Architecture

Architecture

Zinc is a memory and navigation layer.

Circuitry -> shape facts
Zinc      -> package facts, fragments, heads, config
Packages  -> software and settings
Limbo     -> rows and bytes

Boundary

Boundary	Zinc	Package
Shape bytes	Store exact bytes and confirm facts with Circuitry.	Interpret the shape however needed.
Package request	Write request bytes to a file.	Read the file and return result bytes.
Package result	Store exact result bytes.	Choose the result format.
Package identity	Record name, version, root, and source facts.	Own manifest structure and contents.
Execution	Run package software at a file boundary.	Implement behavior.

Storage

packages(package, version, root, source_git, source_ref, source_path)
fragments(fragment, target, request, result, time)
heads(head, fragment)
config(key, value)

Boundary note

Zinc keeps package behavior outside the core. Packages define software and settings; Zinc records facts and moves pointers.