---
id: MKTT-WP-0010
type: workplan
title: "Content References, Processors, and Literate Workflows"
domain: markitect
status: todo
owner: markitect-tool
topic_slug: markitect
planning_priority: P1
planning_order: 55
depends_on_workplans:
  - MKTT-WP-0004
depends_on_tasks:
  - MKTT-WP-0003-T006
informs_workplans:
  - MKTT-WP-0006
  - MKTT-WP-0007
  - MKTT-WP-0008
  - MKTT-WP-0009
  - MKTT-WP-0011
created: "2026-05-04"
updated: "2026-05-04"
state_hub_workstream_id: "7863fd01-0be0-4dbc-9941-0151365bb9e1"
---

# MKTT-WP-0010: Content References, Processors, and Literate Workflows

## Purpose

Build the richer framework layer for namespaced content references,
processor-driven Markdown blocks, reversible explode/implode, and literate
weave/tangle workflows.

This preserves the important `markitect-main` ideas that were intentionally not
pulled into the first transform/compose/include slice.

## Background

The first P3.5 implementation provides a clean deterministic kernel:
frontmatter/body/heading transforms, file composition, and explicit include
markers. That is better for the core toolkit than the old platform-heavy
implementation, but it leaves out several valuable capabilities:

- reversible explode/implode variants
- named chunks and Knuth-style weave/tangle
- scoped variables and conditional transclusion
- stable namespaces and content references
- processor semantics for fenced blocks
- reference graphs, provenance, and source maps
- deterministic multi-inheritance for content classes and overlays

See `docs/content-reference-literate-workflow-research.md`.

## P10.1 - Define reference address model and namespace rules

```task
id: MKTT-WP-0010-T001
status: todo
priority: high
state_hub_task_id: "f70d2b9d-151b-46c6-9613-bd6bdbf164e7"
```

Define stable content-unit identities, namespace mappings, reference syntax,
resolver inputs/outputs, and error cases.

Output: reference model docs, examples, and tests for path, namespace, selector,
and ID resolution.

## P10.2 - Add token-safe transforms and operation provenance

```task
id: MKTT-WP-0010-T002
status: todo
priority: high
state_hub_task_id: "e35639b7-756f-4993-8b3c-2e58b23e0eca"
```

Make transform/include behavior aware of fenced blocks and parser tokens. Add
structured operation provenance, dependency edges, source spans, and diagnostics.

Output: token-safe transform implementation and provenance result envelope.

## P10.3 - Implement named regions and addressable block selectors

```task
id: MKTT-WP-0010-T003
status: todo
priority: high
state_hub_task_id: "98cafe28-a364-48f1-ae55-cb47c71d9441"
```

Support named Markdown/source regions, section IDs, fenced block IDs, and region
selection by ID/tag/line range where appropriate.

Output: region parser/resolver, CLI examples, and source-snippet tests.

## P10.4 - Reimplement reversible explode/implode variants

```task
id: MKTT-WP-0010-T004
status: todo
priority: high
state_hub_task_id: "67f77aa1-a7ee-485c-891e-6ae7ecc52067"
```

Recreate the useful `markitect-main` explode/implode functionality with a slim
variant interface and manifest-first reversibility.

Initial variants: flat and hierarchical. Semantic variant can follow once the
reference and processor model is stable.

Output: `mkt explode`, `mkt implode`, manifest schema, roundtrip tests.

## P10.5 - Define processor registry for fenced blocks

```task
id: MKTT-WP-0010-T005
status: todo
priority: high
state_hub_task_id: "eb7cde08-8a73-4163-ac54-19a2bc7b5f88"
```

Create a deterministic processor API for fenced blocks and directives.
Processors should receive content units, resolver access, context, and policy,
and return generated content/files, diagnostics, dependencies, and provenance.

Output: processor registry API, deterministic built-in processors, and tests.

## P10.6 - Implement literate weave/tangle MVP

```task
id: MKTT-WP-0010-T006
status: todo
priority: high
state_hub_task_id: "090fcc38-758b-4414-b941-40f217eb17ca"
```

Implement Markdown-native literate workflows: named code chunks, chunk
references, target files, tangling, and woven documentation with chunk
cross-references.

Output: `mkt tangle`, `mkt weave`, chunk-reference diagnostics, examples.

## P10.7 - Design content class composition and multi-inheritance

```task
id: MKTT-WP-0010-T007
status: todo
priority: medium
state_hub_task_id: "220e6b27-2d7b-4c22-b5e8-304198ecfea8"
```

Define content classes, slots, merge policies, and deterministic
multi-inheritance resolution. Use a C3-like linearization with clear conflict
diagnostics.

Output: architecture note, examples, and a small deterministic resolver spike.

## P10.8 - Add migration examples from markitect-main

```task
id: MKTT-WP-0010-T008
status: todo
priority: high
state_hub_task_id: "287637d3-1997-43b2-b97d-10587d565cec"
```

Translate the relevant old explode/implode, transclusion, and spaces reference
graph tests into successor-style fixtures and examples.

Output: migration test inventory, example documents, and parity notes.