The Principia Machina/Diagrams/01 Five-layer map

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Structural diagram 1 of 13. Part of the TPM hub.

• KIND: structure
• LANGUAGE: DOT
• GENERATED FROM: static, TPS 1.1 vocabulary, 5.1.1
• STATUS: hand-authored at TPS 0.1.0; checked against TPS 0.3.0 on 2026-09-28: still true; superseded by TPX at its first build
• SOURCE SHA-256: a2c72366198ecb986c3751e83fe5a023adf8a0bac29c84b8d823f80ae082acd0

Rendered live from the source, which is the text equivalent and is shown under the drawing. The key to the shapes is in the panel.

Source (the text equivalent; DOT)

// 01 Five-layer map. structure/DOT. Generated from: static, TPS 1.1 vocabulary, 5.1.1.
digraph five_layer_map {
  rankdir=TB; node [shape=box, style=filled, fillcolor="#eaecf0", color="#a2a9b1", fontcolor="#202122", fontname="Helvetica", fontsize=10]; edge [fontname="Helvetica", fontsize=9, color="#54595d", fontcolor="#202122"];
  TPK [label="Layer 1  TPK\nThe Prime Kernel\nTPS 2.2"];
  TRM [label="Layer 2  TrM\nThe Translation Manifold\nTPS 2.3"];
  RR  [label="Layer 3  RR\nThe Research Register\nTPS part 3"];
  CP  [label="Layer 4  Congruence Protocol\nCAC, strike rule\nTPS part 4"];
  PR  [label="Layer 5  Public Recorder\nPLATFORM, TPX, PRB\nTPS part 5", shape=box3d];
  TMS [label="TMS  The Measure Set\nthird zone of the TFK\nTPS 2.4"];
  TPK -> TRM [label="maps into an\nENVIRONMENT"]; TRM -> RR [label="records\npromote"];
  TMS -> CP [label="parameters", style=dashed]; CP -> RR [label="audits, strikes", dir=back, style=dashed];
  PR -> TPK [label="hosts", style=dotted, arrowhead=none]; PR -> RR [label="hosts", style=dotted, arrowhead=none]; PR -> CP [label="executes MECHANICAL checks", style=dotted, arrowhead=none];
}

Text equivalent

The Principia Machina (TPM) has five layers. The Prime Kernel (TPK, section 2.2 of The Principia Machina Specification, TPS) maps through the Translation Manifold (TrM, 2.3) into an environment; results are kept in the Research Register (RR, part 3). The Congruence Protocol (part 4) audits the register and strikes contradictions, taking its parameters from the Measure Set (TMS, 2.4), the third zone of the Full Kernel (TFK). The Public Recorder (part 5), in three parts PLATFORM, TPX (the controller) and PRB (the Public Recorder Backend), hosts every page and executes every MECHANICAL check (5.1.1, 5.1.3).