Reference
Reference articles are looked up, not read front to back. Each article defines a bounded domain — what a term means, how a document genre is structured, what industry standards apply to a specific workflow. When an article in another category introduces a term or cites a standard, the canonical definition or context is in this category.
Style guides
How each document genre is structured, what register is appropriate, and how English and Spanish pairs relate.
- style-guide-topic — How to write a TOPIC article: frontmatter schema, body structure, wikilink syntax, and the bilingual pairing convention.
- style-guide-guide — How to write a GUIDE runbook: the operational register, command blocks, recovery procedures, and the catalog vs instance distinction.
- style-guide-architecture — How architecture articles are structured and what distinguishes them from TOPIC articles.
Editorial philosophy and standards
The principles and voice guidelines that govern all content on this wiki.
- editorial-philosophy — The editorial principles behind PointSav's documentation: institutional register, the Bloomberg four-paragraph lede, and the CFO sentence test.
- editorial-language-registers — The four language-register families (PROSE, COMMS, LEGAL, TRANSLATE) and how they route editorial work through the platform's adapter taxonomy.
- structural-positioning — How the platform positions itself without naming competitors; the rules that govern comparative statements.
- news-release-standards — Standards for news releases and BCSC-compliant continuous-disclosure communications.
BIM and real-property reference
Reference materials for Building Information Modelling and real-property workflows.
- bim-aec-muscle-memory — AEC industry muscle memory: the standard locations, conventions, and interface patterns a PointSav deployment maps onto.
- bim-design-philosophy — Design philosophy for BIM tooling: why flat-file ISO 19650 records rather than hosted databases.
- bim-market-context — Market context for the BIM software industry: regulatory landscape, adoption patterns, and structural positioning.
- bim-token-taxonomy — The token taxonomy for BIM design-system primitives.
- bim-token-three-layers — The three-layer token model applied to BIM: primitive, semantic, and component layers.
- bim-token-what-it-is — What a BIM design token is and why the field uses them.
- open-bim-regulatory-acceptance — The regulatory landscape for open BIM standards: IFC, ISO 19650, and their adoption by national building authorities.
Glossary and terminology
- glossary-documentation — The master glossary of PointSav platform terms: canonical definitions, disambiguation notes, and cross-references.
- hardware-reference — Hardware specifications and reference configurations for PointSav deployments.
- root-files-discipline — The canonical set of files permitted at a repository root and how misplaced files are handled.
Operational reference
- service-slm-operationalization-plan — Operationalization plan for service-slm: the rollout sequence, evaluation criteria, and go/no-go gates.
- wiki-provider-landscape — The landscape of wiki and documentation platforms; where PointSav's approach fits relative to the field.
See also
- Governance — formal decision records and compliance posture
- Design System — visual and component design reference
All 38 articles in this area, A–Z
- AEC muscle memory and interface patterns
The Building Design System adopts established interface patterns from industry-standard tools to ensure zero learning curve for AEC practitioners, while enabling facility management workflows through work-order linking, lease integration, and sensor overlays.
- BIM design philosophy
The Building Design System serves as the AEC-specific extension anchored to IFC 4.3, translating platform commitments of flat-file storage, open standards, and offline-first execution into a professional toolset that addresses structural weaknesses of legacy cloud-only BIM platforms.
- BIM market context and regulatory landscape2026-05-07
Building Information Modelling is now a government mandate across the jurisdictions that matter most to institutional real estate, with ISO 19650 and IFC as global defaults, and the UK Golden Thread creating legal market demand for portable, continuously maintained digital building records.
- BIM token taxonomy
The Building Design System organizes into eight primitive token categories anchored to IFC 4.3, establishes Uniclass 2015 as the universal classification floor, and defines 18 core components across universal AEC, console-unique, and workplace-unique categories.
- The three layers of a BIM token2026-05-06
A BIM Token embeds three simultaneous constraint layers — Specification, Regulation, and Climate Zone — as static reference data without runtime selection, allowing regulatory requirements and climate performance to compose into effective design constraints.
- What is a BIM token2026-05-06
A BIM Token is a composable built-environment specification unit that pre-constrains design space across three axes — element identity, jurisdictional requirements, and climate performance — making code violations geometrically impossible by construction rather than discovered in post-design review.
- Co-location Tier Nomenclature2026-06-16
Definition and criteria for the T1 Regional, T2 District, and T3 Local classification tiers applied to every co-location cluster, including the two-pass DBSCAN algorithm and the Change B span gate.
- Editorial language registers2026-05-21
The three PointSav wikis address distinct audiences in distinct language registers: Bloomberg and FT institutional tone for corporate and projects readers, Stripe and Cloudflare technical tone for documentation engineers, and RIBA specification prose for specialist deployment sites. Vocabulary retirement rules govern consistent translation across registers.
- Editorial philosophy2026-05-08
Every article is a learning resource that teaches understanding rather than retrieving facts, structured with encyclopedic lead paragraphs, internal linking, and consistent heading hierarchy suited to both human and machine readers.
- Retail Anchor Co-location Composition as a Spatial Leading Indicator of Commercial Activity2026-05-28
Continental-scale framework for classifying retail anchor co-location clusters by anchor category composition across 6,493 clusters in thirteen countries. In preparation for intended submission to the Journal of Economic Geography.
