Aggregated Distribution

note: maybe we will do them, maybe we won't

t.2025.11.08.09 probably not. Better to go the other way: from a payload dataset, create all its named nodes and link back to the original; keeps things flow-y
probably won't do unified distributions except via API.

A node's aggregated distribution is a compilation of all the child flows of itself and its contained nodes (their _payload/_default/ snapshots), situated directly under the parent node with an intuitive filename like "nodename.ext".

Essentially, it's a "(sub-)mesh in a single file."

Perhaps its only available via API.

Purpose

Aggregated distributions support composability and transposability by:

Combining contained nodes' data into a single resource
Supporting modular ontology and knowledge base construction

Issues

config options

zipping/compression?
user data only, or include metadata/config

Generation Process

During Weave Process, aggregated distributions are created by:

Scanning contained payload nodes recursively within the mesh structure
Collecting _payload/_default/ distributions from each flow
Merging content with proper URI resolution and prefix handling
Excluding _config and _meta datasets (data content only)
Generating multiple distributions (.ttl, .rdf, .jsonld) as configured

Examples

Composable Ontology

/my-ontology/
├── my-ontology.ttl              ← Aggregated distribution
├── my-ontology.rdf              ← Aggregated distribution  
├── my-ontology.jsonld           ← Aggregated distribution
├── Person/                  ← payload node (class definition)
├── hasName/                 ← payload node (property definition)
└── Organization/            ← payload node (class definition)

Knowledge Base

/biotech-kb/
├── biotech-kb.ttl               ← Aggregated distribution
├── biotech-kb.jsonld            ← Aggregated distribution
├── companies/
│   ├── genentech/               ← Company payload node
│   └── moderna/                 ← Company payload node
└── products/
    ├── drug-x/                  ← Product payload node
    └── vaccine-y/               ← Product payload node