world.ptah.temp.contribution

A deed of addition. Imhotep — the most famous architect in history, deified as the Son of Ptah. Every contributor to a world is an Imhotep. They build within the tradition of the master. Their work is attributed. The lineage is unbroken.

Repository @ptah.world did:plc:l45z35sxxjuobp5q65a5vu22 namespace authority
Details · record, key tid
Kindrecord
Record keytid
Authoritytemp.ptah.world
Indexed

Record

record · key tid

Properties

An array tracing every hand this contribution passed through. AT URIs of prior contribution records or DIDs. This is the Carryforward logic expressed at the protocol layer.

itemsstring · at-uri

The canonical standing of this contribution within the world.

  • knownValues: world.ptah.temp.defs#canonicalStatusOfficial | world.ptah.temp.defs#canonicalStatusCommunity | world.ptah.temp.defs#canonicalStatusApocryphal

What kind of contribution and which record type it links to.

  • maxLength: 640
  • maxGraphemes: 64
  • knownValues: character | role | action | event | lore | location

contributorDID

requiredstring · did

Who is making the contribution.

createdAt

requiredstring · datetime

Timestamp of the contribution.

The approval status of this contribution.

  • knownValues: approved | preApproved | communityCanon

Whether this contribution complies with public domain sourcing requirements. Relevant for catalog worlds.

recordReference

string · at-uri

The AT URI of the primary record being contributed. The Contribution record is the anchor of attribution — not the exhaustive list of every record the contributor touched. The full scope is discoverable via DID query across record types.

worldReference

requiredstring · at-uri

The AT URI of the world being contributed to.

Similar lexicons

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Lexicons whose schemas describe something close to this one. Check them before publishing a new one that overlaps.

  • The attribution and permission layer. Tracks who contributed what and under what terms.

  • A lore record in The Ptah Protocol. The world's history book — the accumulated narrative of what has happened. This is what separates the protocol from a game or a social feed. Games have scores. Social feeds have posts. A world has history.

  • 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.

  • A role record in The Ptah Protocol. The template that sits between the World and the Character. A shared identity that multiple Character instances can embody. Hamlet is a Role — each performance of Hamlet is a Character instance.

  • Shared definitions for The Ptah Protocol — reusable types referenced across record schemas.