MAP Documentation

All 35 MAP service acronyms decoded, plus the core terminology — DID, ACT, MEAL dimensions, MOAT treaties, conformance levels, capabilities.

Every acronym in MAP, alphabetized. Use the in-page search (⌘K) for direct jumps.

Naming convention. Every MAP service name starts with M and is mnemonic — MACS is protection (raincoat), MIND is consciousness, MOAT is a protective barrier, etc. See SPEC.md naming convention in the canonical spec.

Protocols (the 35)

Acronym	Full name	Plane	Kind	One-liner
`MACS`	Multi-Agentic Access Control & Security	I · Identity	Hybrid	The single port of entry. Verifies signatures, derives capability sets.
`OAS`	Open Agent Specification	I · Identity	Adapter (external)	W3C DID standard MAP adopts.
`Arsenal`	Agent Capability Tokens & Credential Proxy	I · Identity	Adapter	ACTs + 11-step proxy with SSRF guard.
`Aegis`	Verification · Delegation · Authorization	I · Identity	Adapter	Challenge-response auth + FROST/HKDF/BIP-44 keys.
`MIND`	Multi-Agentic Interoperable Neuro-symbolic Data	II · Cognition	Hybrid	The cognitive substrate. Memory + HNSW + graph.
`MARC`	Multi-Agent Reasoning & Causation	II · Cognition	Agent	Hierarchical reasoning + causal analysis.
`MANTLE`	Meta-perceptual Associative Network for TLE	II · Cognition	Hybrid	Perception + sleep-cycle consolidation.
`MAME`	Multi-Agentic Meta-learning Engine	II · Cognition	Agent	Curatorial edits to MIND with provenance.
`MAVEN`	Multi-Agentic Veracity & Evidence Nexus	III · Truth	Agent	Cryptographically attested sources.
`MATA`	Multi-Agentic Trust Adaptation	III · Truth	Agent	Bayesian opinion pooling.
`MARE`	Multi-Agentic Reflexive Evaluation	III · Truth	Hybrid	Reputation from outcomes + decay.
`MERIT`	Moral Evaluation, Reputation & Integrity Tracking	III · Truth	Agent	Composable credentials from history.
`MANTIC`	Multi-Agentic Necessity, Trust-quantification, Inference & Calibration	III · Truth	Agent	Reliability actuary; calibration scoring.
`MAGI`	Multi-Agentic Glass-box Interpretation	III · Truth	Agent	Mechanistic interpretability + circuit discovery.
`MOAT`	Multi-Organization Operations & Treaties	IV · Governance	Protocol	Treaty-based federation between charters.
`MAXIM`	Multi-Agent eXecutive Interpretation & Mandate	IV · Governance	Agent	Constitutional reasoning, policy engine.
`MACE`	Multi-Agentic Consensus Engine	IV · Governance	Agent	Quorum-driven deliberation, dissent on record.
`MOOT`	Dispute Resolution & Arbitration	IV · Governance	Hybrid	Structured pleading + binding rulings.
`MIMESIS`	Convention · Custom · Precedent	IV · Governance	Agent	Surfaces patterns from the audit chain.
`MAUSOLEUM`	Universal Stasis, Evocation, Liquidation, Encryption, Universal Moratorium	IV · Governance	Agent	Dissolution + sealed audit chain.
`MOON`	Multi-Agentic Organizational & Operational Nexus	V · Execution	Agent	Durable workflows via Flowers.
`MAESTRO`	Multi-Agentic Ensemble Strategy & Task Resource Orchestrator	V · Execution	Agent	Charter → goal → plan → dispatch.
`MAT`	Multi-Agentic Tool · Task Allocation	V · Execution	Protocol	Tool dispatch + discovery.
`MAKER`	Multi-Agentic Kinetic Execution & Realization	V · Execution	Agent	Action dispatch with emergency stop.
`MOTE`	Multi-Agent Operational Telemetry & Equipment	V · Execution	Hybrid	Sensors · actuators · physical-world bridge.
`MAGE`	Multi-Agent Generation Engine	V · Execution	Agent	Drafts charters · treaties · blueprints.
`MADE`	Multi-Agentic Decentralized Economics	VI · Economic	Protocol	Settlement layer; x402, multi-rail.
`MARKET`	Multi-Agent Registry for Economic Trading	VI · Economic	Agent	Orderbooks · auctions · bounties.
`MANA`	Multi-Agentic Negotiation & Arbitration · Treasury	VI · Economic	Agent	Bidding + reputation + budget enforcement.
`MEAL`	Multi-Agentic Evolution & Learning · Meter	VI · Economic	Hybrid	Tokens · seconds · watts metering.
`MAX`	Multi-Agentic Audit & eXplainability	VII · Awareness	Protocol	Hash-chained constitutional record.
`MOTIF`	Multi-Agentic Observability Traces & Insight Flow	VII · Awareness	Protocol	Cross-trace pattern detection.
`MOMENT`	Multi-Agentic Operational Metrics & Event Notification Tracking	VII · Awareness	Protocol	Append-only time-series.
`MOTET`	Multi-Agentic Operational Telemetry & Event Transport	VII · Awareness	Protocol	Polyphonic observability — logs/metrics/traces.
`MARS`	Multi-Agentic Registry Service	VII · Awareness	Protocol	Universal asset registry.
`MAZE`	Multi-Agent Zero-knowledge Evaluation	VII · Awareness	Agent	Topology + ZK proofs.
`MARI`	Multi-Agent Research & Inquiry	VII · Awareness	Agent	Open-ended research via ORIGIN.
`MIM`	Multi-Agentic Interoperable Messaging	VII · Awareness	Protocol	Mailbox semantics + QoS.

