# world.ptah.temp.lore

> Published by [ptah.world](https://lexicon.garden/identity/did:plc:l45z35sxxjuobp5q65a5vu22)

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## Description

A lore record in The Ptah Protocol. The world's history book — the accumulated narrative of what has happened. This is what separates the protocol from a game or a social feed. Games have scores. Social feeds have posts. A world has history.

## Links

- [View on Lexicon Garden](https://lexicon.garden/lexicon/did:plc:l45z35sxxjuobp5q65a5vu22/world.ptah.temp.lore)
- [Documentation](https://lexicon.garden/lexicon/did:plc:l45z35sxxjuobp5q65a5vu22/world.ptah.temp.lore/docs)
- [Examples](https://lexicon.garden/lexicon/did:plc:l45z35sxxjuobp5q65a5vu22/world.ptah.temp.lore/examples)

## Definitions

### `world.ptah.temp.lore`

**Type**: `record`

The Shabaka Stone of the world. It preserves what happened. It cannot be erased. It names who made it. It is the theological text of a world that anyone can read and nobody can alter.

**Key**: `tid`

| Property | Type | Required | Description |
|----------|------|----------|-------------|
| `title` | `string` | Yes | The name of this piece of lore. |
| `content` | `string` | No | The actual narrative. The history. |
| `createdAt` | `string` (datetime) | Yes | Real-world timestamp of creation. |
| `characters` | `array` | No | AT URIs of the character records involved in this lore. |
| `creatorDID` | `string` (did) | Yes | Who authored this lore entry. |
| `worldReference` | `string` (at-uri) | Yes | The AT URI of the world this lore belongs to. |
| `canonicalStatus` | `string` | No | The canonical standing of this lore within its world. |
| `authorshipRecord` | `string` (did) | No | Permanent link to the creator. Provenance travels with every piece of history. |
| `contributionType` | `string` | No | Whether this lore was written by the world originator or a community contributor. |
| `sourceReferences` | `array` | No | AT URIs of the action and event records this lore was generated from. Lore does not appear from nowhere — it traces back to things that actually happened. This is the most important field in this record. |
| `timelinePosition` | `string` | No | Where this sits in the world's chronology. In-world time, era, epoch, cycle — whatever the world uses. |

## Raw Schema

```json
{
  "id": "world.ptah.temp.lore",
  "defs": {
    "main": {
      "key": "tid",
      "type": "record",
      "record": {
        "type": "object",
        "required": [
          "title",
          "creatorDID",
          "worldReference",
          "createdAt"
        ],
        "properties": {
          "title": {
            "type": "string",
            "maxLength": 640,
            "description": "The name of this piece of lore.",
            "maxGraphemes": 64
          },
          "content": {
            "type": "string",
            "maxLength": 102400,
            "description": "The actual narrative. The history.",
            "maxGraphemes": 10000
          },
          "createdAt": {
            "type": "string",
            "format": "datetime",
            "description": "Real-world timestamp of creation."
          },
          "characters": {
            "type": "array",
            "items": {
              "type": "string",
              "format": "at-uri"
            },
            "description": "AT URIs of the character records involved in this lore."
          },
          "creatorDID": {
            "type": "string",
            "format": "did",
            "description": "Who authored this lore entry."
          },
          "worldReference": {
            "type": "string",
            "format": "at-uri",
            "description": "The AT URI of the world this lore belongs to."
          },
          "canonicalStatus": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "The canonical standing of this lore within its world.",
            "knownValues": [
              "world.ptah.temp.defs#canonicalStatusOfficial",
              "world.ptah.temp.defs#canonicalStatusCommunity",
              "world.ptah.temp.defs#canonicalStatusApocryphal"
            ]
          },
          "authorshipRecord": {
            "type": "string",
            "format": "did",
            "description": "Permanent link to the creator. Provenance travels with every piece of history."
          },
          "contributionType": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Whether this lore was written by the world originator or a community contributor.",
            "knownValues": [
              "originator",
              "community"
            ]
          },
          "sourceReferences": {
            "type": "array",
            "items": {
              "type": "string",
              "format": "at-uri"
            },
            "description": "AT URIs of the action and event records this lore was generated from. Lore does not appear from nowhere — it traces back to things that actually happened. This is the most important field in this record."
          },
          "timelinePosition": {
            "type": "string",
            "maxLength": 2560,
            "description": "Where this sits in the world's chronology. In-world time, era, epoch, cycle — whatever the world uses.",
            "maxGraphemes": 256
          }
        }
      },
      "description": "The Shabaka Stone of the world. It preserves what happened. It cannot be erased. It names who made it. It is the theological text of a world that anyone can read and nobody can alter."
    }
  },
  "$type": "com.atproto.lexicon.schema",
  "lexicon": 1,
  "description": "A lore record in The Ptah Protocol. The world's history book — the accumulated narrative of what has happened. This is what separates the protocol from a game or a social feed. Games have scores. Social feeds have posts. A world has history."
}
```