• Literal: Latin for “great work.”

• In Librery: A curated list of ~1,000 public domain masterworks prioritized for adaptation.

• Function: Anchor texts for literary scholarship, cultural IP reuse, and AI modeling.

• Literal: A term from software version control (Git).

• In Librery: The act of creating a derivative from an existing manuscript.

• Function: Allows traceable, documented lineage of content transformation.

🧩 Forking Variants in Librery:

• Soft Fork: Minor updates like spelling corrections, modernized punctuation, or layout tweaks. Goal: Accessibility and readability.

• Interpretive Fork: Changing format or voice — e.g., from prose to poetry or play. Goal: Artistic transformation within original structure.

• Transmedia Fork: Adaptation into new mediums — webtoons, film, podcasts, games. Goal: Format expansion across platforms.

• Speculative Fork: Extensions, sequels, or spin-offs inspired by the original work. Goal: Narrative exploration from new angles or POVs.

• AI-Generated Fork: Forks created by LLMs like Pod-AI using the narrative DNA of source works. Goal: Automated content creation and experimentation.

Each fork type may require different levels of attribution, moderation, or metadata tagging.

• Level 0: Original public domain source (plasma nutfah)

• Level 1: First-generation adaptation (e.g., modernized prose)

• Level 2+: Further derivatives (e.g., comic, film, AI-generated content)

• Function: Measures intellectual distance from the source and supports attribution chains.

• Definition: Digital metadata that records the relationship between a manuscript and its derivatives.

• Function: Creates a transparent ecosystem of attribution and influence.

• Literal: A large structured dataset of text used to train AI models.

• In Librery: The full collection of formatted EPUBs and magnum opuses, optimized for narrative modeling (e.g., Pod-AI).

• Function: Serves as clean, copyright-free input for generative systems.

• Literal: A custom EPUB-like format created by Poddium.

• In Librery: The standard output format for all processed manuscripts.

• Function: Enables metadata embedding, compatibility with APIs, and lineage tracking.

• Playful Term: Coined in contrast to “Fork.” While not an official term in Git or software development, it has circulated informally in internet and hacker culture as a joke about unforkable code or locked repositories.

• In Librery: A work that is still under copyright/IP protection and cannot be legally forked.

• Function: Denotes restricted or untouchable works in the ecosystem.

• Implication: Stir it, admire it, reference it … but not replicate or transform it. Often used to signal “read-only” status.

Quotes:

“This one’s still a spoon — wait for it to cool down into a fork.”
“That IP’s a spoon. Touch it and get burned.”

• Etymology: A hybrid of Libre (free, open) and Library (a structured collection of texts).

• Function: Represents Librery’s mission to be an open, structured, remixable archive of literary IP.

• Definition: Public domain texts (especially magnum opuses) prepared and packaged to be immediately usable in other platforms — as default content in libraries, apps, or AI tools.

• Function: Reduces friction for new projects by offering high-quality, free-to-use literature.

• Definition: Content formats designed to be inserted or integrated into other systems or platforms.

• In Librery: Pod-Pub files or EPUBs that can be seamlessly injected into other apps via API or manual load.

• Function: Accelerates content interoperability.

• Literal: Arabic for ancestry or genealogical chain.

• In Librery: A poetic and technical term for the chain of derivations — tracking influence and adaptation over time.

• Function: Encourages proper attribution and respect for story evolution.

• Definition: An adaptation that reframes the original work without altering its content — like annotations or critical intros.

• Function: Builds interpretive bridges for modern relevance.

• Definition: The layer where the reading happens — external to Librery.

• In Librery: Reading happens in Poddium, Kindle, or EPUB readers. Librery is the archive, not the interface.

• Definition: A metadata record of who adapted what from whom.

• Function: Supports fair recognition across human and AI derivations.

• Definition: A curated content set — thematic, time-based, or for campaigns.

• Function: Enables storytelling releases and cultural engagement.

• Definition: The cultural, idiomatic, or historical elements embedded in a work.

• Function: Reminds that literature carries context — not just text.

• Definition: Underlying narrative scaffolding (plot, roles, emotion arcs).

• Function: Used for generative modeling — especially by Pod-AI.

• Definition: A score indicating how much a derivative deviates from the original.

• Function: Useful for moderation, pedagogy, and AI labeling.

• Tagline: “Guardian of the ancestral source.”

• Definition: Someone who curates and protects digital manuscripts.

• Function: Acts as bridge between archive and adaptation.

• Definition: A person/tool that activates static texts into living IP.

• Function: Injects energy into archived works for reuse.

• Definition: Points where ideas from one work resonate in another.

• Function: Detects intertextual links not based on derivation.

• Definition: Mapping the thematic and rhetorical ties across works.

• Function: Builds a web of literary connection.

• Definition: Micro units of narrative — standalone, reusable, and recomposable.

• Function: Forms the building blocks for AI-generated storytelling.

• Definition: Linking text that holds bricks together logically.

• Function: Creates smooth flow between fragments.

• Definition: The core support structure in a modular narrative (timeline, central conflict).

• Function: Holds the whole story architecture.

• Definition: Framework to organize semantic bricks into a coherent story.

• Function: Used by humans or AI to prototype narrative flow.

• Definition: A derivative that cannot be further adapted — due to IP restrictions or loss of relevance.

• Function: Flags dead-end adaptations.

• Definition: A historical lineage showing influence across centuries.

• Function: Tracks deep impact from classic works.

• Definition: A short-lived adaptation made for an event, trend, or campaign.

• Function: High style, low shelf life.

• Definition: When quotations or ideas from PD works are misused or misunderstood.

• Function: Alerts for correction or annotation.

• Definition: The sphere of cultural influence from a central text.

• Function: Includes forks, fanfiction, commentary, even memes.

• Definition: A blueprint for systems.

• In Librery: The foundation for cataloging, metadata, and derivation at scale.