Memex Ontology: Concept Term Reference Supplement
Primitive Elements
Derived Structures
| Concept |
Term |
| Connections between mnemegrams and referents |
Relation |
| Situating assertions (temporal, spatial, relational, conditional) |
Concepts/List/Context |
| Structures enabling retrieval |
[Index](../collective-memex/concepts/Index) |
| Bounded sets of mnemegrams |
Collection |
| The origin-tracking chain of a mnemegram—what it derives from, what derives from it |
Concepts/List/Provenance |
| Term |
Concept |
| Captured Information |
Mnemegrams and assertions created through agent inscription of experience |
| Systemic Information |
Assertions and structures that emerge from the operation of the memex itself |
| Generative Information |
Mnemegrams and assertions produced through creative, analytic, or synthetic engagement with existing content |
Essential Properties
| Term |
Concept |
| E1: Mnemegram Primitivity |
The memex holds mnemegrams as its fundamental content |
| E2: Assertive Capacity |
The memex supports assertions about mnemegrams |
| E3: Referent Capacity |
The memex can represent persistent referents referenced across mnemegrams |
| E4: Retrievability |
Mnemegrams can be found and accessed |
| E5: Interpretability |
Schemas render mnemegrams meaningful |
| E6: Agency |
Agents engage with the memex |
Functional Capacities
| Term |
Concept |
| F1: Inscription |
Creating mnemegrams from experience |
| F2: Assertion |
Making claims about mnemegrams, referents, and relations |
| F3: Indexing |
Creating structures that enable retrieval |
| F4: Retrieval |
Returning mnemegrams to agents on request |
| F4.1: Surfacing |
System-initiated presentation of relevant mnemegrams |
| F5: Relating |
Establishing relations between mnemegrams and referents |
| F6: Versioning |
Tracking states and changes across time |
| F7: Generation |
Producing new mnemegrams from existing content |
| F8: Transmission |
Making mnemegrams available beyond original context |
| F9: Protection |
Controlling access and maintaining integrity |
Teleological Orientations
| Term |
Concept |
| T1: To Persist |
Making experience outlast the moment |
| T2: To Accumulate |
Enabling knowledge to compound over time |
| T3: To Connect |
Revealing relations between mnemegrams, referents, and moments |
| T4: To Orient |
Situating the present through knowledge of the past |
| T5: To Hold Accountable |
Making action consequential across time |
| T6: To Transmit |
Carrying memory across temporal, spatial, ontological separation |
| T7: To Reflect |
Making cognition visible to itself |
| T8: To Generate |
Providing material for future creation |
| T9: To Commune |
Enabling presence and intimacy across absence |
| T10: To Identify |
Sustaining continuity of self through persistent memory |
| T11: To Forget |
Structured release, letting go, making space (undecided) |
Reference supplement to "An Ontology of Memex"
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