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Splectrum Vocabulary

Terms as used within Splectrum. This vocabulary grows as the project develops.

Being — where there is being, there is language. An entity in motion — interacting, differentiating, relating — implies language at its surface.

Relational unit — entities embedded in language. The basic structure of relation.

Entity — a unit of encapsulated data. In linguistics, maps to a signifier/signified unit.

Subject — the embodiment of a reality of the data world. The point-of-view entity of a relational unit. Not necessarily human — any entity that participates relationally.

Persona — a subject role implemented using protocols, a set of interaction behaviours. A subject may have multiple personas.

Protocol — the engineering artefact of a language game.

Conversation — the interaction pattern between entities through protocols.

Thought — a packet of data or information. Can be conscious or unconscious. Often maps to a document or resource.

Conscious protocols — the functional purpose protocols of a subject. What the subject is for.

Unconscious protocols — supporting infrastructure protocols within a subject. Not specific to the purpose but specific to the internal nature of subjects generally.

HAICC — Human-AI Collaborative Creation. The subject-internal dynamic — the division of labour between human and AIs, embedded in protocol implementations. Not a layer — a cross-cutting concern.

Spawn — growth through transformation. Something new transformed out of what already is.

Reality — the interface between a subject and the data world.

Mycelium — the fabric of reality, where subject meets the data world.

Data world — all the data the subject potentially can relate to.