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LAKA Volumetric Writing Grammar System

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00-manifest.json · version 1.0.0

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{
  "title": "LAKA Volumetric Writing Grammar System",
  "short_name": "LVWGS",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "generated_at": "2026-08-31",
  "creator_context": "Built for Ryan Perez and the evolving LAKA system.",
  "purpose": "Break writing into first principles and expose machine-readable IF / ELSE / AND / OR rules across grammar, style, narrative, nonfiction, technical writing, copywriting, accessibility, ethics, and editing.",
  "start_here": [
    "Read 01-first-principles.json.",
    "Load 02-laka-grid.json and 03-context-axes.json.",
    "Implement 04-logic-operators.json using 05-rule-schema.json.",
    "Load the relevant application profile and rule domains.",
    "Execute 23-rule-engine.json and validate against 26-rule-test-cases.json."
  ],
  "inventory": {
    "json_file_count": 30,
    "base_rule_count": 228,
    "laka_state_rule_count": 56,
    "laka_cross_axis_rule_count": 5,
    "total_operational_rule_records": 289,
    "composition_template_count": 19,
    "pipeline_count": 7,
    "generation_recipe_count": 8,
    "test_case_count": 25,
    "source_count": 52,
    "glossary_term_count": 47,
    "rule_count_by_domain": {
      "grammar": 20,
      "punctuation": 20,
      "syntax": 20,
      "structure": 20,
      "clarity": 20,
      "voice": 6,
      "rhythm": 6,
      "narrative": 18,
      "argument": 16,
      "technical_writing": 20,
      "copywriting": 20,
      "accessibility": 15,
      "ethics": 12,
      "editing": 15
    },
    "rule_count_by_strength": {
      "hard_constraint": 103,
      "context_default": 79,
      "creative_option": 6,
      "heuristic": 40
    },
    "rule_count_by_layer": {
      "clause": 8,
      "sentence": 68,
      "paragraph": 27,
      "phrase": 16,
      "word": 8,
      "section": 47,
      "document": 43,
      "content_system": 9,
      "signal": 2
    }
  },
  "architecture": {
    "first_principles": "signal → grapheme → morpheme → word → phrase → clause → sentence → paragraph → section → document → content system",
    "rule_logic": "conditions are Boolean ASTs using all/any/not and predicates; branches are explicit then/else actions; exceptions live in unless.",
    "LAKA": "6 interrogatives × 6 relational modifiers × 6 scales, plus 14 transformation dynamics × 4 states.",
    "selection_policy": "Choose the smallest sufficient intervention and reject any change that damages a hard gate.",
    "outcome_model": "Decoded intent, reader usability, contextual fit, trust, and measured task or communication outcome."
  },
  "load_order": [
    "01-first-principles.json",
    "02-laka-grid.json",
    "03-context-axes.json",
    "04-logic-operators.json",
    "05-rule-schema.json",
    "06-linguistic-primitives.json",
    "07-core-grammar-rules.json",
    "08-punctuation-rules.json",
    "09-syntax-and-sentence-rules.json",
    "10-paragraph-document-rules.json",
    "11-clarity-style-rules.json",
    "12-voice-rhythm-rules.json",
    "13-narrative-rules.json",
    "14-argument-nonfiction-rules.json",
    "15-technical-writing-rules.json",
    "16-copywriting-rules.json",
    "17-accessibility-rules.json",
    "18-ethics-and-claims-rules.json",
    "19-editing-diagnostic-rules.json",
    "20-laka-transformation-rules.json",
    "21-composition-templates.json",
    "22-writing-pipelines.json",
    "23-rule-engine.json",
    "24-quality-metrics.json",
    "25-volumetric-generation-recipes.json",
    "26-rule-test-cases.json",
    "27-application-profiles.json",
    "28-glossary.json",
    "29-source-bibliography.json"
  ],
  "files": [
    {
      "name": "00-manifest.json",
      "role": "entrypoint and counts"
    },
    {
      "name": "01-first-principles.json",
      "role": "Writing from First Principles"
