Iroko Historical Society · Medjat
Framework ↗ irokosociety.org ↗
Pilot build — academic context. The Ewé collection is a 50-record pilot dataset developed as part of graduate coursework in linked data at the University of Alabama. It demonstrates the Iroko Framework's public access governance model. The full Ewé corpus (750+ records) and additional collections are in development.
Governed knowledge interface · Iroko Historical Society
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mdꜣt

Per Medjat
House of Written Knowledge: Structured and Transmitted

The public interface for ontology-aligned collections of the Iroko Historical Society. Records are presented with explicit stewardship boundaries — governed material is signaled, not silently erased.

mdꜣt / medjat — written knowledge, document, or record (Ancient Egyptian). In this project, the term names a governed layer of public access built from the ontology, not a neutral storage site.

Current state
1 collection currently published
50 pilot plant records in the Ewé build
750+ planned full plant corpus
3 collections in development
Collections
Live
Ewé
Structured ethnobotanical corpus integrating botanical, linguistic, and stewardship-aware ritual description from Verger and Quiros-Moran.
Path: /ewe/ · 50 pilot records
Planned
Hyatt
Structured entries from hoodoo and rootwork materials with governed descriptive access and collection-aware search.
Reserved path: /hyatt/
Forthcoming
Espiritismo
Future datasets enter the same interface as distinct collections, speaking through the ontology while preserving their own structures and boundaries.
Reserved path: /espiritismo/
Architecture
Stewardship model

Public users encounter both knowledge and its boundaries. Restricted material is not silently erased — the interface signals that a governed field exists and names the conditions under which it is stewarded. Absence is made legible.

Ontology as source of truth

The Iroko Framework defines structure. Medjat expresses records. Future authentication layers can mediate differentiated access for community, initiated, and practitioner views without changing the conceptual model. The vocabulary is public. The data is governed.