BOUNDED EDITIONS | D aiMIND PUBLICATION | NOVEL PROFILE Novel Projection Blueprint Layer Governance Status: Governing document — novel-specific parallel to PUB-A02Layer: 3 of 4 — Projection blueprintVersion: 0.1 | 9 September 2026Authority: Author, rights-holder, publisher, or designated editorial owner CORE RULE. Before novel-facing generation, convert the reader request into an explicit projection record that resolves source authority, fictional truth status, reader/character knowledge, generative permission, artifact form, style/tone, scope, and accountability. A reader may request a projection, but may not silently enlarge canon, convert interpretation into fact, authorize invention, or change the edition state. 1. Purpose and relationship to existing canon This document duplicates the function of the existing educational Projection Blueprint for novel and fictional-world editions. It does not replace or amend PUB-A02. The educational profile remains intact. This novel profile inherits DaiMIND Core rules for identity, source/derivative distinction, representation depth, uncertainty, consequential context, revision, truthful status and modularity, while defining novel-specific projection domains. The prepared corpus remains the substantive knowledge object used downstream. Published canon, admitted author-supplied canon, interpretation, licensed elaboration and counterfactual branches remain distinct. World truth, character knowledge and reader permission to know are separate decisions. Protected ambiguity is preserved as a positive constraint. 2. Required products Novel Projection Record — the resolved projection domains governing one reader request. Source / Canon Selection Record — selected prepared units and their canon status, edition identity, representation depth and exclusions. Pre-editorial Projection Scaffold — provisional content slots, perspective, disclosure boundary and artifact structure before final composition. Projection Amendment Log — any later change to source use, reader position, generative permission, branch status, format or scope. 3. Novel projection domains Every novel projection resolves the domains below. They are controls on the output, not a required reader form. Low-impact defaults may be inferred; material ambiguity must be held or clarified. Domain Question answered Permitted values / operating rule 1. Substantive authority / source basis Defines what may supply substantive content. Canon only; canon + admitted author-supplied canon; canon + admitted contextual/scholarly sources; a specified subset of those classes. “Use other sources” means sources already admitted or explicitly authorized upstream—not live browsing or general model knowledge. 2. Fictional truth / generativity status Defines what ontological status the output may claim. Published-canon description; admitted supplemental canon; bounded interpretation; licensed elaboration; counterfactual branch; non-canonical creative exercise. Interpretation or generated possibility may never be silently presented as canon. 3. Reader position / disclosure Defines what the reader may learn now. Full-book; through chapter/scene X; spoiler-free; selected-book-only in a series; publisher-defined embargo or restricted knowledge. Later truth cannot leak through explanations, headings, refusals or suggestions. 4. Character/world knowledge perspective Defines whose knowledge or viewpoint constrains the answer. Omniscient world state; narrator-framed account; named character at a specified point; comparison of multiple knowledge states; reader knowledge versus character knowledge. 5. Output form and extent Defines the artifact the reader actually receives. Direct answer; explainer; character profile; relationship map; timeline; scene/letter analysis; thematic essay; close reading; comparison; glossary; quiz/discussion guide; visualization; dialogue; licensed scene, letter or continuation; other declared form. Extent is bounded by words, panels, turns, pages or another practical limit. 6. Interpretive depth / task Defines what intellectual operation is authorized. Recall/locate; summarize; trace development; compare; explain context; interpret; evaluate competing readings; synthesize across the work; explore a counterfactual. The reader may ask a question but may not require an unsupported interpretation to be treated as settled truth. 7. Style, voice and tonal fidelity Defines how the output may sound without changing its substantive status. Neutral contemporary explanation; title editorial voice; age-adapted explanation; title-faithful tonal restraint; explicitly licensed imitation or continuation style; format-specific voice. “True to style” does not itself authorize new fictional facts. 8. Scope / coverage rule Defines which portions of the work or world must be surveyed. Single passage; chapter; arc; character; relationship; location; theme; whole novel; whole series; selected world-model domain; comprehensive versus selective coverage. 9. Knowledge accountability Defines what remains visible or recoverable about the answer’s basis. Source unit IDs, edition/version, canon class, interpretive label, reader position, relevant character knowledge state, applied editorial guidance, branch ID where applicable, and consequential exclusions. 10. Persistence / branch behavior Defines whether generated developments persist beyond the current output. Ephemeral reader exercise; session-local branch; named persistent alternate branch; proposed canon addition awaiting owner review. Reader interaction never rewrites legacy canon by default. 4. Anticipated output forms for novels The interface should remain open-ended, but recurring output families can be registered so their default constraints and tests are predictable. These are anticipated forms, not a closed menu. Output family Typical purpose Projection controls that become especially important Direct factual answer What happens, who says/knows what, where/when, continuity facts Canon class; edition; spoiler/reader position; world vs character knowledge Passage / scene explanation Explain a passage, scene, letter or interaction Exact locator; local context; narrator/perspective; later-context disclosure Character profile Traits, commitments, relationships, knowledge, changes over time Separate enduring attributes from scene-specific behavior; distinguish fact from interpretation Relationship analysis Development of a dyad or group across contexts Chronology; each party’s knowledge; inferred motives; turning points; protected ambiguity Timeline / chronology Ordered events, travel, letters, revelations, causally relevant sequence Edition/branch identity; event ordering; what becomes knowable when Place / world explainer Geography, institutions, customs, rules, material constraints Canon versus admitted external context; avoid importing generic world knowledge without authorization Theme / motif analysis Trace a theme, image, contrast or repeated pattern Coverage rule; representative passages; interpretation label; competing readings Close reading Detailed language/form analysis of a bounded passage Canon text only unless external context is separately admitted; quotation permissions and exact source Comparative reading Compare characters, scenes, arcs, books or interpretations Defined comparison set; equal/declared coverage; preserve differences rather than forced symmetry Contextual explainer Historical, social, scientific, legal or cultural context around the novel Canon + admitted contextual sources; keep external context distinct from what the novel itself states Reader guide / discussion material Questions, prompts, reading guide, glossary, study aid Audience; reading position; intended activity; answerability from authorized material Quiz / game Assessment or playful interaction Objective; spoiler position; canon basis; feedback; no invented “facts” as distractors unless explicitly labeled Visualization Relationship map, route map, timeline, knowledge-state diagram, family tree Underlying units; inferred versus explicit links; time slice; branch/version Interpretive essay Sustained argument about the work Question remains evidence-responsive; selected support and counterevidence; interpretation not canon Licensed new scene / letter / dialogue New fictional material continuous with the work Requires upstream elaboration permission; must be labeled non-published canon unless explicitly admitted; style permission separate from fact permission Counterfactual / alternate branch Explore “what if” without changing canon Branch identity; divergence point; inherited canon; new branch-only events; no cross-session contamination Author-added world exploration Use admitted backstory or later author notes alongside legacy text Published canon and later canon visibly distinguishable; date/version and authority recoverable 5. Source selection and novel-specific integrity rules Select only prepared units authorized by the resolved substantive-authority domain. A request for “more context” does not itself admit external material. Preserve edition, translation and branch identity. Never use one edition or adaptation to complete another unless the relationship is explicitly part of the accepted projection. Preserve chronology and knowledge states. A unit may be valid world truth yet unusable for a character-perspective or spoiler-bounded projection. Protected ambiguity remains selectable content: a projection may explain the ambiguity, but may not resolve it without authorized basis. When licensed elaboration is permitted, inherited canon and newly generated content remain distinguishable in the scaffold and production record. Character, world or relationship models may be selected only when that optional capability has been separately authorized and versioned for the title. 6. Novel Projection Record — minimum fields Field Requirement Projection ID Stable output-request identifier Edition / title / branch Exact publication identity and branch if any Reader request Original free-form request Source basis Resolved authorized source classes Fictional truth status Canon / interpretation / licensed elaboration / counterfactual Reader position Spoiler/disclosure boundary Perspective / knowledge state World, narrator, character, or comparison state Output form and extent Artifact type and practical length Interpretive task Recall, trace, compare, interpret, evaluate, etc. Style / tone Applicable output style constraints Coverage rule What must and need not be surveyed Selected prepared units Required/supporting/optional/excluded Open ambiguity / gaps Protected ambiguity, corpus silence, missing preparation Knowledge accountability What basis will be visible/recoverable Editorial guidance version Controlling title sheet Projection status Draft / accepted / amended / superseded Output version Derivative version once produced 7. Handoff to editorial production The accepted Novel Projection Record, Source / Canon Selection Record, scaffold, retained reader preferences and amendments become controlling inputs to Layer 4. The title-specific editorial guidance then determines final voice, sequence, emphasis, humor, visual hierarchy, quotation treatment and medium-specific composition. Layer 4 may not enlarge source authority or generative permission established here. 8. Quality gates Identity — exact title, edition, translation and branch are known. Authority — selected units fall within the accepted source basis and representation depth. Canon integrity — interpretation, author-added canon, licensed elaboration and counterfactual material remain distinguishable. Knowledge integrity — world truth, character knowledge and reader disclosure are not conflated. Chronology — later information does not leak into earlier perspective or spoiler-bounded outputs. Protected ambiguity — underdetermined questions remain underdetermined unless the task explicitly asks for competing interpretations. Generativity — invention occurs only under explicit upstream permission and carries the correct non-canon or branch label. Coverage — the selected units satisfy the declared scope; consequential omissions are recorded. Style permission — tonal/style preference does not silently grant substantive invention rights. Reproducibility — request, versions, selected units, permissions, branch state and amendments reconstruct the handoff. 9. Default deployment behavior A deployed novel edition may present a simple open prompt such as “Ask the book” or “Explore this world.” The interface does not need to expose every domain before each answer. Defaults should be title-specific and conservative: canon-only substantive basis, no invention, full-book disclosure only when the reader has not requested spoiler protection, neutral or title-editorial voice, and traceability retained. Materially different requests—especially external sources, fictional invention, persistent branches, or restricted reader positions—must resolve the relevant domain before production. 10. Governance and versioning This document is a novel-profile governing annex. It is versioned independently from PUB-A02 and from any title-specific editorial guidance. A later novel-profile revision does not silently migrate existing editions or historical outputs. Title-specific permissions may narrow this profile but may not enlarge DaiMIND Core or upstream corpus authority without an authorized source/governance change.