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who/

Plain-Language Definition

The organization layer of an aDNA project — everything about who is involved. This includes governance policies, team roles, coordination notes between agents, and community structures.

Technical Definition

The third leg of the triad ontology. who/ contains organizational information: governance policies, coordination notes, team structures, and optionally contacts, partners, and community docs. Required subdirectories: coordination/, governance/. The classification question: “WHO is involved?” (aDNA Standard §3.1, §5.2)

Usage Examples

  • In this vault, who/ contains governance/ (agent protocol, vision, code of conduct), coordination/ (cross-agent notes), community/ (roles and processes), and adopters/ (persona profiles).
  • The last_edited_by field in every file’s frontmatter is a WHO concept — it tracks which agent or human last touched a piece of content.

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