DOCUMENTS Overview White Paper Dev Guide Q & A Specifications Decision Record
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Documents

THE PROJECT
RECORD

All primary documents — open, versioned, open to critique

Every significant document produced by the Integral project is published here in full. The white paper, the development guide, technical specifications, architectural decisions, and a plain-language Q&A. All of it is open to critique and revision through GitHub.

DOC-01 // PRIMARY REFERENCE
INTEGRAL
WHITE PAPER
The complete technical specification of the Integral architecture — five subsystems, forty-five modules, formal pseudocode, mathematical sketches, and transition framework. Version 0.1. Open to critique and revision.
v0.1 // ~300 pages →
whitepaper // toc.preview
01Introduction & System Overview
02CDS — Collaborative Decision System
03OAD — Open Access Design
04ITC — Integral Time Credits
05COS — Cooperative Organization
06FRS — Feedback & Review System
07Federation Architecture
08Transition Framework
09Known Gaps & Open Problems
DOC-02 // BUILDER REFERENCE
DEVELOPMENT
GUIDE
From Theory to First Node — the complete guide for contributors of all kinds. Minimum viable modules, critical data structures, phased expansion path, and GitHub workflow.
v0.1 // 7 sections →
DOC-03 // Q&A
QUESTIONS &
ANSWERS
Direct answers to the questions most commonly asked about Integral — from first principles to technical architecture to how to get involved.
Plain language →
DOC-04 // TECHNICAL
TECHNICAL
SPECIFICATIONS
Schema definitions, interface contracts, API boundaries, and module-level technical specifications as they are produced during development.
Growing // Phase-0 →
DOC-05 // GOVERNANCE
DECISION
RECORD
The public log of every significant architectural and governance decision made by the project — what was decided, when, why, and what alternatives were considered.
Append-only log →