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.
tid
Timestamp-based ID
Properties
canonicalStatus
string
Optional
Whether this world is open for contribution, controlled by the originator, or governed by community consensus.
world.ptah.temp.defs#canonicalStatusOfficial, world.ptah.temp.defs#canonicalStatusCommunity, world.ptah.temp.defs#canonicalStatusApocryphalcreatedAt
string
datetime
Required
Timestamp of world creation.
creatorDID
string
did
Required
The permanent identity of whoever seeded this world. This never changes.
description
string
Optional
What kind of world this is, in plain language.
maxLength: 10240 bytesmaxGraphemes: 1024 graphemesgovernanceMode
string
Optional
The constitutional posture of the world. Signals how contributions and canon are governed before anyone contributes.
sandbox, governed, constitutionalname
string
Required
What the world is called.
maxLength: 640 bytesmaxGraphemes: 64 graphemesrenderingHints
ref
#renderingHints
Optional
Loose metadata telling visual rendering layers what kind of world this is — tone, era, genre, aesthetic.
sourceReference
string
Optional
If sourceType is publicDomain, the specific source material this world is derived from.
maxLength: 10240 bytesmaxGraphemes: 1024 graphemessourceType
string
Optional
The intellectual property origin of this world.
world.ptah.temp.defs#sourceTypeOriginalIP, world.ptah.temp.defs#sourceTypePublicDomain, world.ptah.temp.defs#sourceTypeCollaborativeCommonsView raw schema
{
"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."
}