Infrastructure · Data Structures

Category

Grouping of objects

Definition

Mechanism

A specific grouping or 'bin' for objects. It defines the taxonomy and allows the agent to treat distinct items as equivalent for certain operations.

Invariants

None stated.

Risks

Failure modes

None stated.

Relationships

Root pattern: builds on nothing in this library.

Used by

References

Mind

Badgeread

Recognition of a category's members comes to rest on a salient mark that co-occurs with them rather than on what makes them members

Mind

ClassificationReview

Re-check a classification of agents who can learn of it, because being classified may change them

Hierarchy

Vertical rank ordering with Upper/Lower relations, inheritance, and authority

Mind

Labelloop

A classification changes those it classifies, altering the fit of later classifications

Morphproof

A category defined partly by the transformations its members keep their identity under

Mind

Situfit

Check that a moment really fits the category it is about to be handled as

Sunsetkind

A classification that carries the condition under which it stops being used

Extends

Morphproof

A category defined partly by the transformations its members keep their identity under

Sunsetkind

A classification that carries the condition under which it stops being used

Reference

Data schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "label"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "label": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Name of the category"
    },
    "parent": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Parent category ID (optional, for hierarchies)"
    },
    "members": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "string"
      },
      "description": "IDs of items belonging to this category"
    }
  }
}

Identity

Ref
Category#d2db
Sema ID
sema:Category#mh:SHA-256:d2db51ecab5ef8f0e434bd592f729c2ba955f0609e68a48aac9a95232447a696
Ring
1
Tier
1
Updated
2026-11-11