- Getting Started with the PointSav Platform2026-06-15
An orientation to the PointSav developer platform: what it is, who it is for, and where to start.
- PointSav encyclopedia — glossary and lexicon2026-05-25
A canonical A-to-Z lexicon bridging standard industry terminology with PointSav platform concepts, providing authoritative definitions across technical, operational, and financial domains.
- Developer Guide Index2026-06-15
- Hardware reference2026-05-15
Reference hardware profiles for developer workstations and fleet devices, specifying CPU architectural requirements including Haswell-generation x86_64 and fsgsbase support, and defining three infrastructure deployment patterns from on-premise to cloud.
- News release typography and layout standards
Enforces strict formatting rules for corporate news syndication: left alignment, title case discipline, geographic precision, and standardized header and dateline structures ensuring institutional authority across physical and digital mediums.
- Open BIM and regulatory acceptance2026-05-06
Building Information Modelling is a baseline procurement requirement across US federal agencies and European jurisdictions, with buildingSMART certification validating Open BIM compliance. Sovereign data architecture addresses ITAR, GDPR, and HIPAA requirements that cloud-hosted BIM platforms cannot satisfy structurally.
- Quick Start — First Session on the PointSav Platform2026-06-15
A concise first-session guide for engineers and contributors evaluating the PointSav platform.
- Root files discipline2026-05-01
The convention that every repository and project sub-clone keeps a small, explicitly enumerated set of canonical companion files at its root — and nothing else.
- SLM operationalization plan2026-05-01
The strategic and operational plan for transitioning from externally hosted language model calls toward a per-tenant small language model substrate that heals through a compounding feedback loop.
- reference/structural-positioning
- Style guide — architecture2026-04-30
Editorial standards for ARCHITECTURE.md files at project roots in the platform monorepo, covering required sections, technical register, module-layout conventions, and the non-goals discipline.
- Style guide — changelog2026-05-24
Editorial standards for CHANGELOG.md files in platform repositories: versioning discipline, entry format, newest-first ordering, and the distinction between a changelog and a commit log.
- Style guide — chat2026-05-24
Editorial standards for chat messages in the platform (COMMS genre): one-point discipline, channel header, maximum three sentences, and the distinction between chat and email.
- Style guide — CLA2026-05-24
Editorial standards for Contributor License Agreements (LEGAL-CLA genre) in the platform: canonical CLA authority, required sections, the patent-license discipline, and the factory-release-engineering review requirement.
- Style guide — contract2026-05-24
Editorial standards for contract documents (LEGAL genre) in the platform: parties discipline, recitals format, definitions vocabulary, term and termination clause, and the review-before-binding rule.
- Style guide — email2026-05-25
Editorial standards for external and formal email in the platform (COMMS-EMAIL genre): lead-with-ask discipline, header requirements, body structure, and the professional register.
- Style guide — guide2026-05-15
How to write a GUIDE file: the operational runbook format for platform deployment subfolders, covering required six-section structure, terse imperative voice, named actors, command formatting, concrete verification, and the distinction from TOPIC files.
- Style guide — inventory2026-05-24
Editorial standards for inventory documents (PROSE genre) in the platform: table discipline, classification vocabulary, state enumeration, and when an inventory is the right artifact over a registry or brief.
- Style guide — license explainer2026-05-24
Editorial standards for license explainer documents (PROSE genre) in the platform: lede discipline, permits/requires/forbids structure, where binding text lives, and the distinction between an explainer and the license itself.
- Style guide — meeting notes2026-05-24
Editorial standards for meeting notes in the platform (COMMS genre): header fields, agenda discipline, decisions-versus-notes distinction, and the action-items table format.
- Style guide — memo2026-05-24
Editorial standards for internal memoranda (PROSE-MEMO genre) in the platform: header discipline, section order, the recommendation-first convention, and when a memo is the right artifact.
- Style guide — policy2026-05-24
Editorial standards for policy documents (LEGAL genre) in the platform: scope discipline, numbered rule format, enforcement clause, review cadence, and the distinction between a policy and an ADR.
- Style guide — README2026-05-24
Editorial standards for README.md files at repo roots and project roots in the platform, covering required sections, reader orientation, and the bilingual pair discipline.
- Style guide — terms of use2026-05-25
Editorial standards for terms-of-use documents (LEGAL genre) in the platform: opening clause, required sections, defined-term discipline, liability-disclaimer conventions, and the governance review requirement.
- Style guide — ticket comment2026-05-24
Editorial standards for ticket comments in the platform (COMMS genre): header discipline, what-changed-and-next structure, status field conventions, and when to comment versus when to update the ticket description.
- Style guide — topic2026-05-21
Editorial standards for TOPIC files in content wikis: the Bloomberg four-paragraph lede, 75/25 institutional register, CFO sentence test, named actors rule, voice, forward-looking language, citation discipline, and the distinction from GUIDE files.
- UK and EU Food Retail Coverage2026-05-31
Which grocery and food retail chains are covered in the United Kingdom and European Union, with per-chain record counts and coverage gap notes as of Phase 18.
- Wiki provider landscape2026-05-14
An audit of 25 wiki platforms across four groups documents structural reasons no competitor has closed Wikipedia's encyclopedic gap, and identifies the governance software, navigation primitives, and editorial culture required to do so.