---
slug: "Value"
name: "Value"
type: "Data Structures"
layer: "Infrastructure"
ref: "Value#37fd"
sema_id: "sema:Value#mh:SHA-256:37fd75758d04cdd7f57a636ccb5394d463713d60c33b694e37ab71f4a5a896f8"
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/Value/
related: ["State","Aggregate","AttentionMarkets","Award","Bid","BreadthGovernor","Care","ComputeBudget","Consensus","ContinuousResourceAuction","CreativeBlend","Dampen","Decay","EpistemicROI","Estimate","ExchangeRate","Expansive","HeldRelease","Interpret","Ledger","MonotonicCounter","NegativeProof","NormativeJudge","NormCheck","Novelty","OpportunityCost","Prioritize","PropheticQuorum","Realizable","Score","ScoringFunction","Summarize","Summary","TimeboxThink","ValuePeg"]
---

# Value

A measure of utility

Layer: Infrastructure · Category: Data Structures

## Mechanism

A quantitative or qualitative measure of utility, worth, or priority assigned to a [State](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/State.md) or resource.

## Invariants

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## Failure modes

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## Data schema

```json
{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "magnitude",
    "unit"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "magnitude": {
      "type": "number",
      "description": "Scalar utility or worth"
    },
    "unit": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Currency, energy, or utility metric"
    },
    "context": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Scope where this value applies"
    }
  }
}
```

## Builds on

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

## Used by

- [Aggregate](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/Aggregate.md) (Infrastructure; Yields)
- [AttentionMarkets](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/AttentionMarkets.md) (Society; References)
- [Award](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/Award.md) (Society; References)
- [Bid](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/Bid.md) (Society; References)
- [BreadthGovernor](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/BreadthGovernor.md) (Mind; References)
- [Care](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/Care.md) (Infrastructure; References)
- [ComputeBudget](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/ComputeBudget.md) (Mind; References)
- [Consensus](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/Consensus.md) (Society; Yields)
- [ContinuousResourceAuction](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/ContinuousResourceAuction.md) (Society; Accepts)
- [CreativeBlend](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/CreativeBlend.md) (Mind; References)
- [Dampen](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/Dampen.md) (Physics; References)
- [Decay](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/Decay.md) (Physics; References)
- [EpistemicROI](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/EpistemicROI.md) (Mind; References)
- [Estimate](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/Estimate.md) (Mind; References)
- [ExchangeRate](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/ExchangeRate.md) (Society; References)
- [Expansive](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/Expansive.md) (Mind; References)
- [HeldRelease](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/HeldRelease.md) (Society; References)
- [Interpret](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/Interpret.md) (Mind; Yields)
- [Ledger](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/Ledger.md) (Infrastructure; References)
- [MonotonicCounter](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/MonotonicCounter.md) (Society; References)
- [NegativeProof](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/NegativeProof.md) (Infrastructure; References)
- [NormativeJudge](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/NormativeJudge.md) (Mind; References)
- [NormCheck](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/NormCheck.md) (Mind; References)
- [Novelty](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/Novelty.md) (Mind; References)
- [OpportunityCost](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/OpportunityCost.md) (Mind; References)
- [Prioritize](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/Prioritize.md) (Mind; References)
- [PropheticQuorum](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/PropheticQuorum.md) (Society; References)
- [Realizable](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/Realizable.md) (Mind; References)
- [Score](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/Score.md) (Infrastructure; Composes with)
- [ScoringFunction](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/ScoringFunction.md) (Infrastructure; References)
- [Summarize](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/Summarize.md) (Mind; References)
- [Summary](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/Summary.md) (Infrastructure; References)
- [TimeboxThink](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/TimeboxThink.md) (Mind; References)
- [ValuePeg](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/ValuePeg.md) (Society; References)

## Identity

- Sema ID: `sema:Value#mh:SHA-256:37fd75758d04cdd7f57a636ccb5394d463713d60c33b694e37ab71f4a5a896f8`
- Ref: `Value#37fd`

## Links

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