world.ptah.temp.character

{
  "$type": "com.atproto.lexicon.schema",
  "defs": {
    "characterProperties": {
      "description": "Flexible key-value properties for any kind of world. All fields optional — worlds define what matters.",
      "properties": {
        "abilities": {
          "description": "Notable abilities or powers.",
          "maxGraphemes": 256,
          "maxLength": 2560,
          "type": "string"
        },
        "affiliation": {
          "maxGraphemes": 64,
          "maxLength": 640,
          "type": "string"
        },
        "age": {
          "maxGraphemes": 64,
          "maxLength": 640,
          "type": "string"
        },
        "role": {
          "description": "Narrative or social role within the world.",
          "maxGraphemes": 64,
          "maxLength": 640,
          "type": "string"
        },
        "species": {
          "maxGraphemes": 64,
          "maxLength": 640,
          "type": "string"
        }
      },
      "type": "object"
    },
    "main": {
      "description": "A birth certificate crossed with a passport. Ptah speaks the name and the thing exists — the character exists because it was named and the naming is permanent.",
      "key": "tid",
      "record": {
        "properties": {
          "authorshipRecord": {
            "description": "Permanent, immutable link back to the creator. This never changes even if the character gets contributed to, built on, or rendered a thousand different ways.",
            "format": "did",
            "type": "string"
          },
          "canonicalStatus": {
            "description": "The canonical standing of this character within its world.",
            "knownValues": [
              "world.ptah.temp.defs#canonicalStatusOfficial",
              "world.ptah.temp.defs#canonicalStatusCommunity",
              "world.ptah.temp.defs#canonicalStatusApocryphal"
            ],
            "type": "string"
          },
          "controlType": {
            "description": "How control of this character is governed. Solves the Ghost Character problem in public domain worlds.",
            "knownValues": [
              "exclusive",
              "open",
              "delegated"
            ],
            "type": "string"
          },
          "createdAt": {
            "description": "Timestamp of character creation.",
            "format": "datetime",
            "type": "string"
          },
          "creatorDID": {
            "description": "Who created this character. This never changes — it is the provenance that travels.",
            "format": "did",
            "type": "string"
          },
          "description": {
            "description": "Who this character is, in plain language.",
            "maxGraphemes": 1024,
            "maxLength": 10240,
            "type": "string"
          },
          "name": {
            "description": "What the character is called.",
            "maxGraphemes": 64,
            "maxLength": 640,
            "type": "string"
          },
          "originType": {
            "description": "The intellectual property origin of this character.",
            "knownValues": [
              "world.ptah.temp.defs#sourceTypeOriginalIP",
              "world.ptah.temp.defs#sourceTypePublicDomain",
              "contributed"
            ],
            "type": "string"
          },
          "properties": {
            "description": "Flexible fields — species, age, role, affiliation, abilities. Open-ended so any kind of world can use the same record type.",
            "ref": "#characterProperties",
            "type": "ref"
          },
          "roleReference": {
            "description": "The AT URI of the Role record this character is an instance of. If present, this character is a specific performance of a shared role rather than a wholly original character.",
            "format": "at-uri",
            "type": "string"
          },
          "sourceReference": {
            "description": "If originType is publicDomain, the specific source.",
            "maxGraphemes": 1024,
            "maxLength": 10240,
            "type": "string"
          },
          "worldReference": {
            "description": "The AT URI of the world record this character belongs to.",
            "format": "at-uri",
            "type": "string"
          }
        },
        "required": [
          "name",
          "creatorDID",
          "worldReference",
          "createdAt"
        ],
        "type": "object"
      },
      "type": "record"
    }
  },
  "description": "A character record in The Ptah Protocol. A person, creature, or entity that exists inside a specific world. The character is not the user — the character is the world's inhabitant.",
  "id": "world.ptah.temp.character",
  "lexicon": 1
}