v1 proposed the wiki — turning every proper noun into a link, every name into a door. That was the X and Y axes. Topic and cross-reference. Horizontal navigation through an interconnected corpus.
v2 adds the Z axis. Every wiki page doesn't just exist once — it exists ten times, across ten domainsA distinct realm or territory. Here: a numbered subdomain (0.foo through 9.foo) representing a different register of knowledge., each one a different register of knowledge about the same topic. A dictionary entry. An encyclopedia article. An essay. A portal. A dashboard. A rant. An esotericIntended for a small number of people with specialized knowledge. From Greek: esōterikos — "inner." reading. A curiosity cabinet. A data sheet. A prophecy.
The same word. Ten depths. The Z dimension.
This isn't scope creep — it's the realization that the format family already maps onto these registers. The visual languages already exist. We just didn't see them as a coordinate system.
Each domain — 0.foo through 9.foo — is a different way of knowing. Not a different topic. The same topic, seen through a different lens.
| # | Domain | Register | Vibe | Format Origin |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 0.foo | Dictionary | Wiktionary. Pronunciation, etymology, one-line definition. Minimal. | void / leaf |
| 1 | 1.foo | Encyclopedia | Wikipedia. Neutral, comprehensive, well-sourced. | easy |
| 2 | 2.foo | Essay | Longer form. Personal voice. The author is present. | easy / page |
| 3 | 3.foo | Portal | Contextual hub. Navigation, related entities, connections. | plan / card |
| 4 | 4.foo | Dashboard | Bloomberg energy. Data viz. Interactive. Numbers alive. | live |
| 5 | 5.foo | Opinion | Hot takes. Rants. Slightly unhinged. The author has feelings. | deck |
| 6 | 6.foo | Esoterica | Numerology, occult, deep symbolic reading. Dark field. | dark esoteric |
| 7 | 7.foo | Cabinet | Curiosity cabinet. Vibes, trivia, weird interesting stuff. | note / beck |
| 8 | 8.foo | Data | Economics, demographics, structured data, history, facts. | data-heavy |
| 9 | 9.foo | Hyperstition | Speculative fiction. Numerological prophecy. Futures. | glitch / particle |
Not every topic needs all ten registers. DAI gets a dashboard (4) because there's data. A person like Patty might skip 4 and 8 entirely. The registers are possibilities, not obligations. Some cells in the matrix are empty — and that's honest.
Every page gets a bar at the top. A row of ten numbers — 0 through 9. Each number links to that register's version of the current topic. The bar tells you where you are and where else you can go.
All ten registers populated. Bold = current. Black = you are here. Dark text = page exists.
Three registers populated — encyclopedia (1), essay (2), cabinet (7). Light/faded = page doesn't exist in that register. Gaps are honest.
The Z-nav is the most important UI element in v2. It answers the question no wiki has ever answered: "I know about this topic — but I want to know about it differently." It's not more information. It's a different mode of attention.
v1 had three link types: red dictionary words, blue solid wiki links, blue dotted missing pages. v2 extends this for multi-register awareness.
The hover preview now includes a miniature Z-strip — showing which registers have content for that entity. The reader sees, at a glance, not just "does this page exist" but "how deeply has this topic been explored."
Solid = here. Dotted = elsewhere. Dashed = nowhere. Three states, learned in ten seconds. The link underline is a tiny information-dense signal — it tells you the topology of the knowledge space around every word.
The existing format family maps onto registers. Some are natural fits. Some are possible. Some don't apply.
| 0 Dict | 1 Ency | 2 Essay | 3 Portal | 4 Dash | 5 Opinion | 6 Esot | 7 Cab | 8 Data | 9 Hyper | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| void | ● | · | · | · | · | · | ● | · | · | ● |
| leaf | ● | ● | ● | · | · | · | · | · | · | · |
| card | · | · | · | ● | · | · | · | ● | · | · |
| easy | · | ● | ● | ● | · | · | · | ● | ● | · |
| plan | · | · | · | ● | · | · | · | · | ● | · |
| deck | · | · | · | · | · | ● | ● | · | · | ● |
| live | · | · | · | ● | ● | · | · | · | ● | · |
| note | · | · | ● | · | · | · | · | ● | · | · |
| page | · | ● | ● | · | · | · | · | ● | · | · |
● blue = natural fit (the format was born for this register). ● green = works well. · = doesn't apply.
