Schema v0.1 · 2026-05-24

Machine Card — field inventory

One base entity (Machine) with two discriminated subclasses (Place, Path) and 13 embedded entity types. Fields are organized by concern; enums are closed — non-listed values are rejected at write time.

§3.3

Bryant & DeLanda primitives

machine_type, substrate, plasticity, has_interiority, actant_type, delanda_territorialization, delanda_coding, opp_strength

§3.4

Era, phase & pace

parent_machine, phase_in_parent, pace_layer, regime, machine_lifespan, motor, heavy_or_light

§3.8–9

Couplings & lineage

Coupling, CrossEraCoupling (10 kinds), identity_lineage_id, succession_type, transition_pathway

§3.5 / §3.10

Pressure & state

LandscapePressure, 23 canonical state variables, artifact_type_in_2026, [CANON]/[EXTRAP] flags

Entity index

Entity	Realization	Purpose
`Machine`	top-level node	base class; carries is_place / is_path discriminators
`MachineSnapshot`	embedded list on Machine	per-phase typed state slice
`Throughput`	embedded list (inputs/outputs, Path)	typed flow unit
`StateVariable`	embedded list on Machine and Snapshot	typed scalar with provenance
`Coupling`	embedded list on Machine	intra-era edge
`CrossEraCoupling`	embedded list on Machine	era-spanning edge (different parent_machine)
`InstanceRef`	embedded list on class-card Machine	named instance
`SourceCitation`	embedded on any field carrier	per-attribute provenance
`LandscapePressure`	embedded list on Machine	external pressure description
`ToolSetGeneration`	embedded list on Machine	within-card tool-set evolution
`OrganizationalForm`	embedded list on Machine	legal-form mutation history
`MachineState`	embedded in Snapshot	per-snapshot typed state values
`CalibrationAnchor`	top-level event node	dated historical calibration event

§3.1 Identity / metadata

Field	Type / enum	Required	Notes
`id`	str	yes	`machine:<slug>-<era-or-year>`
`name`	str	yes	human-readable class name
`description`	str	yes	source for semantic_emb; 150–400 words
`lifecycle_status`	LifecycleStatus enum	yes	proposed \| reviewed \| integrated
`class_card`	bool	yes	default true; false = named instance card
`wave_source`	str	yes	originating brief/wave slug
`canon_flag`	CanonFlag enum	yes	[CANON] \| [EXTRAP] \| hybrid
`sources`	list[SourceCitation]	yes	card-level provenance (1+)
`schema_version`	str	yes	default "v0.1"

§3.2 Discriminators

Field	Type	Notes
`is_place`	bool (default false)	enables Place extra fields (ScalingState, PowerGeometryPosition, StoryEntry, GaWCTier)
`is_path`	bool (default false)	enables Path extra fields; mutually exclusive with is_place

§3.6 Cyclical dynamics / structural position

Field	Type / enum	Required	Wave source
`tep_paradigm_primary`	TepParadigm enum	required for MM/DM	Wave 4 — Perez TEP
`tep_paradigm_secondary`	TepParadigm enum	optional	Wave 4
`tep_phase`	TepPhase enum	optional	Wave 4
`kondratiev_wave`	K1–K6	optional	Wave 3 — Braudel cyclical
`kondratiev_phase`	K_A \| K_B	optional	Wave 3
`secular_cycle_phase`	integrative \| disintegrative	optional	Wave 3 — Turchin
`wallerstein_position_geographic`	core \| semi \| periphery \| contested	optional	Wave 5 — Wallerstein
`wallerstein_position_functional`	same enum	optional	Wave 5
`dm_current`	DMFourCurrent enum	optional (DM cards)	Wave 6 — Castells
`artifact_type_in_2026`	live \| energetic_zombie \| intelligent_ghost \| ennervated_necromancy \| historical	optional	Wave 0

§3.7 Temporal

Field	Type	Required
`t_emerge`	int (year)	optional
`t_active_start`	int (year)	yes
`t_active_end`	int or null	optional (null = ongoing)

§3.14 Multi-view embeddings (computed; not authored)

Field	Dimensions	Method	Computed when
`semantic_emb`	768d	embeddinggemma-300M over description	Phase 2
`state_emb`	~50d	normalized state_variables + era/phase one-hot	Phase 2
`graph_emb`	~64d	node2vec over coupling graph	Phase 2 (after cards + edges loaded)