Project thesis
Vestiges is the flagship product that demonstrates VASTE in a concrete cultural and economic context. It is neither a wiki nor a simple marketplace. Its primary resource is connected knowledge.
Knowledge model
Every person, organization, technique, material, tool, work, place, project and document can be represented as an addressable node. Relationships such as teaching, using, making, restoring, supplying, certifying and participating remain explicit and historical.
System approach
The platform combines graph identity, contribution permissions, collaborative validation, public node pages, visual exploration and economic services. The marketplace is an outcome of the graph rather than the organizing principle.
VASTE implementation
Vestiges uses VASTE as its runtime foundation. Context and identity determine who can contribute, validate or access information, while graph relations make knowledge navigable across institutional and disciplinary boundaries.
Evidence
The current public evidence consists of the product definition, graph-node and relationship models, architectural layers, project media and its documented place in the Electronic Artefacts lineage.
Status
Vestiges is in development. The knowledge model and product architecture are published as observed design work; implementation details and public availability will evolve.