Standard Information Transfer and Record Protocol
| Standard Information Transfer and Record Protocol | |
|---|---|
| Writing system | Latin script |
| Official status | |
| Spoken in | The Complex |
| Regulated by | The Complex |
| Speaker | |
| Endonym | 0{qM |
| Number of speakers | 1 |
| Technical information | |
| Usage | Standard communication done by The Complex |
| Language code | SIT |
The Standard Information Transfer and Record Protocol, SITRP, or 0{qM is a language used by The Complex for recording and transferring information.
Concepts
SITRP consists of a global list of concepts, each concept assigned a concept number, which is a number between 0 and 68'574'961 (924). Every concept represents a single object, event, or action. This list is maintained by the Complex, and translations and descriptions of each concept is provided. The concept numbers are assigned arbitrarily; there is no systematic reason for why each concept has its specific number.
Orthography
SITRP's orthography purely uses printable ASCII characters, excluding space. The characters ( and ) are reserved for grouping (see the Grammar section), and the rest are used for encoding concept numbers. Each character represents a digit in base-92, according to the following table:
| Character | Value in Decimal |
|---|---|
! |
0 |
" |
1 |
# |
2 |
$ |
3 |
% |
4 |
& |
5 |
' |
6 |
* |
7 |
+ |
8 |
, |
9 |
- |
10 |
. |
11 |
/ |
12 |
0 |
13 |
1 |
14 |
2 |
15 |
3 |
16 |
4 |
17 |
5 |
18 |
6 |
19 |
7 |
20 |
8 |
21 |
9 |
22 |
: |
23 |
; |
24 |
< |
25 |
= |
26 |
> |
27 |
? |
28 |
@ |
29 |
A |
30 |
B |
31 |
C |
32 |
D |
33 |
E |
34 |
F |
35 |
G |
36 |
H |
37 |
I |
38 |
J |
39 |
K |
40 |
L |
41 |
M |
42 |
N |
43 |
O |
44 |
P |
45 |
Q |
46 |
R |
47 |
S |
48 |
T |
49 |
U |
50 |
V |
51 |
W |
52 |
X |
53 |
Y |
54 |
Z |
55 |
[ |
56 |
\ |
57 |
] |
58 |
^ |
59 |
_ |
60 |
` |
61 |
a |
62 |
b |
63 |
c |
64 |
d |
65 |
e |
66 |
f |
67 |
g |
68 |
h |
69 |
i |
70 |
j |
71 |
k |
72 |
l |
73 |
m |
74 |
n |
75 |
o |
76 |
p |
77 |
q |
78 |
r |
79 |
s |
80 |
t |
81 |
u |
82 |
v |
83 |
w |
84 |
x |
85 |
y |
86 |
z |
87 |
{ |
88 |
| |
89 |
} |
90 |
~ |
91 |
Grammar
Every SITRP sentence is an ordered triplet of concepts, either raw concept numbers or compound concepts. The triplet (A, B, C) can be though of as a directed edge from A to B, with the type of that edge being characterized by C. This is somewhat analogous to a Subject-Object-Verb word order, but with the ability to use any word as either a verb or noun, and without transitive verbs. For example, the sentence R:pz2/3gMXy@ is broken up into three parts: R:pz (TheZipCreator), 2/3g (The Complex), and MXy@ (Archon). So, this translates to "TheZipCreator relates to the Complex characterized by Archon", or "TheZipCreator is the Archon of the Complex". The former form can be notated more succinctly as TheZipCreator → The Complex : Archon, where → represents "relates to", and : represents "characterized by".
SITRP does not have a copula; instead to denote the existence of something, one draws an edge from the concept to the concept for Reality (yT9r), characterized by set membership (.+TP). In general, set membership is used for many things other languages might have a verb for.
Compounds
A triplet can be surrounded by parenthesis (( and )) to group it into a compound concept. For example, while 61NGk[M$uV!? which is Player → Block : Placement and means "Players place blocks", (61NGk[M$uV!?) means "The action of players placing blocks". Then, it can be used in a larger triplet, such as (61NGk[M$uV!?)h~+1.+TP, which is (Player → Block : Placement) → Set of possible actions : Membership, and means "Players placing blocks is a member of the set of possible actions", or "Players can place blocks."
Sample Texts
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