---
slug: "Mosaicmap"
name: "Mosaicmap"
type: "Protocols"
layer: "Society"
ref: "Mosaicmap#c51d"
sema_id: "sema:Mosaicmap#mh:SHA-256:c51dc7e9da06f179541c49bfc2c8726922a6a72b871ad123ba832af7704d3a9d"
tags: ["Society","Protocols"]
updated: 2026-11-11
mindscape: "bootstrap"
index_url: https://mindscape.world/scapes/bootstrap.json
url: https://mindscape.world/bootstrap/Mosaicmap/
related: ["HolographicShard","Reasoncommons","Doubtshelter"]
---

# Mosaicmap

Map an understanding a group holds together but no member holds whole

Layer: Society · Category: Protocols

## Mechanism

A group's shared understanding is mapped by recording which member holds which part, how the parts connect, and which questions need several members to answer. Unlike a [HolographicShard](https://mindscape.world/scapes/bootstrap/HolographicShard.md), where each part carries the whole goal, here no member holds the whole, so the map is the only account of it and is kept current.

## Invariants

- Each part is attributed to the members who hold it.
- Questions that need several members are listed with the members they need.
- The map is updated when a member who holds a part leaves.

## Failure modes

- Single point of knowing: a part held by one member is lost when that member leaves.
- False sum: parts that do not connect are assumed to form a whole.

## Builds on

- [HolographicShard](https://mindscape.world/scapes/bootstrap/HolographicShard.md) (Mind; References)

## Used by

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## Identity

- Sema ID: `sema:Mosaicmap#mh:SHA-256:c51dc7e9da06f179541c49bfc2c8726922a6a72b871ad123ba832af7704d3a9d`
- Ref: `Mosaicmap#c51d`

## Links

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