GNOMON · Common Tongue
ReferenceSet: Core Term Registry (v1)
1. Federation
The sovereign rule system governing engines, charters, and admissibility.
Allowed Relations: governs, defines, admits, constrains
2. Spine
Definition: The constitutional topology of rules and invariants.
Anti-Definition: A site map, narrative arc, or metaphorical backbone.
Allowed Relations: structures, constrains, references
3. Engine
Definition: A canonical vertical with purpose, membrane, and outputs.
Anti-Definition: A website, product, or marketing category.
Allowed Relations: hosts, executes, exposes, signals
4. Processor
Definition: An executable function that produces state change.
Anti-Definition: A descriptive explanation or static asset.
Allowed Relations: executes, produces, witnesses
5. Work
• FR: Œuvre (au sens constitutionnel, non artistique)
• ES: Obra (entidad con linaje, no contenido)
• Not equivalent to “travail / trabajo”
GNOMON measures against English, but permits multilingual legibility.
Definition: A lineage-bearing construction moving through lifecycle states.
Anti-Definition: Content, media, or an isolated artifact.
Allowed Relations: enters, transitions, seals, admits
6. Artifact
Definition: A produced object that may embody or witness Work.
Anti-Definition: The Work itself (unless authority is embodied).
Allowed Relations: embodies, witnesses, references
7. State
Definition: A witnessed condition of a Work at a specific lifecycle point.
Anti-Definition: A mood, phase, or narrative moment.
Allowed Relations: precedes, follows, transitions
8. State Change
Definition: A witnessed transition between two states.
Anti-Definition: Interpretation or opinion about progress.
Allowed Relations: isWitnessedBy, isCausedBy
9. Protocol
Definition: A rule-governed procedure enabling state transition.
Anti-Definition: A guideline, suggestion, or best practice.
Allowed Relations: transitions, requires, witnesses
10. Charter
Definition: Binding rule text defining authority and constraint.
Anti-Definition: A manifesto or descriptive explanation.
Allowed Relations: defines, constrains, authorizes
11. Reference Set
Definition: Canonical definitions and measures used for judgment.
Anti-Definition: Examples, metaphors, or illustrative lists.
Allowed Relations: measures, constrains, standardizes
12. GNOMON
Definition: The measurement engine of invariants and Common Tongue.
Anti-Definition: A teaching system or translation service.
Allowed Relations: measures, references, rejects
13. Common Tongue
Definition: The invariant lexicon used for admissible expression.
Anti-Definition: Natural language fluency or pedagogy.
Allowed Relations: defines, constrains, measures
14. Measure
Definition: Evaluation against a Reference Set.
Anti-Definition: Judgment, critique, or taste.
Allowed Relations: compares, validates, rejects
15. Potable
Definition: Fit for admissible circulation under Federation rules.
Anti-Definition: Popular, attractive, or valuable.
Allowed Relations: qualifies, admits
16. BASECELL
Definition: A safeguarded arbitration state for unresolved Work.
Anti-Definition: A place, metaphor, or trash bin.
Allowed Relations: quarantines, preserves, releases
17. Quarantine
Definition: Suspension without erasure pending resolution.
Anti-Definition: Deletion or rejection.
Allowed Relations: suspends, preserves
18. Seal
Definition: The irreversible closure boundary of a Work.
Anti-Definition: Publication or exposure.
Allowed Relations: seals, finalizes
19. Museum (archive)
Definition: The admission engine for sealed Works.
Anti-Definition: Evaluation, curation, or taste-making.
Allowed Relations: admits, holds, witnesses
20. Admission
Definition: Acceptance into a governed holding state.
Anti-Definition: Approval or endorsement.
Allowed Relations: follows, permits
21. Witness
Definition: A durable record of state or transition.
Anti-Definition: Observation without record.
Allowed Relations: records, verifies
22. Lineage
Definition: The traceable history of a Work’s states and artifacts.
Anti-Definition: Narrative backstory.
Allowed Relations: traces, binds
23. Constraint
Definition: A non-negotiable rule boundary.
Anti-Definition: Preference or style.
Allowed Relations: limits, governs
24. Invariant
Definition: A rule or measure that must not change.
Anti-Definition: Convention or habit.
Allowed Relations: anchors, stabilizes
25. Membrane
Definition: A boundary governing what may cross between engines.
Anti-Definition: A theme or visual style.
Allowed Relations: permits, blocks
26. Orientation
Definition: Navigation without interpretation.
Anti-Definition: Explanation or meaning-making.
Allowed Relations: guides, aligns
27. Interpretation
Definition: Meaning assignment beyond admissible measurement.
Anti-Definition: Orientation or definition.
Allowed Relations: excludedFrom
28. Signal
Definition: A canonical pointer broadcast outward.
Anti-Definition: Persuasion or argument.
Allowed Relations: pointsTo, broadcasts
29. Exposure
Definition: Controlled public stress-testing of a Work.
Anti-Definition: Marketing or promotion.
Allowed Relations: reveals, tests
30. Simulation
Definition: A non-binding test environment for Works.
Anti-Definition: Admission or execution.
Allowed Relations: tests, predicts
