constraints[] + done_when[]
Example: request → <Mediator> → policy decision
Related: #RightsProfile@agent

ACTORS

Entities, actants and agents

Entities are persistent references. Actant is a contextual role. Agent is a bounded operational role. Formal responsibility is assigned separately.

@entity#entity

Anything persistently identifiable that knowledge can concern or that can participate in a context.

Provides the broad ontological category without assuming agency, intention, authority or responsibility.

Allowed values / contract: EntityReference + type + identifiers
Example: @policy-a
Related: #EntityReferenceProfile[about]!actorship-is-contextual

@actant#contextual role

An entity treated as making a difference in a specific relation, event or situation.

Supports symmetrical analysis of people, policies, organisations, documents, algorithms and material objects without making actor a permanent object type.

Allowed values / contract: Participation + context + role + observed effect + evidence
Example: @policy-a / constraint / decision-42
Related: [participations][participation.effect]!agency-is-not-accountability

@person#entity

A human participant who may act under an identified role and purpose.

Allows participation and rights to be evaluated against authority and context.

Allowed values / contract: PersonRef + contextual participation
Example: @municipal-lawyer
Related: #RightsProfile[participations]

@organisation#entity

A legal or organisational entity that may participate and, when eligible, carry formal responsibility.

Keeps organisational participation separate from ownership, accountability and contextual actorship.

Allowed values / contract: OrganizationRef + contextual participation
Example: @malmo-stad
Related: [responsible_actor]Mediator

@llm#agent

A generative model operating on explicitly permitted fields under a bounded mandate.

Separates AI processing authority from causal influence and ordinary human read access.

Allowed values / contract: model + provider + purpose + policy + audit ID
Example: @llm / summarise-only
Related: #AgentMandate!ai-generated

@agent#agent

An identified operational participant with a bounded projection and operation set.

Prevents contextual actorship or read access from implicitly granting write or execution rights.

Allowed values / contract: AgentRef + purpose + access level + allowed operations
Example: @agent / federated / read+propose
Related: #AgentMandateMediator

@validator#authorised role

Human or governed service authorised to validate a defined claim.

Makes validation authority and method explicit without treating every actant as a validator.

Allowed values / contract: AgentRef + validation scope + method
Example: @validator / legal-metadata
Related: {validated}[validation.status]

PROFILES

Normative contracts

Versioned sets of requirements that implementations can declare and test.

#CoreProfile#profile

Minimum conformant Knowledge Object contract.

Creates a portable core that domain profiles may strengthen but not weaken.

Allowed values / contract: MUST · SHOULD · MAY requirements
Example: core@0.x
Related: !MUST[id]#ConformanceProfile

#EntityReferenceProfile#profile

Optional contract for persistently referring to a person, policy, object, organisation, place, concept, process, relationship, event or phenomenon.

Supports cross-object accumulation and federation without requiring a central universal entity registry or assigning permanent actorship.

Allowed values / contract: id + type + local labels + external identifiers + authority scope + lifecycle state
Example: intw:entity:local:door-a
Related: [about]!identity-is-not-authorityMapper

#AssertionProfile#profile

Contract for a sourced and contestable claim about an entity, relationship, concept or typed value.

Preserves who claims what, from which evidence, under which authority, validity, rights and validation state.

Allowed values / contract: subject + predicate + object/value + assertedBy + evidence + authorityScope + validTime + recordedTime + validation + rights
Example: door-a · hasWidth · 78 cm
Related: [authorityScope][validTime]#RelationAssertion

#EventProfile#profile

Contract for a time-bound occurrence in an entity or Knowledge Object lifecycle.

Lets Tracker reconstruct creation, use, validation, dispute, correction, reuse and consequence.

Allowed values / contract: participants + authorised agent + action + target + context + occurredAt + policyDecision + resultingObjects
Example: measurement disputed at 2026-08-30
Related: [recordedTime][participations]Tracker

#ParticipationProfile#profile

Contract for a situated and evidenced account of how an entity takes part in a context.

Makes actor-network style actorship implementable without flattening all entities into one permanent actor class.

Allowed values / contract: participant + context + role + observed effect + evidence + assertedBy + confidence + validation
Example: policy:a + decision:42 + constraint + access-limited
Related: @actant[participations]!actorship-is-contextual

#ProjectionProfile#profile

Contract for a context-specific view assembled from permitted objects, fields and assertions.

