Point
Maps are question-led semantic domains
A Map is a durable subject and deposit surface defined by the primary question that its context answers or materially affects.
- Posture
- asserted
- Lifecycle
- active
A Map gives one durable perspective a primary question. New context belongs in that Map when it answers, constrains, or materially changes the answer to the question. This makes the Map useful both for reading and for depositing information before a presentation layer exists.
A Map is not a folder category, team boundary, generated view, or mandatory step in a universal hierarchy. Its identity remains stable because the subject question remains useful. If authors cannot use the question to distinguish the Map from its neighbors, the domains should be merged or rederived.
Maps and AreasThe Map question defines both the subject boundary and the deposit test for new context.