---
slug: "Category"
name: "Category"
type: "Data Structures"
layer: "Infrastructure"
ref: "Category#d2db"
sema_id: "sema:Category#mh:SHA-256:d2db51ecab5ef8f0e434bd592f729c2ba955f0609e68a48aac9a95232447a696"
tags: ["Infrastructure","Data Structures"]
updated: 2026-11-11
mindscape: "bootstrap"
index_url: https://mindscape.world/scapes/bootstrap.json
url: https://mindscape.world/bootstrap/Category/
related: ["Badgeread","ClassificationReview","Hierarchy","Labelloop","Morphproof","OntologyAdapt","Situfit","Sunsetkind","ClassificationReview#78a5","Morphproof#f5bb","Situfit#74e5","Sunsetkind#5e6f","Labelloop#1bb2"]
---

# Category

Grouping of objects

Layer: Infrastructure · Category: Data Structures

## 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

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## Failure modes

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## Data schema

```json
{
  "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"
    }
  }
}
```

## Builds on

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## Used by

- [Badgeread](https://mindscape.world/scapes/bootstrap/Badgeread.md) (Mind; References)
- [ClassificationReview](https://mindscape.world/scapes/bootstrap/ClassificationReview.md) (Mind; References)
- [Hierarchy](https://mindscape.world/scapes/bootstrap/Hierarchy.md) (Infrastructure; References)
- [Labelloop](https://mindscape.world/scapes/bootstrap/Labelloop.md) (Mind; References)
- [Morphproof](https://mindscape.world/scapes/bootstrap/Morphproof.md) (Infrastructure; Extends)
- [Morphproof](https://mindscape.world/scapes/bootstrap/Morphproof.md) (Infrastructure; References)
- [OntologyAdapt](https://mindscape.world/scapes/bootstrap/OntologyAdapt.md) (Mind; References)
- [Situfit](https://mindscape.world/scapes/bootstrap/Situfit.md) (Mind; References)
- [Sunsetkind](https://mindscape.world/scapes/bootstrap/Sunsetkind.md) (Infrastructure; Extends)
- [Sunsetkind](https://mindscape.world/scapes/bootstrap/Sunsetkind.md) (Infrastructure; References)

## Identity

- Sema ID: `sema:Category#mh:SHA-256:d2db51ecab5ef8f0e434bd592f729c2ba955f0609e68a48aac9a95232447a696`
- Ref: `Category#d2db`

## Links

- [Pattern page](https://mindscape.world/bootstrap/Category/)
- [View in the interactive graph](https://mindscape.world/bootstrap/#Category)
- [JSON](https://mindscape.world/scapes/bootstrap/Category.json)
- [Index of all patterns](https://mindscape.world/scapes/bootstrap.json)