Allows one underlying graph to support public, operational, AI, audit, statistical and cross-organisational views.

Allowed values / contract: viewer + purpose + policy decision + included claims + excluded claims + masking + expiry
Example: caseworker projection
Related: #RightsProfileMediator

#IdentityResolutionProfile#profile

Contract for reversible and evidence-bearing mappings between local entity references.

Expresses equivalence, uncertainty, difference and granularity without destructive merging.

Allowed values / contract: same_as · possibly_same_as · different_from · local_equivalent_of · specialisation_of · generalisation_of · merged_into · split_from
Example: local:A possibly_same_as local:B
Related: #EntityReferenceProfileMapper!identity-is-not-authority

#SourceBindingProfile#profile

Normative contract for the relationship to an authoritative source.

Makes identity, retrieval, payload integrity and custody reviewable.

Allowed values / contract: source ID · canonical URI · retrieved_at · hash · observation state
Example: source-binding@0.x
Related: Wrapper[source.content_hash]

#RepresentationProfile#profile

Contract for one file, record, media item, API resource or derived embodiment of a Knowledge Object.

Separates durable knowledge identity and governance from the systems and payload formats that temporarily store or deliver it.

Allowed values / contract: id + represents + location + media type + integrity + availability + transformation + custodian + rights
Example: representation:ko-8421:pdf-a
Related: #CoreProfile#SourceBindingProfileWrapper

#KnowledgerProfile#profile

A specialised Knowledge Object representing an intentional, governed and versioned composition.

Lets related or nested objects belong together without losing independent identity, provenance, authority, rights or version history.

Allowed values / contract: purpose + membership assertions + member resolution + governance + validation + ledger reference
Example: knowledger@0.1 / municipal-case@4
Related: #CoreProfileAssembler Tracker#RelationAssertion

#RightsProfile#profile

Versioned rules for access, disclosure, masking, purpose and reuse.

Supports local, federated and open projections without moving legal responsibility.

Allowed values / contract: policy vocabulary + masking rules
Example: rights-public-sector@0.x
Related: [rights.status]Mediator

#ConfidenceProfile#profile

Rules for confidence evidence, calibration and verification.

Makes machine suggestions comparable and challengeable.

Allowed values / contract: score + evidence + model + threshold + verification
Example: confidence@0.x
Related: Finder@validator

#AgentMandate#profile

Bounded authority contract for a software agent.

Separates accessible fields from permitted operations and learning.

Allowed values / contract: identity + projection + purpose + operations + expiry
Example: agent-mandate:federated-read
Related: @agent#RightsProfile

#ThreatModel#profile

Federation threat model covering aggregation and mosaic effects.

Prevents individually safe disclosures from creating protected patterns in combination.

Allowed values / contract: threats + controls + residual risk
Example: federation-threat-model@0.x
Related: Mediator[sensitivity.status]

#RelationAssertion#profile

A separately identifiable Knowledge Object representing an emergent or asserted relationship.

Allows discovered relations to be reviewed and cited without modifying either source object or claiming source truth.

Allowed values / contract: subject + predicate + object + evidence + generated_by + authority.state + validation.status + custodian + ownership.state
Example: intw:relation:88421 / {proposed}
Related: Finder[relation.state]!emergent-assertion

#CharacterizationAssertion#profile

A situated and attributable claim about the character of a Knowledger.

Allows resemblance, evidence, contradiction, risk or shared learning to be expressed without mutating the Knowledger manifest or forcing universal agreement.

Allowed values / contract: characterizes + character + assertedBy + context + purpose + evidence + confidence + validation + visibility
Example: knowledger:case-8421 · risk · @reviewer-a · {proposed}
Related: #KnowledgerProfile#AssertionProfile[confidence]

#IntertweenProfile#profile

Relational-emergence contract for an addressable Knowledge Object representing a multi-object relationship, pattern, condition or phenomenon.

Makes relational intelligence governable, inspectable and reusable while constituent sources remain unchanged and retain identity, authority, provenance and rights.

