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Document Federated Wiki mechanics (fork, journal, inverted browser model), Caulfield lifecycle concepts, and comparison with git-backed wikis, ActivityPub/XWiki, Xanadu patterns, and yawex REMOTE/VIRTUAL. Map findings to shard-wiki INTENT without equating fedwiki to orchestration.
260608 — Federation concepts for unified information spaces
Date: 2026-06-08
What this is
Research into federation models for decentralized but unified knowledge spaces — with emphasis on Federated Wiki (Ward Cunningham, ~2011+) and comparable approaches (git-backed wikis, ActivityPub, Xanadu patterns, yawex REMOTE/VIRTUAL).
Complements research/260608-c2-wiki-origins/ (pre-federation wiki culture)
and research/260608-yawex-prior-art/ (Perl engine resolution states).
Focus: terms, architectural patterns, and mapping to shard-wiki INTENT
— not implementation specification.
Contents
| Path | Role |
|---|---|
findings.md |
Glossary, model comparison, shard-wiki mapping, open questions, sources |
Status
Initial exploration complete. Findings may inform spec/ and future
workplans; not yet promoted to specification.