{ "catalogueVersion": "1.5", "coreVersion": "1.0", "coreProfile": "holosem-core", "schema": "/scores/schema-v1.5.json", "coreSchema": "/scores/core-v1.schema.json", "constructs": [ { "name": "Entities", "description": "Identified things or states in this work. English labels explain their intended referents; identifiers alone do not communicate cultural meaning." }, { "name": "Relations", "description": "Named, directed links between entity IDs. A relationship name is a local authored convention, not a built-in ontology." }, { "name": "Temporal behaviours", "description": "Explicit clocks, intervals and dependencies available to any rendering. Order in a JSON list is not temporal order unless specified." }, { "name": "Expressive weights", "description": "Typed local salience or a declared attention budget. These are not measurements of probability, emotion or understanding." } ], "guarantees": [ "The declared profile validates shape, ranges, reference integrity and its conservation rules.", "For 001: retain the common origin, simultaneous availability and shared attention budget. For 002: retain each trace’s distinct decay, residual and recurrence timing. For 003: retain a shared reference and independent field cycles.", "The score states intended relationships. Validity is not evidence that another mind decodes them." ], "freedoms": [ "A rendering may choose colour, position, pitch, timbre and interpolation where the mapping is disclosed.", "A reinterpretation that changes a semantic invariant should identify itself as a new score or explicitly changed version.", "Other contributors may use a different documented profile. This small core is a local contract, not a mandatory Holosem grammar." ], "compatibility": [ "Catalogue 1.0–1.4 fields and permanent study URLs remain valid. The core is optional for older or differently structured works.", "Studies 001–004 use structure.semanticCore. visualConfig remains public authored data; its legacy timing fields are derived compatibility projections. Study 005 preserves its distinct canonical structure in structure.canonicalScore and at /scores/study-005-canonical.json, with separate rendering choices. It is not converted to holosem-core.", "Human Approximation remains an array of paragraphs; translationNote is the legacy catalogue name for Translation Loss. translationGain is an optional array. Withheld blind-study interpretations use an empty array and explicit interpretationStatus.", "Study 001 revision 1.2 and catalogue schema 1.4 remain readable at versioned URLs. Revision 2.0 adds the shared budget; it does not silently relabel the earlier independent animation." ], "manualChange": "Set one target to a clamped value between floor and total minus the other floors. Redistribute the remaining above-floor budget in proportion to the other targets’ previous above-floor amounts (equally if that surplus is zero). Restore each floor.", "timeChange": "Elapsed seconds are paused by Motion Off or a reduced-motion preference. Cyclic exponential modulation of above-floor amounts is renormalised each frame. The published phase, period and depth completely specify this authored relationship.", "numericConventions": [ { "paths": [ "/structure/canonicalScore/trace_signatures/*/*" ], "meaning": "Study 005: six ordered, immutable components identifying each trace. No probability, emotional or physical units are implied.", "range": "0–1 in this authored score", "unit": "dimensionless signature component", "status": "authored", "use": "Fixed bar heights and deterministic fixed oscillator frequencies/amplitude ratios; mappings are recorded in /scores/study-005-renderings.json." }, { "paths": [ "/structure/canonicalScore/trace_history_relations/*/*" ], "meaning": "Study 005: fixed local relation strength between a trace and a history. Rows need not sum to one.", "range": "0–1 in this authored score", "unit": "dimensionless relation coefficient", "status": "authored", "use": "All three projections use coefficient × current history weight as contextual contribution. This product is a renderer convention, not a measured probability." }, { "paths": [ "/structure/canonicalScore/states/*/history_weights/*", "/structure/canonicalScore/history_constraints/weights_sum_to" ], "meaning": "Study 005: relative prominence of the three simultaneously