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world.ptah.temp.character

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.

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Record

record · key tid

Properties

authorshipRecord

string · did

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.

canonicalStatus

string

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

controlType

string

How control of this character is governed. Solves the Ghost Character problem in public domain worlds.

  • knownValues: exclusive | open | delegated

createdAt

requiredstring · datetime

Timestamp of character creation.

creatorDID

requiredstring · did

Who created this character. This never changes — it is the provenance that travels.

description

string

Who this character is, in plain language.

  • maxLength: 10240
  • maxGraphemes: 1024

name

requiredstring

What the character is called.

  • maxLength: 640
  • maxGraphemes: 64

originType

string

The intellectual property origin of this character.

  • knownValues: world.ptah.temp.defs#sourceTypeOriginalIP | world.ptah.temp.defs#sourceTypePublicDomain | contributed

properties

ref

Flexible fields — species, age, role, affiliation, abilities. Open-ended so any kind of world can use the same record type.

Reference

roleReference

string · at-uri

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.

sourceReference

string

If originType is publicDomain, the specific source.

  • maxLength: 10240
  • maxGraphemes: 1024

worldReference

requiredstring · at-uri

The AT URI of the world record this character belongs to.

#characterProperties

object

Flexible key-value properties for any kind of world. All fields optional — worlds define what matters.

Properties

abilities

string

Notable abilities or powers.

  • maxLength: 2560
  • maxGraphemes: 256

affiliation

string
  • maxLength: 640
  • maxGraphemes: 64

age

string
  • maxLength: 640
  • maxGraphemes: 64

role

string

Narrative or social role within the world.

  • maxLength: 640
  • maxGraphemes: 64

species

string
  • maxLength: 640
  • maxGraphemes: 64

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