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Meta Work ontology

version 0.1.0 · namespace https://ontology.integralproductivity.com/metawork# · vocabulary https://ontology.integralproductivity.com/metawork/vocab/

A formal vocabulary and schema for the Meta Work methodology: the intentional practice of planning, monitoring, and maintaining perspective, instantiated per (scope, subject) as a Meta Work Group.

Download: metawork.ttl (Turtle). Conformance shapes, competency questions, and tests: github.com/Integral-Productivity/metawork-ontology.

How to read this

The vocabulary is SKOS: every term has a definition, a source, and links to broader, narrower, and related terms. Each enumeration (Horizons of Focus, System Strata, …) is its own concept scheme. The schema is one OWL class, mw:MetaWorkGroup, and its properties, so that a Meta Work Group can be validated against the SHACL shapes in the repository.

Schema (`mw:`)

`mw:Decision` — Decision

A decision or question being worked on inside one Meta Work Group, at a stated Horizons of Focus altitude. Usage evidence, not scope.

`mw:MetaWorkGroup` — Meta Work Group

An instance of the Meta Work methodology for one (scope, subject).

Property	Range	Vocabulary
`mw:backend` backend	`Concept`	Backend
`mw:cynefinDomain` cynefin domain	`Concept`	Cynefin Domain
`mw:decisionAltitude` decision altitude	`Concept`	Horizons of Focus
`mw:horizonsOfFocus` horizons of focus	`Concept`	Horizons of Focus
`mw:inGroup` in group	`MetaWorkGroup`
`mw:lifeDomain` life domain	`string`	Life domain
`mw:neurologicalLevel` neurological level	`Concept`	Neurological Level
`mw:parent` parent	`MetaWorkGroup`
`mw:perspectiveCheck` perspective check	`Concept`	Perspective check
`mw:statement` statement	`string`
`mw:subject` subject	`string`	Subject
`mw:systemStrata` system strata	`Concept`	System Strata
`mw:verticalDevelopmentStage` vertical development stage	`Concept`	Vertical Development Stage

Vocabulary (`mwv:`)

Meta Work core concepts (18 concepts)

Backend — Where Meta Work Group state lives for a user.
Cynefin Domain — Optional complexity classifier for the Meta Work Group's situation.
Decision (in a Meta Work Group) — A decision or question the practitioner is actually working on inside a particular Meta Work Group, together with the Horizons of Focus alti…
meta-work (escapist) — The casual, escapist sense of work about work as avoidance of the work itself. Same words as Meta Work, near-opposite meaning.
Horizons of Focus — The granularity / altitude axis: how zoomed-in a Meta Work Group's altitude of concern is.
Life domain — The organizational dimension: where a Meta Work Group lives. Top-level folders in the OmniFocus reference database (Vocational, Wellness, Fa…
Markdown directory backend — State lives as .md files, one per Meta Work Group, with YAML frontmatter.
Meta-Task — A GTD-style task-processing-phase tag (with children Task Preprocessing, Project Preprocessing, Task Processing, Task Postprocessing). Unrel…
Meta Work — A structured practice of intentional planning, monitoring, and perspective-maintenance, applied per (scope, subject). Capital-M; two words. …
Meta Work Group — A per-(scope, subject) instance of the methodology. The artifact. In OmniFocus: an action group named 'Meta Work' attached to a project. In …
Neurological Level — Optional classifier for the logical level at which the Meta Work Group operates.
OmniFocus backend — State lives as OmniFocus projects, action groups, and tags.
Perspective check — A daily check kind from the Living Forward Life Plan, run across active Meta Work Groups.
Pillar — One of the bodies of practice that Meta Work integrates. Eight in v1.
Scope (multi-axial) — The analytical position of a Meta Work Group on three first-class axes (Horizons of Focus, System Strata, Vertical Development Stage) plus t…
Subject — The free-text name of what a Meta Work Group is about.
System Strata — The temporal horizon axis: how far out the consequences of this work extend.
Vertical Development Stage — The developmental altitude axis: the meaning-making stage from which the practitioner is operating on this work. An 8-stage synthesis.

Cynefin Domain (5 concepts)

Optional complexity classifier for the Meta Work Group's situation.

Horizons of Focus (6 concepts)

The granularity / altitude axis: how zoomed-in a Meta Work Group's altitude of concern is.

Neurological Level (6 concepts)

Optional classifier for the logical level at which the Meta Work Group operates.

Perspective check (4 concepts)

A daily check kind from the Living Forward Life Plan, run across active Meta Work Groups.

Pillar (8 concepts)

One of the bodies of practice that Meta Work integrates. Eight in v1.

System Strata (10 concepts)

The temporal horizon axis: how far out the consequences of this work extend.

Vertical Development Stage (8 concepts)

The developmental altitude axis: the meaning-making stage from which the practitioner is operating on this work. An 8-stage synthesis.

Provenance

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