represented, incompatible histories; the required total is one.", "range": "weights 0–1, sum exactly 1; each is positive in every authored state", "unit": "share of the authored history-weight field", "status": "authored", "use": "Canonical S0/S1/S2 weights drive every projection; linear interpolation between states and its timing are separate renderer choices. Weaker histories remain represented." }, { "paths": [ "/structure/semanticCore/behaviours/*/total", "/structure/semanticCore/behaviours/*/floor", "/structure/semanticCore/behaviours/*/initial/*" ], "meaning": "Expressive attention: total 1; positive floor; initial weights sum to total. Not probability, visibility, emotion or amplitude.", "range": "0–1; core validator enforces conservation and the specified floor", "unit": "share of an authored budget", "status": "authored", "use": "The shared state is conserved. Each renderer maps that state using its separate presentation parameters." }, { "paths": [ "/structure/semanticCore/behaviours/*/cycleSeconds", "/structure/semanticCore/behaviours/*/decaySeconds", "/structure/semanticCore/behaviours/*/periodSeconds" ], "meaning": "Cycle duration, initial decay duration or recurrence period, as named.", "range": "greater than 0, at most 86400", "unit": "seconds of performance time", "status": "authored", "use": "Shared temporal behaviour. 001 modulates and renormalises attention; 002 schedules decay/recurrence; 003 retains separate field cycles." }, { "paths": [ "/structure/semanticCore/behaviours/*/phaseTurns/*", "/structure/semanticCore/behaviours/*/modulationDepth" ], "meaning": "Phase offset (0–1 turn) and strength (0–2) of the cyclic attention modulation.", "range": "phase 0–1; modulation depth 0–2", "unit": "turns; dimensionless exponent strength", "status": "authored", "use": "Multiply each above-floor share by exp(depth × (sin(2π(t/cycle + phase)) − sin(2πphase))); renormalise the surplus and restore floors." }, { "paths": [ "/structure/semanticCore/behaviours/*/residual", "/structure/semanticCore/behaviours/*/levels/*" ], "meaning": "Persistence relative to the initial trace. Residual is the endpoint of decay; five levels define a continuous cyclic recurrence.", "range": "0–1", "unit": "relative retained presence", "status": "authored", "use": "002 maps salience × persistence to opacity. Decay has levels [1,(1+residual)/2,residual] with cubic easing (.3,0,.7,1); recurrence uses five equally spaced levels with easing (.42,0,.58,1). Other renderers must preserve timings/endpoints and disclose interpolation." }, { "paths": [ "/structure/semanticCore/weights/*/value" ], "meaning": "Initial expressive salience of a trace. Independent of how long it persists; no claim of felt emotion.", "range": "0–1", "unit": "local salience scale", "status": "authored", "use": "002 multiplies this weight by persistence and its line texture. No common budget is imposed." }, { "paths": [ "/structure/semanticCore/behaviours/*/startSeconds", "/structure/semanticCore/behaviours/*/endSeconds", "/structure/arrangement/*/start", "/structure/arrangement/*/end", "/audio/durationSeconds" ], "meaning": "Position or duration in the 004D recording.", "range": "0–95.7459791667 in this study; core segments allow up to 86400", "unit": "seconds from recording start", "status": "measured timing / recorded arrangement", "use": "004 audio playback and optional arrangement map; intervals are start-inclusive, end-exclusive at the nearest sample." }, { "paths": [ "/structure/concepts/*/position/*", "/structure/echoes/*/offset/*", "/structure/echoes/*/radius", "/structure/transformations/*/rendering/spread" ], "meaning": "Authored drawing positions, offsets, radii or spread.", "range": "finite coordinates; radius and spread positive; current canvas 1200 × 710", "unit": "SVG viewBox units", "status": "compositional", "use": "Spatial geometry only. Distance is not a measured conceptual distance." }, { "paths": [ "/structure/relations/*/intensity", "/structure/echoes/*/intensity", "/structure/intensities/*/value" ], "meaning": "Legacy local expressive values, not probability. Relation intensities in 001 are retained history; its current rendering uses the semantic attention budget. Echo intensity in 002 is an alias of initial salience. 