    },
    {
      "name": "02-laka-grid.json",
      "role": "LAKA Volumetric Writing Grid"
    },
    {
      "name": "03-context-axes.json",
      "role": "Rhetorical and Production Context Axes"
    },
    {
      "name": "04-logic-operators.json",
      "role": "Boolean and Decision Logic"
    },
    {
      "name": "05-rule-schema.json",
      "role": "LAKA Writing Rule"
    },
    {
      "name": "06-linguistic-primitives.json",
      "role": "Machine-Readable Linguistic Primitives"
    },
    {
      "name": "07-core-grammar-rules.json",
      "role": "Core Grammar Rules"
    },
    {
      "name": "08-punctuation-rules.json",
      "role": "Punctuation as Meaning and Boundary"
    },
    {
      "name": "09-syntax-and-sentence-rules.json",
      "role": "Syntax and Sentence Construction Rules"
    },
    {
      "name": "10-paragraph-document-rules.json",
      "role": "Paragraph, Section, and Document Architecture"
    },
    {
      "name": "11-clarity-style-rules.json",
      "role": "Clarity, Precision, and Plain-Language Rules"
    },
    {
      "name": "12-voice-rhythm-rules.json",
      "role": "Voice, Tone, and Rhythm Rules"
    },
    {
      "name": "13-narrative-rules.json",
      "role": "Narrative and Story Grammar"
    },
    {
      "name": "14-argument-nonfiction-rules.json",
      "role": "Argument and Nonfiction Reasoning Rules"
    },
    {
      "name": "15-technical-writing-rules.json",
      "role": "Technical Writing and Documentation Rules"
    },
    {
      "name": "16-copywriting-rules.json",
      "role": "Persuasive and Direct-Response Copy Rules"
    },
    {
      "name": "17-accessibility-rules.json",
      "role": "Accessible and Cognitively Usable Writing Rules"
    },
    {
      "name": "18-ethics-and-claims-rules.json",
      "role": "Ethics, Truth, and Claim-Safety Rules"
    },
    {
      "name": "19-editing-diagnostic-rules.json",
      "role": "Editing, Diagnosis, and Quality-Control Rules"
    },
    {
      "name": "20-laka-transformation-rules.json",
      "role": "LAKA Transformation State Rules"
    },
    {
      "name": "21-composition-templates.json",
      "role": "Conditional Composition Templates"
    },
    {
      "name": "22-writing-pipelines.json",
      "role": "End-to-End Writing Pipelines"
    },
    {
      "name": "23-rule-engine.json",
      "role": "Reference Rule Engine"
    },
    {
      "name": "24-quality-metrics.json",
      "role": "Writing Quality Measurement Model"
    },
    {
      "name": "25-volumetric-generation-recipes.json",
      "role": "Volumetric Generation Recipes"
    },
    {
      "name": "26-rule-test-cases.json",
      "role": "Rule Test Cases and Minimal Pairs"
    },
    {
      "name": "27-application-profiles.json",
      "role": "Application Profiles"
    },
    {
      "name": "28-glossary.json",
      "role": "Volumetric Writing Grammar Glossary"
    },
    {
      "name": "29-source-bibliography.json",
      "role": "Source Bibliography and Influence Map"
    }
  ],
  "compatibility": {
    "json": "RFC 8259",
    "json_schema": "Draft 2020-12",
    "text_model": "Universal Dependencies compatible",
    "encoding": "UTF-8"
  },
  "validation": {
    "status": "passed_at_build_time",
    "checks": [
      "all JSON serializable",
      "unique base rule IDs",
      "required rule fields present",
      "nonempty then and else branches",
      "all rule source IDs resolve",
      "declared counts derived from source arrays"
    ]
  },
  "usage_note": "This is a decision system, not a universal command to make all prose plain or uniform. Apply genre, audience, stakes, dialect, locale, and deliberate exceptions while preserving truth, safety, accessibility, and intended meaning.",
  "copyright_note": "The package contains original synthesis and paraphrased principles. It does not reproduce the source books. Source titles remain the property of their respective authors and publishers."
}