World Foundation Design Documents

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This directory contains the core design documents for World Foundation Design.

The Japanese documents in docs/ja/ are the initial source of truth. English documents are prepared so international collaboration can grow over time.

Design Structure

The core design connects purpose, principles, structure, modules, safety boundaries, operations, transition, and research.

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  Index["World Foundation Design"]
  Vision["Purpose<br/>Vision"]
  Principles["Principles<br/>voluntary participation / exit / forkability"]
  Architecture["Structure<br/>federated architecture"]
  Modules["Modules<br/>separated responsibilities"]
  Safety["Safety Boundaries<br/>Non-goals / Safety / Threat Model"]
  Operation["Operation<br/>Issue / Proposal / Decision"]
  Roadmap["Transition<br/>Roadmap"]
  LifeAccess["Life Access<br/>Welfare / Economy / Commons"]
  Translation["Translation<br/>Japanese source and English documents"]
  Research["Research<br/>assumption checks"]

  Index --> Vision
  Vision --> Principles
  Principles --> Architecture
  Architecture --> Modules
  Architecture --> Roadmap
  Modules --> LifeAccess
  Modules --> Safety
  Modules --> Operation
  Operation --> Safety
  Roadmap --> Research
  Translation --> Operation
  Research -. "checks assumptions" .-> Principles
  Safety -. "prevents drift" .-> Operation

Detail Paths

Area	Start here	More detail
Purpose	00-vision.md	00-world-design-overview.md
Principles	01-principles.md	08-non-coercive-adoption.md
Structure	02-architecture.md	01-cooperation-foundation-layers.md
Modules	modules/en	02-module-relationships.md, 09-expanded-module-map.md
Safety Boundaries	04-non-goals.md, 05-threat-model.md	SAFETY.md, 05-risk-and-safety-loops.md
Operation	proposals/en, decisions/en	03-governance-process.md, governance module
Transition	03-roadmap.md	04-transition-roadmap.md
Life Access	06-life-access-sustainability.md	07-life-access-model.md, welfare module, economy module
Translation	07-translation-status.md	06-multilingual-document-flow.md, glossary
Research	research/en/index.md	research/en

Related Diagrams

• 00-world-design-overview.md: World design overview
• 01-cooperation-foundation-layers.md: Cooperation foundation layers
• 02-module-relationships.md: Module relationships
• 03-governance-process.md: Governance process from Issue to Decision
• 04-transition-roadmap.md: Transition roadmap
• 05-risk-and-safety-loops.md: Risk and safety loops
• 06-multilingual-document-flow.md: Multilingual document flow
• 07-life-access-model.md: Life access model
• 08-non-coercive-adoption.md: Non-coercive adoption model
• 09-expanded-module-map.md: Expanded module relationships

Documents

• 00-vision.md: Vision
• 01-principles.md: Design principles
• 02-architecture.md: Architecture
• 03-roadmap.md: Roadmap
• 04-non-goals.md: What this design does not aim to do
• 05-threat-model.md: Risks such as corruption, domination, misuse, legal conflict, and surveillance
• 06-life-access-sustainability.md: Life access and resource allocation sustainability
• 07-translation-status.md: Translation status policy

Translation Policy

The English documents are intentionally concise at this stage. They should preserve the intent of the Japanese source documents and avoid language that makes this design look like a ruling authority, closed community, or coercive movement.

Important proposals and decisions can be translated later when they become relevant to international collaboration.