world.ptah.temp.character
{
"$type": "com.atproto.lexicon.schema",
"defs": {
"characterProperties": {
"description": "Flexible key-value properties for any kind of world. All fields optional — worlds define what matters.",
"properties": {
"abilities": {
"description": "Notable abilities or powers.",
"maxGraphemes": 256,
"maxLength": 2560,
"type": "string"
},
"affiliation": {
"maxGraphemes": 64,
"maxLength": 640,
"type": "string"
},
"age": {
"maxGraphemes": 64,
"maxLength": 640,
"type": "string"
},
"role": {
"description": "Narrative or social role within the world.",
"maxGraphemes": 64,
"maxLength": 640,
"type": "string"
},
"species": {
"maxGraphemes": 64,
"maxLength": 640,
"type": "string"
}
},
"type": "object"
},
"main": {
"description": "A birth certificate crossed with a passport. Ptah speaks the name and the thing exists — the character exists because it was named and the naming is permanent.",
"key": "tid",
"record": {
"properties": {
"authorshipRecord": {
"description": "Permanent, immutable link back to the creator. This never changes even if the character gets contributed to, built on, or rendered a thousand different ways.",
"format": "did",
"type": "string"
},
"canonicalStatus": {
"description": "The canonical standing of this character within its world.",
"knownValues": [
"world.ptah.temp.defs#canonicalStatusOfficial",
"world.ptah.temp.defs#canonicalStatusCommunity",
"world.ptah.temp.defs#canonicalStatusApocryphal"
],
"type": "string"
},
"controlType": {
"description": "How control of this character is governed. Solves the Ghost Character problem in public domain worlds.",
"knownValues": [
"exclusive",
"open",
"delegated"
],
"type": "string"
},
"createdAt": {
"description": "Timestamp of character creation.",
"format": "datetime",
"type": "string"
},
"creatorDID": {
"description": "Who created this character. This never changes — it is the provenance that travels.",
"format": "did",
"type": "string"
},
"description": {
"description": "Who this character is, in plain language.",
"maxGraphemes": 1024,
"maxLength": 10240,
"type": "string"
},
"name": {
"description": "What the character is called.",
"maxGraphemes": 64,
"maxLength": 640,
"type": "string"
},
"originType": {
"description": "The intellectual property origin of this character.",
"knownValues": [
"world.ptah.temp.defs#sourceTypeOriginalIP",
"world.ptah.temp.defs#sourceTypePublicDomain",
"contributed"
],
"type": "string"
},
"properties": {
"description": "Flexible fields — species, age, role, affiliation, abilities. Open-ended so any kind of world can use the same record type.",
"ref": "#characterProperties",
"type": "ref"
},
"roleReference": {
"description": "The AT URI of the Role record this character is an instance of. If present, this character is a specific performance of a shared role rather than a wholly original character.",
"format": "at-uri",
"type": "string"
},
"sourceReference": {
"description": "If originType is publicDomain, the specific source.",
"maxGraphemes": 1024,
"maxLength": 10240,
"type": "string"
},
"worldReference": {
"description": "The AT URI of the world record this character belongs to.",
"format": "at-uri",
"type": "string"
}
},
"required": [
"name",
"creatorDID",
"worldReference",
"createdAt"
],
"type": "object"
},
"type": "record"
}
},
"description": "A character record in The Ptah Protocol. A person, creature, or entity that exists inside a specific world. The character is not the user — the character is the world's inhabitant.",
"id": "world.ptah.temp.character",
"lexicon": 1
}
Metadata
- DID
-
did:plc:l45z35sxxjuobp5q65a5vu22 - CID
-
bafyreiddq4qcgdpgryyrkxfu324lhlviaa4dyamfntnwusmpbcvyw7bwy4 - Indexed At
- 2026-03-22 00:35 UTC
- AT-URI
-
at://did:plc:l45z35sxxjuobp5q65a5vu22/com.atproto.lexicon.schema/world.ptah.temp.character
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