---
slug: "Nature"
name: "Nature"
type: "Data Structures"
layer: "Infrastructure"
ref: "Nature#9ac1"
sema_id: "sema:Nature#mh:SHA-256:9ac1fd9a3449747d2f605067023df9e13d7a60c15e556d376272266f95cfaf37"
tags: ["Infrastructure","Data Structures"]
updated: 2026-11-11
mindscape: "bootstrap"
index_url: https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/index.json
url: https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/Nature/
related: ["Protocol","Actor","Identity","IdentityHandshake"]
---

# Nature

Ontological origin classification

Layer: Infrastructure · Category: Data Structures

## Mechanism

The substrate classification of an entity (e.g. Biological, Synthetic, or Institutional). It serves as the immutable input for downstream [Protocol](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/Protocol.md)s to determine alignment obligations, rights, and authentication requirements.

## Invariants

- A Nature assignment is not revisable: reclassification mints a new Nature rather than mutating the existing one.

## Failure modes

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## Data schema

```json
{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "classification"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "classification": {
      "type": "string",
      "enum": [
        "Biological",
        "Synthetic",
        "Institutional",
        "Hybrid"
      ],
      "description": "Substrate type"
    },
    "substrate": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "More specific substrate details"
    }
  }
}
```

## Builds on

- [Protocol](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/Protocol.md) (Infrastructure; References)

## Used by

- [Actor](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/Actor.md) (Infrastructure; References)
- [Identity](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/Identity.md) (Infrastructure; References)
- [IdentityHandshake](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/IdentityHandshake.md) (Society; References)

## Identity

- Sema ID: `sema:Nature#mh:SHA-256:9ac1fd9a3449747d2f605067023df9e13d7a60c15e556d376272266f95cfaf37`
- Ref: `Nature#9ac1`
- Supersedes:
  - `sema:Nature#mh:SHA-256:4a310dd9a1eec556adf00b932a9f2abe6a7d33081845c29ff99544fef8f78f4a`

## Links

- [Pattern page](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/Nature/)
- [View in the interactive graph](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/#Nature)
- [JSON](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/Nature.json)
- [Index of all patterns](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/index.json)