Parser for the Spw language, written in JavaScript

What this is

This is a ground-up reimplementation of a portion of another package I wrote a while ago - spw-js.

Spw is a language I started developing in college to explore human cognition as it relates to ideological representation.

The initial use case was towards a content-tagging system, but as I implemented it, I realized the basis was way too complex to describe concisely.

So I'm starting over from scratch!

Description

Spw is a language that is meant to be relatively human.

Right now there are a few main token categories:

• Nodal Constructs
  • Nominal
  • Numeric
  • Container
• Pragmatic Constructs
  • Operational
• Semantic Constructs
  • Ordinal
  • Phrasal
  • Common

Nodal Constructs

Nodal Constructs represent self-contained units of Identity.

Nominal Nodes

A Nominal Construct represents an identity. Nominal Construct Nodes are atomic, and axiomatic.

Numeric Nodes

Numeric Constructs represent identities that have numeric relationships. Numeric Construct Nodes have at least 1 of 2 components:

• integral
• fractional

Container Nodes

Container Constructs represent sets of Nodes and Relationships. Container Construct Nodes are also called Containers.

There are 4 forms of Containers:

• Conceptual
• Locational
• Structural
• Essential

Conceptual Containers

Conceptual Containers describe the boundaries between concepts. Conceptual Containers introduce ideas.

Locational Containers

Locational Containers describe Contextual Relationships of identities. Locational Containers introduce positions.

Contextual Relationships are categories that describe a dimension of association.

Structural Containers

Structural Containers describe Objects. Structural Containers represent an Object's Intrinsic Identities.

Objective Properties are Identities that exist across Frames.

Essential Containers

Essential Containers describe Subjects. Essential Containers represent an Object's Extrinsic Identities.

Pragmatic Constructs

Pragmatic Constructs alter the Subjective Meaning of Identities.

Operational Constructs

Operational Constructs represent Expressions.

Semantic Constructs

Semantic Constructs describe rules for interpreting the relationships between Nodes in a Container.

Common Statements

Common Statements describe collections of similar Nodes.

Ordinal Statements

Ordinal Statements describe Subjectively-interpreted Pragmatic Semantics.

Phrasal Statements

Phrasal Statements describe collections of Nodes that share a Semantic Context.

Runtime Constructs

A Runtime Construct represents an Entity that exist in the context of Program Execution.

Contexts

A Context is a set of Identities that contain the requisite Axioms for describing a Frame's Potential.

Expressions

An Expression is a Statement that implicitly has Meaning.

Frames

A Frame is a set of Located Identities that defines Subjective Salience within a Perspective Context.

Identities

An Identity is something that can be consistently referenced.

Objects

An Object is a Runtime Construct with Objective Properties. Objects exist according to The Objective Perspective.

The Objective Perspective

A theoretical Perspective that serves as a Point of Reference for other Perspectives

Perspectives

A Perspective is a Construct that can Perceive Identities and/or Interpret Value.

Perception

Perception is the ability to hold a reference to an Identity in some sort of Locational Register.

Interpretation

Interpretation is the ability to derive Axioms from a Statement

Salience

Salience is a mechanism through which Value can be described.

Meaning

Meaning is an Identity that arises from Realizing Value

Subjects

A Subject is a Runtime Construct that has Identities and Values within a Frame.