# net.anisota.lab.inkblot.perception

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## Definitions

### `net.anisota.lab.inkblot.perception`

**Type**: `record`

One person's perception of an inkblot — their answer to 'what do you see?'. Points at the inkblot record via a strongRef 'subject'. In the Social Inkblot Test, a viewer's own perception is written before everyone else's perceptions of the same blot are revealed (so the first impression is uncontaminated). Perceptions are aggregated through the Constellation backlink index on '.subject.uri'.

**Key**: `tid`

| Property | Type | Required | Description |
|----------|------|----------|-------------|
| `text` | `string` | Yes | What the viewer sees in the blot |
| `subject` | `ref` → `com.atproto.repo.strongRef` | Yes | The inkblot record this perception is of |
| `createdAt` | `string` (datetime) | Yes | When the perception was written |

## Raw Schema

```json
{
  "id": "net.anisota.lab.inkblot.perception",
  "defs": {
    "main": {
      "key": "tid",
      "type": "record",
      "record": {
        "type": "object",
        "required": [
          "subject",
          "text",
          "createdAt"
        ],
        "properties": {
          "text": {
            "type": "string",
            "maxLength": 1200,
            "description": "What the viewer sees in the blot",
            "maxGraphemes": 300
          },
          "subject": {
            "ref": "com.atproto.repo.strongRef",
            "type": "ref",
            "description": "The inkblot record this perception is of"
          },
          "createdAt": {
            "type": "string",
            "format": "datetime",
            "description": "When the perception was written"
          }
        }
      },
      "description": "One person's perception of an inkblot — their answer to 'what do you see?'. Points at the inkblot record via a strongRef 'subject'. In the Social Inkblot Test, a viewer's own perception is written before everyone else's perceptions of the same blot are revealed (so the first impression is uncontaminated). Perceptions are aggregated through the Constellation backlink index on '.subject.uri'."
    }
  },
  "$type": "com.atproto.lexicon.schema",
  "lexicon": 1
}
```