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A visual library of structural archetypes for Kristal knowledge-state workspaces.

Arketype helps answer a practical question: what structure best fits the knowledge you want to preserve? A procedure tends to follow steps; a taxonomy branches into classes; a system-state registry compares observations; a follow-up casefile gathers records; a research map connects milestones and referenced proofs. Those are different structures and should not be forced into one universal template.

Arketype 1.4.0 provides 19 archetypes, 19 neutral workspaces, 14 design-only composition recipes, 5 situated use-case profiles, and 24 labeled diagrams built from JSON inventories. The accompanying offline HTML catalogue uses a consistent visual grammar and the supplied brand identity.

Find your path

You want to…	Start here
Understand the concepts and project boundaries	Architecture
See all structural types	Archetype Catalog
Recognize trees, clusters, timelines, matrices and more	Visual Grammar
Explore real-life design scenarios	Use-Case Profiles
Review how multiple archetypes may be linked	Composition Recipes
Create a blank local Kristal	Getting Started
Use or extend the JSON source of truth	Data Formats, Extending Arketype
Check technical consistency and safety expectations	Validation and Testing, Security and Boundaries
Install these pages in the GitHub Wiki	Publishing the Wiki

The central distinction

Archetype ≠ template ≠ instance ≠ domain standard.

• An archetype is a design pattern for a kind of knowledge structure.
• A template is an empty, local Authoring Kit workspace that illustrates the archetype.
• An instance is a newly initialized workspace with its own identity.
• A use-case profile is a scenario showing how one or more archetypes may be useful.
• A composition recipe is an unresolved proposal about relationships and responsibilities; it does not merge canons or authorize publication.

The repository's HTML catalogue is the preferred visual UI: catalogue/index.html. These wiki pages are an English-language documentation companion to the actual repository data; they do not replace its JSON inventory or the Kristal Framework.

Scope: Arketype is a non-normative design library. Technical checks verify the local workspace envelope, not the truth of source material, legal sufficiency, clinical fitness, or authority to execute a protocol. It does not publish, synchronize or activate Kristals.

Desktop launcher: Desktop Launcher · Developer Ops.

Kristal v10 integration: Ecosystem Compatibility (local read-only diagnostics) and Desktop Launcher. Konstellation remains the viewer of actual Kristal instances and concepts.