Infrastructure · Data Structures
Message
Structured signal container
Definition
Mechanism
A structured container for a Signal, adding Metadata (Sender, Recipient, Timestamp) to the raw emission.
Invariants
- Immutability: once sent, the message content cannot be changed.
- Addressed: carries sender, recipient and timestamp. Without a recipient it is a Signal with metadata, which is what this pattern exists to be distinct from.
Risks
Failure modes
None stated.
Relationships
Builds on
References
Raw information emission
Used by
References
Failure-announcement signal {severity, reason, recoverable}, ACK-required
Physics
Measure of disorder
Society
When verification fails, fall back to inline definition
Society
When relaying a message, record what was left out of the original
A suggested course of action
Ordered container with FIFO/LIFO/priority discipline and explicit dequeue semantics
Society
Proof of receipt via modification
Continuous data flow
Society
Protocol adaptation wrapper
Accepts
Society
Rule-based message filtering
Mind
Clarify intent and constraints before planning
Reference
Data schema
{
"type": "object",
"required": [
"header",
"body"
],
"properties": {
"header": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"sender": {
"type": "string"
},
"recipient": {
"type": "string"
},
"timestamp": {
"type": "string"
}
},
"description": "Sender, recipient and timestamp.",
"required": [
"sender",
"recipient",
"timestamp"
]
},
"body": {
"description": "The content payload"
},
"signature": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Sender verification"
}
}
}