{
"id": "world.ptah.temp.world",
"defs": {
"main": {
"key": "tid",
"type": "record",
"record": {
"type": "object",
"required": [
"name",
"creatorDID",
"createdAt"
],
"properties": {
"name": {
"type": "string",
"maxLength": 640,
"description": "What the world is called.",
"maxGraphemes": 64
},
"createdAt": {
"type": "string",
"format": "datetime",
"description": "Timestamp of world creation."
},
"creatorDID": {
"type": "string",
"format": "did",
"description": "The permanent identity of whoever seeded this world. This never changes."
},
"sourceType": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The intellectual property origin of this world.",
"knownValues": [
"world.ptah.temp.defs#sourceTypeOriginalIP",
"world.ptah.temp.defs#sourceTypePublicDomain",
"world.ptah.temp.defs#sourceTypeCollaborativeCommons"
]
},
"description": {
"type": "string",
"maxLength": 10240,
"description": "What kind of world this is, in plain language.",
"maxGraphemes": 1024
},
"governanceMode": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The constitutional posture of the world. Signals how contributions and canon are governed before anyone contributes.",
"knownValues": [
"sandbox",
"governed",
"constitutional"
]
},
"renderingHints": {
"ref": "#renderingHints",
"type": "ref",
"description": "Loose metadata telling visual rendering layers what kind of world this is — tone, era, genre, aesthetic."
},
"canonicalStatus": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Whether this world is open for contribution, controlled by the originator, or governed by community consensus.",
"knownValues": [
"world.ptah.temp.defs#canonicalStatusOfficial",
"world.ptah.temp.defs#canonicalStatusCommunity",
"world.ptah.temp.defs#canonicalStatusApocryphal"
]
},
"sourceReference": {
"type": "string",
"maxLength": 10240,
"description": "If sourceType is publicDomain, the specific source material this world is derived from.",
"maxGraphemes": 1024
}
}
},
"description": "The deed. Establishes that a world exists, who created it, and what its basic properties are. Ptah conceives the world in his heart — this record is that conception made permanent."
},
"renderingHints": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"era": {
"type": "string",
"maxLength": 2560,
"description": "The temporal setting or period.",
"maxGraphemes": 256
},
"tone": {
"type": "string",
"maxLength": 2560,
"description": "The emotional register of the world.",
"maxGraphemes": 256
},
"genre": {
"type": "string",
"maxLength": 2560,
"description": "The narrative genre.",
"maxGraphemes": 256
},
"aesthetic": {
"type": "string",
"maxLength": 2560,
"description": "Visual texture, materials, atmosphere.",
"maxGraphemes": 256
}
},
"description": "Visual and tonal metadata for rendering layers. The world has to feel like something before anything has happened in it yet."
}
},
"$type": "com.atproto.lexicon.schema",
"lexicon": 1,
"description": "A world record in The Ptah Protocol. The foundational record — everything else references it. A world must exist before characters, events, or lore can exist inside it."
}