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MS Concept

• prefix: msc:
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constants:

Types

The Meshy Space base object ms:unit is extremely flexible, but not expressive. The Concept builds a network, in which units have a Role. Roles refer to units with a certain content, content of a certain Type. See also the base types.

For instance, the role of "owner" of something will refer to a unit of type "identity". In Meshy Space constants: a collection unit may have a ms:has element which is about the msc:Role/Owner (Role). It refers to a unit of unit.meta.type msc:Type/Identity.

At the moment, these are the types you can expect: (sorted alphabetically)

msc:Type/Collection

Mainly contains products (units with data managed by other applications). It may contain information how to mirror the data and the meta-data. (Computer people call Collections "directories", "map", or "Drive")

msc:Type/Company

Groups all activities of a legal entity, like a company, foundation, or person. It MAY publish public (anonymized) identities of personnel, and contact information. Also, it will "open" Stores per main activity. Departments are Companies contained inside other Companies.

msc:Type/Identity

This represents a public view of a person, company or organization. As a person, you may want to create many Identities, for various roles you have in society. When an Identity contains other Identities, it behaves like a group. Even system processes have identities, which allow them to sign their processing results. (Computer people call Identities usually "login" or "certificate").

msc:Type/Scribe

Configuration of Collection management process, as executed by the Town hall. Each Scribe needs to run often, RECOMMENDED at least every hour. But it is also used to retrieve units from remove Towns. It implements the unit's life-cycle. Scribes are automatically created when you go to a Town you have not visited before. Then, they can be fine-tuned. (Computer people call Scribes "rsync scripts" or "wget")

msc:Type/Store

Groups Collections which relate to one activity of a Company: documentation, input data, output data, actions, history. (Computer people call Stores "network disk", "mirrors", or "shares")

msc:Type/Town

Main control unit for a Meshy Space instance. It manages multiple namespaces which it has registered for companies and people. It implements the life-cycle of the units. The Town contains Stores. (Computer people call Towns confusingly "servers")