🧬 Intellectual Property

Purpose: Canonical versions of protocols, frameworks, and theoretical work
Updated: 2025-11-25

Overview

This directory contains IP artifacts — finalized, blessed versions of intellectual property.

What Qualifies as IP

Protocols: Novel communication or interaction patterns
Algorithms: Unique computational methods
Architectures: Novel system designs
Frameworks: Conceptual models or approaches
Theories: Original theoretical work

🧪 Invariants

Every IP artifact must have:

🧬 Registration Number: IP-YYYYMMDD-XXX
⏱️ Archive Timestamp: When it was blessed
🧭 Source Reference: Original repo and commit

Entry Format

See workflows/ip-registration-workflow.md for complete details.

# [IP Title]

**Category:** IP / [Protocol | Algorithm | Framework | etc.]  
**Source Repo:** `BlackRoad-OS/[repo-name]`  
**Source Path:** `path/to/original.md`  
**Source Commit:** `[full git SHA]`  
**Archived On:** YYYY-MM-DD  
**Archived By:** [agent:name | human:name]  
**Status:** Final  
**Version:** [semantic version]  
**Authors:** [list of authors]  
**Registration Number:** IP-YYYYMMDD-XXX

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[Original specification content]

IP artifacts are finalized, canonical versions. See workflows/ip-registration-workflow.md for how to register new IP. 🧬