Allowed values / contract: id + objectType:intertween + derived_from[] + participations[] + relation + assertion + emergence_method + recognition + visibility/evidence scope + federation.status + generated_by + evidence + confidence + validation + intertween.state + rights + version
Example: intw:intertween:interpretation-divergence-x / {proposed}
Related: [derived_from][participations][recognition]!emergence-is-not-truth

#ForesightActionProfile#profile

Application profile connecting environmental scanning to decisions, activities, outcomes and returned learning.

Preserves continuity from signal to action so assumptions can be challenged, consequences traced and reusable learning returned.

Allowed values / contract: trend · scenario · assumption · indicator · observation · intertween · decision · activity · outcome · learning + typed relations
Example: signal → scenario → decision → activity → outcome → learning
Related: [epistemic.status]Tracker Cultivator#KnowledgerProfile

#AgentMicroContract#profile

A bounded policy contract attached to one automated operation.

Makes purpose, authority, oversight, derivation, sharing, retention and change duties inspectable before an agent acts.

Allowed values / contract: purpose + legal basis + agent/model class + human oversight + allowed derivations + onward sharing + retention + geography + attribution + correction/withdrawal notification
Example: summarise-only / no onward sharing / human review
Related: #AgentMandate#RightsProfile@agentMediator

#LearningSignal#profile

A traceable observation derived from use, feedback, corrections or downstream outcomes.

Gives <Cultivator> a governed input to institutional learning without silently creating truth.

Allowed values / contract: signal type + based_on + context + generated_by + confidence + validation status
Example: 37 users corrected the same classification
Related: Cultivator[based_on]!emergent-assertion

#CorrectionProposal#profile

A proposed correction to an object, classification or relationship.

Allows a detected error to be reviewed without overwriting the current or historical object.

Allowed values / contract: target + previous value + proposed value + evidence + validation state
Example: site-plan → facade-drawing
Related: #LearningSignalTracker@validator

#MappingProposal#profile

A proposed change to a declarative mapping rule.

Allows interoperability to improve through validated reuse and feedback.

Allowed values / contract: mapping profile + source field + proposed target + evidence
Example: FAS → building-document.facade-drawing
Related: Mapper Cultivator#LearningSignal

#ConfidenceUpdate#profile

A proposed recalibration of confidence logic based on observed outcomes.

Lets Finder or other machine suggestions improve without hiding historical performance.

Allowed values / contract: target model/rule + previous calibration + proposed calibration + benchmark evidence
Example: relationship threshold 0.72 → 0.81
Related: #ConfidenceProfileFinder Cultivator

#DeprecationProposal#profile

A proposal to mark an object, mapping, relation or capability as obsolete.

Makes forgetting and supersession a governed part of cultivation.

Allowed values / contract: target + reason + evidence + dependencies + proposed effective date
Example: mapping-profile@0.3 obsolete
Related: Cultivator{superseded}Tracker

INTEGRITY

Relational Trace and Federated Integrity

Profile definitions; structural schemas and cryptographic experiments are separate evidence.

#RelationalTraceEvent#profile

Append-only, attributable event in a node-scoped history. Corrections append linked events. Actor disclosure is distinct from authority.

Integrity extension, 20 September 2026.

Allowed values / contract: See integrity documentation for schema scope.
Example: Synthetic local two-node experiment; no production federation claim.
Related: !SIGNATURE_IS_NOT_TRUTH

#IntegrityCheckpoint#profile

Signed commitment to a scoped event range, with succession and separately retained witness attestations.

Integrity extension, 20 September 2026.

Allowed values / contract: See integrity documentation for schema scope.
Example: Synthetic local two-node experiment; no production federation claim.
Related: !SIGNATURE_IS_NOT_TRUTH

#CrossNodeAttestation#profile

A witness statement about a named checkpoint: retention, signature verification or sequence consistency, not factual endorsement.

Integrity extension, 20 September 2026.

Allowed values / contract: See integrity documentation for schema scope.
Example: Synthetic local two-node experiment; no production federation claim.
Related: !SIGNATURE_IS_NOT_TRUTH

#FederatedIntegrityProfile#profile

Proposed requirements for signed history, independent witnesses, key lifecycle, conflict detection and authorised recovery. Not established by current Level 0 validation.

Integrity extension, 20 September 2026.

Allowed values / contract: See integrity documentation for schema scope.
Example: Synthetic local two-node experiment; no production federation claim.
Related: !SIGNATURE_IS_NOT_TRUTH

[event_hash]#attribute