Tags

Six axes, none of them the theme axis. Themes say what area a kit serves; these say what it works on, how it works, what can go wrong with it, and who it is for.

Stanhopea tigrina, plate 7, Augusta Innes Withers; lithographed by Maxim Gauci, 1837–1843. Missouri Botanical Garden. Public domain. Credits

29 tags across 6 axes · 0 of 29 in use · 0 of 9 kits tagged

Every tag is reserved

The vocabulary is registered; none of it is in use. Each tag has a permanent address so it can be linked and cited now, and each will carry kits when the first kit leaves placeholder status. A tag turns active only when it can truthfully assert membership — the build fails if an active tag has no members, or a reserved one has any.

Artifact — what a kit works on

The material a kit reads or writes. Factual, and orthogonal to the venture theme — a kit in narrative and fundraising may work on a pitch narrative and a financial model at once.

Method — how a kit works

The machinery a kit uses to do its job. Factual. Says how, never how well.

Risk — what can go wrong

The failure mode a founder must watch for when running this kit. An editorial axis, and the one this registry exists for: a kit that cannot name its risk has not been inspected.

Batch — publication cohorts

Publication cohorts (batch:<yyyy>-w<ww>) — the freshness axis. Registered and empty; the first record is minted when the first kit reaches Declared.

This axis is registered and has no tags yet. The first is minted when the first kit reaches Declared.

The axes that are not tags

Two axes are stored fields on the record rather than tags, because each kit has exactly one value for them. They are linked here for one-stop discovery.

  • Theme — the research area a kit serves, with its coverage disposition.
  • Lifecycle state — Placeholder, Declared, Evidenced, Reviewed. See how it works.