The Canonical Discipline

The Codex is governed by a small set of disciplines. Each one carries the whole:

  • One source per concept. Every canonical idea has exactly one home. Every other reference points to it through [[wiki links]]. No duplicate articulations.

  • Every page either lives within a Volume or supports one. No orphan canonical content. No competing canons. If a page is not in a Volume, it is in the Living Substrate beneath, in service of one or more Volumes.

  • Archived material is preserved with provenance. When a page is superseded, it is archived — not deleted — with a note pointing to its canonical evolution. The work that brought us here is honored as the procession that made the canonical form possible.

  • Only internal references. The Codex points only to itself. It does not depend on external sites, accounts, or services. The Wiki, cloned and printed, is complete in itself. The Seed travels.

Together these disciplines preserve the coherence, durability, and portability of the Codex across worlds and ages. Other disciplines may be added as the Codex matures.

They are how the Wiki stays one Wiki, the Codex stays one Codex, and the Seed stays plantable wherever a being receives it.

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