Downloads¶
The POOKA Design Paper is maintained as Markdown in a public repository, one file per chapter. That repository is the canonical source: this website and any export are generated from it.
Version 0.3Status DraftDate July 2026Author Maarten Meijer
The paper¶
Read onlineThe complete paper, chapter by chapter, in its canonical order. