A place inside a world. Where things happen. Locations nest infinitely — a room inside a building inside a city inside a territory.
tid
Timestamp-based ID
Properties
canonicalStatus
string
Optional
The canonical standing of this location
world.ptah.defs#canonicalStatusOfficial, world.ptah.defs#canonicalStatusCommunity, world.ptah.defs#canonicalStatusApocryphalcreatedAt
string
datetime
Required
Timestamp when this location was created
creatorDID
string
did
Required
The permanent identity of the location's creator
depthIndex
integer
Optional
Nesting depth — 0 for top-level, incrementing for each level down
minimum: 0description
string
Optional
What this location is like
maxLength: 10240 bytesmaxGraphemes: 1024 graphemeslocationProperties
ref
#locationProperties
Optional
Additional structured properties for this location
locationType
string
Optional
The type of location
territory, city, building, room, landmark, wilderness, vessel, virtualname
string
Required
The name of the location
maxLength: 640 bytesmaxGraphemes: 64 graphemesparentLocation
string
at-uri
Optional
Reference to the parent location (if nested)
worldReference
string
at-uri
Required
Reference to the world this location exists in
View raw schema
{
"key": "tid",
"type": "record",
"record": {
"type": "object",
"required": [
"name",
"creatorDID",
"worldReference",
"createdAt"
],
"properties": {
"name": {
"type": "string",
"maxLength": 640,
"description": "The name of the location",
"maxGraphemes": 64
},
"createdAt": {
"type": "string",
"format": "datetime",
"description": "Timestamp when this location was created"
},
"creatorDID": {
"type": "string",
"format": "did",
"description": "The permanent identity of the location's creator"
},
"depthIndex": {
"type": "integer",
"minimum": 0,
"description": "Nesting depth — 0 for top-level, incrementing for each level down"
},
"description": {
"type": "string",
"maxLength": 10240,
"description": "What this location is like",
"maxGraphemes": 1024
},
"locationType": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The type of location",
"knownValues": [
"territory",
"city",
"building",
"room",
"landmark",
"wilderness",
"vessel",
"virtual"
]
},
"parentLocation": {
"type": "string",
"format": "at-uri",
"description": "Reference to the parent location (if nested)"
},
"worldReference": {
"type": "string",
"format": "at-uri",
"description": "Reference to the world this location exists in"
},
"canonicalStatus": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The canonical standing of this location",
"knownValues": [
"world.ptah.defs#canonicalStatusOfficial",
"world.ptah.defs#canonicalStatusCommunity",
"world.ptah.defs#canonicalStatusApocryphal"
]
},
"locationProperties": {
"ref": "#locationProperties",
"type": "ref",
"description": "Additional structured properties for this location"
}
}
},
"description": "A place inside a world. Where things happen. Locations nest infinitely — a room inside a building inside a city inside a territory."
}