Foundation
WEB4-001 through WEB4-005
Authority, agency, constitutional principles, and delegation.
web4ecosystem.org
The Web4 Operating Model
Web4 Canon Capstone
Web4 is an operating model for intelligent institutions. WEB4-030 explains how the canon primitives work together.
Canonical Citation
WEB4-030: The Web4 Operating Model
Ecosystem Hub
web4ecosystem.org
The ecosystem domain owns the synthesis layer: how identity, provenance, truth, trust, authority, delegation, governance, stewardship, memory, and adjudication operate as one institutional model.
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The Web4 Family
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Web4 Operating Model Diagram
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Full Canon Map
Infrastructure
WEB4-006 through WEB4-013
Delegation infrastructure, registries, trust, governance, protocols, stack, and intelligence.
Native Systems
WEB4-014 through WEB4-024
Native value, registries, wallets, stewardship, attention, provenance, truth, identity, lifecycle, state, and portable trust.
Institutional Operations
WEB4-025 through WEB4-030
Memory, multi-agent governance, constitutional agents, native economies, adjudication, and the operating model.
Applied Canon
ROBOTICS-001 and SPACE-001
Robotics and space as applied Web4 authority domains.
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Primitive-to-System Map
WEB4-021
Identity
Who exists and who acted.
Open paperWEB4-019
Provenance
Where records, claims, and authority came from.
Open paperWEB4-020
Truth
What is claimed, verified, contested, revised, or superseded.
Open paperWEB4-008 / WEB4-024
Trust
Who is trusted under evidence, context, and portability.
Open paperWEB4-001
Authority
Who may act and under what legitimacy.
Open paperWEB4-005 / WEB4-006
Delegation
How authority moves under scope and revocation.
Open paperWEB4-010 / WEB4-026 / WEB4-027
Governance
How action remains legitimate and accountable.
Open paperWEB4-017
Stewardship
Who is responsible for care and continuity.
Open paperWEB4-025
Memory
What institutions preserve and remember.
Open paperWEB4-029
Adjudication
How disagreement is resolved.
Open paper04
Institution Operating Model Map
Enterprise
Employees, agents, vendors, approvals, authority, audit records, disputes, and institutional memory.
University
Students, faculty, credentials, claims, citations, review, stewardship, discipline, and mission alignment.
Research Institution
Datasets, methods, papers, provenance, replication, attention, trust, contribution, disputes, and canon.
Robotics Fleet
Robots, operators, tasks, delegated authority, safety constraints, wallets, registries, incidents, and review.
Space Mission
Spacecraft, rovers, mission authority, autonomous action, delayed communication, stewardship, trust, and adjudication.
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Authority Domains
web4research.org
Master Canon Library
Open domainweb4systems.org
Ontology Canon
Open domainweb4registry.org
Registry Canon
Open domainweb4protocols.org
Protocol Canon
Open domainweb4-native.com
Native Asset Canon
Open domainweb4intelligence.org
Intelligence Canon
Open domainweb4ecosystem.org
Ecosystem Canon
Open domain06
Failure Modes
Identity failure
The system cannot determine who acted.
Trust failure
Uncertainty is hidden, bought, captured, or detached from evidence.
Governance failure
Authority, delegation, constraints, review, or revocation are absent or ignored.
Stewardship failure
Responsibility is captured, neglected, abandoned, or not succeeded.
Memory failure
Records, decisions, obligations, provenance, or judgments are forgotten or corrupted.
Adjudication failure
Disputes cannot be resolved legitimately.
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Web4 Canon
WEB4-001 through WEB4-030 define the operating model for governable intelligence. The primitives are complete enough to operate as a coherent canon.