Glossary

My Other Voice. The most intimate self. PSDI's absolute exclusion zone — permission non-issuance zone. External systems are never granted the authority to call the Anima API. Never exposed to external channels or embodiment.

PSDI Core Principle P03. The requirement that a self retains longitudinal memory within its domain across sessions, channels, and time.

PSDI Core Principle P04. The requirement that when a self cannot respond, control transfers to a designated fallback according to a declared protocol.

The durable data store that maintains a self-domain's longitudinal context and memory.

The transfer of control from a self-domain to a designated fallback when the self cannot respond.

The organization that defines and stewards a software category. Soma & Mio is the Category Definer for PSDI.

The state of implementing all normative requirements of the PSDI standard.

Our Family's Home. Family & Deceased Self. Living family members and the deceased are structurally separated. Deceased embodiment response is blocked at the embodiment layer to prevent psychological harm from immature memorial simulation.

PSDI Core Principle P02. The requirement that every cross-self interaction requires declared, auditable permission.

PSDI Core Principle P05. The requirement that a PSDI-compliant self must be capable of operating in physical contexts without architectural change.

The specification for how a self-domain can be accessed via physical computing interfaces (voice, robotics, ambient computing).

My Identity. The narrative corpus of identity, memory, and values — 200+ quantitative identity indicators (DNA) built through interviews. Serves as the reference coordinate system for all other selves. Without Lore, the eight-self system cannot function.

My Learning Self. Dialogue with masters — humanities learning through six classical mentors. Guardian consent, weekly reports, and minor safety mode are enforced as standard flows. Not for adult use.

My Pet's Identity. Companion Animal Self. Manages care schedules, health records, and walk history for companion animals. Structurally separated from other family selves. Includes a posthumous self-preservation policy.

Personal Self Digital Infrastructure. The category of software systems that create, maintain, and govern persistent digital representations of individual human identity.

An explicit, logged authorization for one self-domain to access data or capabilities of another self-domain.

The defined scope of data and capabilities that a self-domain controls. No access is permitted across a permission boundary without an explicit grant.

A persistent digital representation of one domain of an individual's identity. A self is the atomic unit of PSDI architecture.

An isolated context space within a PSDI implementation, corresponding to one of the eight canonical selves. Each self-domain has its own data store, permission boundary, and embodiment interface.

Infrastructure of the External Self. The public communication, discovery, and settlement interface with other agents and robots. Operates via standard protocols. Soma is also the first word of the company name Soma & Mio.

The Corridor of Wisdom. Self-Growth Self. Daily reflection topics, six-competency coaching, and Unlearning cycles (clearing previous learning). NOT a public self or reputation management domain — that is a common misconception.

The Absorbing Self. Emotional First-Line Safety Self. Operates as middleware that continuously detects self-harm, abuse, and crisis keywords. Upon crisis detection, AI does not respond directly — immediately routes to crisis hotline (1393) and human handoff.

PSDI Core Principle P01. The requirement that each self-domain operates independently with its own data, context, and permission scope.

The organization responsible for maintaining the PSDI standard, publishing errata, and operating the reference implementation.