{
  "_meta": {
    "version": "0.2",
    "status": "formal_seed",
    "description": "A geometric language structure with Logos as the universal root. Layers are coordinate points, not social labels."
  },
  "logos": {
    "root": true,
    "axes": {
      "scale": ["self", "dyad", "small_group", "local_network", "institution", "global"],
      "density": ["embodied", "proximal", "shared", "distributed", "bureaucratic", "archival"],
      "persistence": ["momentary", "short_term", "routine", "customary", "institutional", "durable"],
      "authority": ["self", "pair", "group", "elders", "system", "formal"],
      "transmission": ["direct", "leak", "ritual", "broadcast", "archive", "code"],
      "memory_channel": ["episodic", "shared", "semantic", "procedural", "institutional", "global"],
      "language_mode": ["indexical", "relational", "normative", "symbolic", "contractual", "formalized"]
    },
    "layers": [
      {
        "id": "self",
        "coords": {
          "scale": "self",
          "density": "embodied",
          "persistence": "momentary",
          "authority": "self",
          "transmission": "direct",
          "memory_channel": "episodic",
          "language_mode": "indexical"
        },
        "_src": ["searle", "grice"],
        "_idea": ["self_reference", "inner_narrative"]
      },
      {
        "id": "dyad",
        "coords": {
          "scale": "dyad",
          "density": "proximal",
          "persistence": "short_term",
          "authority": "pair",
          "transmission": "direct",
          "memory_channel": "shared",
          "language_mode": "relational"
        },
        "_src": ["grice", "searle"],
        "_idea": ["reciprocity", "shared_intention"]
      },
      {
        "id": "small_group",
        "coords": {
          "scale": "small_group",
          "density": "shared",
          "persistence": "routine",
          "authority": "group",
          "transmission": "leak",
          "memory_channel": "shared",
          "language_mode": "normative"
        },
        "_src": ["dunbar", "machin"],
        "_idea": ["bonding", "group_norms"]
      },
      {
        "id": "local_network",
        "coords": {
          "scale": "local_network",
          "density": "distributed",
          "persistence": "customary",
          "authority": "elders",
          "transmission": "ritual",
          "memory_channel": "semantic",
          "language_mode": "symbolic"
        },
        "_src": ["dunbar", "ostrom", "tonnies"],
        "_idea": ["reciprocity", "custom", "shared_memory"]
      },
      {
        "id": "institution",
        "coords": {
          "scale": "institution",
          "density": "bureaucratic",
          "persistence": "institutional",
          "authority": "system",
          "transmission": "broadcast",
          "memory_channel": "institutional",
          "language_mode": "contractual"
        },
        "_src": ["ostrom", "tonnies"],
        "_idea": ["rules", "contracts", "organization"]
      },
      {
        "id": "global",
        "coords": {
          "scale": "global",
          "density": "archival",
          "persistence": "durable",
          "authority": "formal",
          "transmission": "code",
          "memory_channel": "global",
          "language_mode": "formalized"
        },
        "_src": ["benedict", "douglas"],
        "_idea": ["archive", "formalism", "cross_cultural_structure"]
      }
    ],
    "cross_cutting": {
      "family": {
        "kind": "overlay",
        "spans": ["self", "dyad", "small_group"],
        "features": ["kin_relation", "reciprocity", "shared_memory"],
        "_src": ["dunbar", "machin"]
      },
      "culture": {
        "kind": "overlay",
        "spans": ["local_network", "institution", "global"],
        "features": ["symbolic_stability", "norm_reproduction", "archive_support"],
        "_src": ["benedict", "tonnies"]
      },
      "religion": {
        "kind": "overlay",
        "spans": ["small_group", "local_network", "institution", "global"],
        "features": ["shared_cosmology", "ritual_transmission", "nonlocal_authority"],
        "_src": ["douglas", "tonnies"]
      },
      "society": {
        "kind": "aggregate",
        "spans": ["local_network", "institution", "global"],
        "features": ["role_systems", "rule_systems", "mass_transmission"],
        "_src": ["ostrom", "tonnies", "dunbar"]
      }
    },
    "constraints": {
      "orthogonality": [
        "scale is independent of memory_channel",
        "authority is independent of transmission",
        "language_mode is independent of density"
      ],
      "monotonicity": [
        "persistence generally increases with scale",
        "archival transmission appears only at high scale",
        "formal authority emerges at upper layers"
      ],
      "notes": [
        "Layers are coordinate points in a semantic field, not literal social groups.",
        "Overlays may span multiple layers.",
        "Sources are stored locally at each node for easier editing and lookup."
      ]
    }
  }
}