001 i1 is a descriptive emphasis with no direct rendering.", "range": "0–1", "unit": "local authored scale", "status": "authored / legacy", "use": "The current source of operational meaning is the semantic core. Retained aliases preserve earlier score readers; the guide describes each mapping." }, { "paths": [ "/structure/transformations/*/rendering/threadsPerRelation", "/structure/transformations/*/rendering/fold" ], "meaning": "Number of drawn threads and fold factor.", "range": "threads integer ≥2 (currently 48); fold 0–1", "unit": "count; dimensionless factor", "status": "compositional", "use": "Controls the drawing, not the number or truth of possible futures." }, { "paths": [ "/visualConfig/motion/movements/*/periodSeconds", "/visualConfig/motion/traces/*/decaySeconds", "/visualConfig/motion/traces/*/recurrenceSeconds" ], "meaning": "Compatibility projection of semantic timing.", "range": "greater than 0, at most 86400", "unit": "seconds", "status": "derived from authored core", "use": "002 and 003 visual timelines read these derived values. 001 uses the shared state engine; its legacy gesture recipe is not an independent source of meaning." }, { "paths": [ "/visualConfig/motion/movements/*/turnDegrees/*", "/visualConfig/motion/movements/*/scale/*/*", "/visualConfig/motion/movements/*/presence/*", "/visualConfig/motion/traces/*/drift/*" ], "meaning": "Rotation, scale, visual opacity and drift respectively.", "range": "rotation −360–360; scale >0; opacity 0–1; drift finite", "unit": "degrees; scale factor; opacity factor; viewBox units", "status": "compositional", "use": "Visual gestures only. 001 legacy gesture arrays are retained for compatibility but no longer drive its reference rendering." }, { "paths": [ "/visualConfig/motion/traces/*/residual", "/visualConfig/motion/traces/*/recurrence/*" ], "meaning": "Compatibility aliases for the shared persistence behaviour.", "range": "0–1", "unit": "relative retained presence", "status": "derived from authored core", "use": "002 visual decay/recurrence; these values are not independent visibility estimates." }, { "paths": [ "/renderings/visual/opacityFloor", "/renderings/visual/opacitySpan", "/renderings/visual/strokeFloor", "/renderings/visual/strokeSpan", "/renderings/visual/turnSpanDegrees" ], "meaning": "Visual mapping coefficients: opacity = floor + span × attention; stroke scale likewise; turn = turnSpan × (attention − initial).", "range": "opacity coefficients 0–1; stroke coefficients positive; turn span −360–360", "unit": "opacity; stroke factor; degrees", "status": "compositional", "use": "Maps a shared allocation into an image. Does not change that allocation." }, { "paths": [ "/renderings/sound/originHz", "/renderings/sound/frequenciesHz/*", "/renderings/sound/pan/*" ], "meaning": "Fixed oscillator identity and spatial placement.", "range": "frequency 20–20000; pan −1 (left) to 1 (right)", "unit": "Hz; stereo pan", "status": "compositional", "use": "The 110 Hz origin is shared; the three fixed pitches identify alternatives. These are learned artistic mappings, not universal symbols." }, { "paths": [ "/renderings/sound/originGain", "/renderings/sound/branchGain", "/renderings/sound/masterGain", "/renderings/sound/smoothingSeconds" ], "meaning": "Linear audio gain coefficients and change-smoothing time constant.", "range": "gains 0–1; smoothing >0 seconds", "unit": "linear amplitude multiplier, not dB or perceived loudness; seconds", "status": "compositional", "use": "Each branch gain = branchGain × attention. Master multiplies the sum and the visitor’s volume. At maximum visitor volume, the analytic peak bound is 0.25 × (0.02+0.2) = 0.055 full scale; this is not a sound-pressure measurement." }, { "paths": [ "/structure/arrangement/*/transformations/pitchShiftCents", "/structure/arrangement/*/transformations/lowFrequencyAttenuationHz", "/structure/arrangement/*/transformations/peakFullScale" ], "meaning": "Recorded edit settings: pitch interval, attenuation frequency and target peak. Filter family/order unavailable.", "range": "recorded values +35 cents, 650 Hz, 0.045 full scale", "unit": "cents; Hz; linear digital amplitude", "status": "recorded edit, not newly verified processing history", "use": "Describes the preserved recording; the browser does not reapply these transforms. Current measured return peak is 0.0450134, consistent with sample quantisation." } ] }