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Paradigm –
The (a) conceptual framework for a pattern or structure
mapped to a Narrative Space. This includes some
elements of Genre (i.e.
Science Fiction etc.) and may also involve (in conjunction
or separately
from Genre) the patterned or transformative movement
of the structure.
Possible paradigms include Literary, Theological,
etc. Non-narrative texts
may be mapped according to paradigm, such as scientific
treatises.
Text – any representation
of narrative or symbolically active content (see
Phoenismes) that yields valid N-Space Structures
when mapped
(analyzed).
Maps, Mapping – a map of
a Narrative Space is a symbolic (and/or
mathematically) structured representation that defines
nodal event/agent
nexus points related by time-dependant connective
lines. Note that ins
this usage, Time refers to the sequenced event stream
of the Space and
may or may not be directly related to Physical Time
(or Real Time).
Mapping is the methodology used to analyze the structure
of the Text and
may be defined by paradigm, logic or pure abstractions
of the Pattern.
Event – a branch-point of
the event stream. Any point which causes the
stream to split or join is an event. In many cases
an event is synonymous
with a decision in the Quantum Mechanical sense
(thereby rendering
observational wave-collapse events as decided).
Events may be paradigm
specific in map analysis, rendering (equivalent)
points as abstractions in
some paradigms where the points are not Critical.
Agent – a self-motivated
object in a Narrative Space. Often a self-aware
(conscious) being or character, Depending on the
relation of the agent,
may be abstracted (see character, above).
Stream – the resultant (discrete)
narrative flows from an event node.
Streams can be calculated even if their existence
never becomes formal.
Transform – a value or relational
change in and object (or complex)
within an N-Space with respect to a dimensional
Vector (either spatial or
temporal). Transforms can be mapped as value streams.
Event Horizon – The Limit
of any Agents perceptual knowledge.
Beyond the Event Horizon of an Agent, the Narrative
Universe is
conditionally undecided (with respect to the Agent).
Stream Collapse – the formal
occurrence of any stream, simple or
complex. When the stream complex collapses, the
event stream becomes
a single Formally existing stream and the Event
Node(s) which occur in
the mapped area of the occurrence disappear.
Narrative Logic – A valued,
symbolic logic that gives definition to the
relationships defined in an N-Space Map. Note that
these logical values
are only valid within the structure of a map and
are value dependant
(relational) on the over all content of the Map.
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