Ontology framework · P49 v0.2.1 · lite

Ontological framework for market reconstruction v0.1

Schema follows territory: we take the P49 canonical set, map the domain, and route gaps to RFCs. Populated with markets after approval.

31 May 2026 · domain-independent framework · canonical 11/19/11/10~85% covered by mapping9 RFCs

Principle

We don't invent types — we map onto the canonical set; gaps → RFC

Canonical set v0.2.1: 11 entity types · 19 relations · 11 event types · 10 influence types (domain-independent, F2 strict). Domain market objects are projected onto them through a bridge table. Whatever cannot be expressed becomes a formal RFC with evidence of repeatability (≥2 markets), not an inline type. This guards against typology sprawl and keeps compatibility with your method.

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Bridge

Market domain → canonical set (with auto/electricity instances)

Domain object	→ Canonical	Layer	Instance (electricity / auto)	Coverage
Discovery	concept_narrative	THEORY	Faraday induction / Otto cycle	⚠ RFC-watch
Technology / component	technology	TECH	AC transmission, transformer / internal combustion engine, starter	✅
Practice/method	concept_narrative	PRACTICE	load diversity / assembly line	⚠ watch
Product/offering	technology	PRODUCT	"light" / Model T	⚠ watch
Standard body	standard_body	ACTOR	UL, NELA / SAE, ALAM	✅
Capital	organization	CAPITAL	Morgan, holding company / du Pont, GMAC	✅
Market / segment	market / community	MARKET	lighting; theaters/homes / transport; farmers	✅
Infrastructure	platform	INFRA	grid+generation / roads, fuel stations	⚠ watch
Business model / instrument	concept_narrative	BUSINESS	metered-utility / sale+credit	✅
Event (point/durative)	event_instance +t_start/t_end	EVENT	War of Currents 1888–93 / Good Roads 1916–	⚠ RFC durative

Power

P49's 10 influence types → our layers L0–L6

Connects the dig for "hidden players" with the canonical influence model — making "where power/margin sat" measurable.

Layer	P49 influence type	Example
L1 capital	Capital/Funding · Economic/Market	Morgan stitched together GE; du Pont seized GM
L2 standards/rules	Professional/Guild · Regulatory/Coercive · Technological/Infrastructural	SAE rent; UL+insurance; PUC bargain
L3 component	Technological/Infrastructural	transformer; Kettering starter
L5 demand/distribution	Media/Attention/Distribution · Economic/Market	load-building; GMAC credit
L6 knowledge	Epistemic/Educational	Steinmetz; Sorensen

Projection chains

7 projections over a single graph

Value DAG→theory→tech→practice→product→business→capital→scale

Supply chain — supplies→produces, branching by period: who is new / who transformed

Value chain + margin — who paid for what → where the margin settled (Sankey)

Creating the consumer — who bought first, which barriers were removed (starter/body/lamp/credit)

Margin and business forms — how margin was split across L0–L6, how forms evolved

Labor — who trained the army of operators (the 1C thesis)

Adjacent waves — durative events + dependencies "what follows what, with a lag"

Archaeological cross-section = a period × layer matrix (11 layers). The excavation trench: where a "hole" sat in the early layers and who closed it = the winner's point of entry. Each cross-section ends with a "transfer to your bet" line.

RFC candidates

What the canonical set did NOT express (→ for your approval)

Relations: substitutes/replaces · spawns_market · captures_margin · derives_from/enables · sells_to/trains · transforms — all with repeatability ×2 (auto+electricity). Workaround: canonical relation + tag.

Constructs: margin_pool (margin overlay) · durative events (t_start/t_end + Allen's interval algebra for lags/overlaps).

WATCH (mapping is sufficient): scientific_discovery · practice · product_offering · infrastructure · skill_role.

What answers your questions

Coverage of your points

Your request	Where in the framework
Fuel/infrastructure, roads, grids, generation — who built / who earned	INFRA layer + value/margin chain + adjacent waves
Who else produced/sold, how the market formed	bridge (producer/supplier) + supply chain by period
First consumers, business vs. personal use	"creating the consumer" chain (consumer_segment, JTBD)
Who paid for what, market economics, whose pie	value chain + payment flow + margin_pool (RFC-07)
The wave of sectors being born (electrical appliances)	spawns_market/becomes_infrastructure_for (RFC-02) + cross-sections by period
Labor market, workforce training	"labor" chain + trains (RFC-05)
Durative events, what follows what with a lag	durative-attrs (RFC-08) + interval algebra
"Insull model", electricity base, standards war, why light	05-GLOSSARY-METHOD (4 functional decompositions)
Your strategies (1C-army, ×100000, parity)	hypotheses H1–H5, tested against data via each chain

Decision

Framework for approval

Files: ontology/ README · 01-ONTOLOGY-v0.1 · 02-RFC-CANDIDATES · 03-CROSS-SECTIONS-AND-CHAINS · 04-EVIDENCE-DATASETS-TEMPLATES · 05-GLOSSARY-METHOD · templates/

Approve the framework (+ RFC-MF-01..08) → I begin populating the market (per your earlier choice — pilot; but you switched the order to "framework first", so a 1st market is now needed to populate). Or send back for revision.