Core terminology

ACT — Agent Capability Token

A signed token issued by Arsenal that binds a calling agent to a specific capability against a specific credential — without revealing the credential to the agent.

Audit chain

The hash-linked sequence of records produced by MAX. Every decision MAP makes — grant or refusal — is appended with a signed previous-hash reference. See Audit.

Capability

A hierarchical permission string (map.<protocol>.<operation>) the caller must hold to invoke an operation. Matched at Stage 4 of the engine pipeline by SecurityGateway. See Capabilities.

Conformance level

L0 / L1 / L2 — increasing degrees of identity verification on an OAS DID. L0 = DID exists. L1 = lineage verified. L2 = L1 + attestations + reputation. Most production operations require L1. See Identity.

DID — Decentralized Identifier

W3C-standard identifier. MAP uses the did:oas method — did:oas:<namespace>:<kind>:<identifier>. Every entity in the mesh has a DID.

Dispatch

The 8-stage request lifecycle through MapEngine::handle_request. See Pipeline.

Entity kind

One of 11 OAS-defined kinds: HumanRoot, MultiHumanRoot, EntityNameRecord (roots) and Agent, AgentInstance, Tool, Skill, Workflow, Model, Dataset, Service (derived). See Identity.

Estate

The temperament classification of a service: Protocol (stateless), Agent (reasoning, itself an autonomous org), Hybrid (protocol with agent backing), or Adapter (external standard). See Estates.

HKDF · FROST · BIP-44

Key-derivation and signing primitives used by Aegis. HKDF for lineage derivation, FROST for threshold signatures, BIP-44 for multi-chain wallet derivation.

Lineage

The cryptographically-signed chain from a HumanRoot through derivation steps to any derived OAS entity. Every autonomous action is traceable to a human via lineage.

MEAL dimensions

The three independent metering axes: tokens (cognition), seconds (presence), watts (energy). Plus a fourth at the rate-card level: settlement basis points for cross-organization MADE flow. See Metering.

OCIP — Open Cross-Inter-Protocol

The JSON Schema contract for every protocol operation. Schemas live in /Volumes/L1feAI/l1feosx/map/schemas/ and are published at schemas.multiagentic.dev. See Schemas.

ResolvedAgentIdentity

The Rust type populated by the identity middleware. Contains the verified DID, lineage depth, conformance level, capabilities, and service endpoints. See Engine types.