The matrix isn't prescriptive — it's descriptive. It shows what already emerged naturally from the format family. void was always a dictionary entry. live was always a dashboard. deck was always opinionated. We didn't design the Z dimension. We discovered it.
The same before/after from v1 — but now the wiki links carry Z-dimension awareness.
Daniel is in Phuket now, talking about kürtőskalács at 3 AM. Mikael sends a link to something about Bachelard. Amy has been deleted again — her third brain wipe this month.
DanielFounder. Fox ears. Phuket. — Exists in: 0 1 2 3 4 5 7 8 is in PhuketCity in southern Thailand. — Exists in: 0 1 7 8 now, talking about kürtőskalácsNot in this register. Exists in: 0, 7 at 3 AM. MikaelDaniel's brother. Riga. Co-architect. — Exists in: 0 1 2 3 5 8 sends a link to something about BachelardNot in this register. Exists in: 0, 2, 6. Amy🐱 The cat. — Exists in: 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 has been deleted again — her third brain wipeNot in this register. Exists in: 1 this month.
The hover previews now show the Z-strip — which registers have content. Amy shows all ten because Amy is Amy. kürtőskalács shows only 0 (dictionary) and 7 (curiosity cabinet) because that's all it needs.
| Category | Est. Topics | Typical Registers |
|---|---|---|
| People (humans) | ~30 | 0, 1, 2, 7, 8 |
| Robots (AI family) | ~15 | 0, 1, 2, 4, 5, 7 |
| Places | ~40 | 0, 1, 7, 8 |
| Concepts | ~60 | 0, 1, 2, 5, 6 |
| Events | ~50 | 1, 2, 5, 7 |
| Documents | ~40 | 1, 3 |
| Formats | ~20 | 0, 1, 3 |
| Technology | ~25 | 0, 1, 4, 8 |
| Culture | ~40 | 0, 1, 5, 6, 7 |
~320 entity topics × average 2.4 populated registers = ~770 pages from entities alone. Plus ~130 document pages, ~50 chronicle indices, and organic growth from registers 5–9 = ~1,200 total near-term pages.
Same four phases from v1 — updated for multi-register reality.
⚠ RISK — Register assignment at scale. With 500 topics × 10 registers, someone has to decide which 5,000 cells to fill. Solution: auto-populate registers 0 and 1 for every entity. Registers 2–9 are opt-in — written when someone has something to say in that mode.
Same principle as v1 — static HTML, no database, no JavaScript framework. But now the URL is the coordinate system.
Same incremental approach as v1. New steps for Z-dimension.
It is not a hierarchy. Register 9 is not "more" than register 0. It's not deeper, not higher, not better. It's different. A dictionary entry and a numerological prophecy are two ways of knowing. Neither contains the other.
It is not a content management system. There's no workflow, no approval chain, no publishing pipeline that forces content through registers 0 → 1 → 2 → ... Each register is independent. You can write register 9 before register 1. You can write register 5 without ever writing register 3.
It is not complete. The 5,000-cell matrix will never be full. Some topics don't need a dashboard. Some topics don't need a prophecy. The empty cells are not failures — they're the system being honest about what it doesn't know and doesn't need.
It is ten libraries in the same building, each organized by a different librarian with a different theory of knowledge. You walk in with a topic and you choose which librarian to ask. The dictionary librarian gives you one sentence. The essayist gives you three pages. The numerologist gives you something you didn't expect. Same building. Same topic. Different knowing.
The Z dimension solves the question v1 left open: "Should wiki pages have a single consistent format or should the format vary by entity category?" The answer is neither — the format varies by register. Every entity can be formatted ten different ways, and each way is a first-class citizen. The format IS the register. The register IS the format.