The Human Stewardship Guidelines (HSG) are a constitutional publication — not implementation documentation. They exist to teach people how to build systems that care for human understanding, and must remain valuable even if every current PosterityOS product disappears.
Constitutional layers#
| Layer | Question | Location |
|---|---|---|
| PosterityOS Constitution | WHAT the system is | src/platform/constitution/ (existing) |
| Human Stewardship Guidelines | HOW responsible people build it | src/platform/stewardship/ |
| Stewardship Canon | WHY it exists | src/platform/stewardship/library/canon.ts |
These three are distinct but inseparable. Each is append-only.
Publication object#
HSG_PUBLICATION (src/platform/stewardship/library/publication.ts) carries the metadata a future reader needs to understand the work: founding belief, purpose, audience, applicable domains, relationships to Constitution and Canon, and the five Design Ethic questions.
Library#
HumanStewardshipLibrary composes:
- Publication metadata
- Three Books (Foundations, Human Experience, Institutions)
- Pattern Language index
- Stewardship Canon
- Amendment Log
- Scholar Corpus
- Edition History
It does NOT own the volume registry — the registry (src/platform/stewardship/hsg-registry.ts) remains canonical for volumes, doctrines, and principles. The Library references volumes by id through Books.
Purity#
All library modules are pure data + pure derivations. No I/O, no React, no product coupling. The Library must remain portable across future technologies.
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Human Stewardship source collection
Original wording and stated source status are preserved. This reading edition does not create a new ratification or establish universal implementation.
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- Human Stewardship Guidelines
- Human Stewardship Principles — Volume I
- Human Stewardship Guidelines — Volume I
- HSG Amendment Process
- HSG Book Structure
- Ethical Boundaries
- Ethical Commitments
- Grammar Elements (v1.0)
- Grammar of Stewardship — Overview
- Grammar Rules
- Grammar Validation
- Pattern Catalog — Foundation Set (v1.0)
- Stewardship Pattern Language — Overview
- HSG Pattern Language
- Pattern Relationships
- Pattern Validation
- HSG Ratification Process
- Review Method
- Review Outcomes
- Review Principles
- HSG Scholar Model
- The Steward's Oath
- Stewardship Canon
- Stewardship Review
- Book II — Human Stewardship Guidelines · Volume I — Foundations
- Human Stewardship Guidelines — Overview
- Book II — Human Stewardship Guidelines (Overview)
- Volume I — Foundations · Manuscript Structure
- Book II — Human Stewardship Guidelines
- Book II — Volume Index
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