Atlas

Resource

Atlas glossary

Current meanings for the standard format-1 concepts.

Resource glossary

Status: Released

  • Anchor record: The one Point record that establishes an Atlas-wide Point identity and its primary Map.
  • Area: A non-exclusive Map-local concern with a placement question.
  • Area membership: An explained edge stating how a Point record affects an Area question in its Map.
  • Atlas: One portable project-context boundary and namespace.
  • Check: Project-local write policy that adds requirements without redefining core meaning.
  • Content: Primary material that directly represents an Atlas, Map, Area, or Point record.
  • Context record: A non-primary Map's contribution explaining the significance of the same Point without redefining its canonical idea or state.
  • Derived Map relationship: Symmetric overlap computed from shared Point identities, not inferred task relevance.
  • Lifecycle: Whether a Point is active, historical, superseded, or withdrawn; not a workflow for edits.
  • Map: A durable semantic and deposit domain with a primary question and Area vocabulary.
  • Open-world relation graph: Known authored relations whose omissions establish no absence of relationship or impact.
  • Point: One independently referable item of context with coherent posture and lifecycle, represented by one anchor and optional context records. See the identity rules in SPEC.
  • Point record: One physical Markdown file for a Point in one Map's direct points/ directory.
  • Posture: Whether a Point is asserted, open, proposed, or intended; not evidence strength or implementation maturity.
  • Primary Map: The Map containing the anchor. It records provenance, not exclusive ownership or preferred routing.
  • Publication profile: An explicit allowlist of Atlas source records and registered Resources.
  • Reference: Typed evidentiary, supporting, implementation, historical, or example material.
  • Relation: A directional, explained link between Point identities.
  • Resource: Addressable material, optionally registered with stable Atlas-wide identity.
  • Substantive body: Markdown with at least one included block under the body-inspection rules in Processing.

Where this Resource is used

3 uses

Original Atlas material: CC0 1.0 Universal or 0BSD. Referenced material retains its own terms.

Reading this Atlas

Atlas connects project documents to the claims, decisions, and perspectives they inform. It helps readers find relevant material and understand why it matters.

Explore the portal

  1. Start with a Map, then narrow the view through its Areas.
  2. Search for a phrase, title, or Point identity. Filter results by type.
  3. Open a Point for its explanations, related Points, and sources. Follow source links for the underlying material.

Quick reference

Map
A durable project perspective organized around one central question.
Area
A concern within a Map. Areas can overlap; memberships explain why a Point belongs.
Point
One claim, decision, constraint, question, or other coherent item with its own identity.
Context
An explanation of how the same Point matters in another Map.
Relation
A directed link between Points with an explanation, such as support, dependency, or replacement.
Resource
An addressable document or other material.
Content
The primary material for an Atlas item.
Reference
Material linked as evidence, background, implementation, history, or an example.

Missing links do not mean that no relationship exists.

Read the state

Posture describes the author's stance: asserted means presented as applicable or believed; open, unresolved; proposed, a candidate; intended, a desired or selected future state.

Lifecycle describes standing: active means current context; historical, retained prior context; superseded, replaced by another Point; withdrawn, retracted.

Asserted does not mean verified. Intended does not mean implemented. Source links provide material to assess these claims.