01
Intake.
Information arrives at a defined entry point. Verified, classified, normalized, routed. Nothing enters the compound unexamined.
receive · verify · classify · routeStandard + Software · 05 / 12Information Compound
Works.
An industrial compound for business information. A protocol — not just software — specifying buildings, conveyance rules, actor types, and constitutional guarantees for how information arrives, moves, transforms, and departs. The Compound Browser is the reference implementation.
Works · statusACTIVE
StandardWorks Standard (normative)
Impl.Compound Browser · 42 files
StackPreact · OPFS · IndexedDB
BridgeWebWarrior · BroadcastChannel
§ 01The buildingsvon Neumann extended with Gate, Office, Actors
02
Store.
Named, addressed repositories using Row × Level × Bin coordinates. Immutable once written. Lifecycle stages: Raw → Staged → Integrated.
addressed · immutable · three levels03
Mill.
The transformation engine. Group, reorder, title, tag, annotate, concatenate. Ingress → operation → egress. Interactive or automated via Barrels.
transform · combine · lens pipeline04
Gate.
Nothing leaves without authorization. Every chunk must pass Gate before Dispatch. Five decisions: approve, reject, hold, reroute, archive. The Right to Assembly.
mandatory · 5 decisions · veto05
Dispatch.
Five delivery channels: download, clipboard, filesystem, cross-compound, WebWarrior bridge. Only Gate-approved chunks can be dispatched. Vault archives on delivery.
5 channels · gate-verified · archived06
Office.
The policy authority. Issues capability tokens, maintains actor registry, enforces rules, records audit logs, vetoes unauthorized actions. The constitutional layer.
tokens · registry · audit · veto§ 02Architecturethe von Neumann mapping
Von Neumann → Works
MemoryStores · addressed chunk repos
ALUMill · transform + combine
RegistersBench · session workspace
InputIntake · receive + classify
OutputDispatch · publish + broadcast
BusStream · append-only log + pub/sub
Extensions beyond VN
GateOutput authorization · mandatory
OfficePolicy + audit + veto authority
ActorsHuman, Agent, Automated, External
BarrelStored programs · event-triggered
VaultAppend-only permanent archive
StreamHollerith-encoded · replay + bus
§ 03Where to find it
Works is a standard and a browser app.
The standard specifies the compound. The Compound Browser implements it. Both are open.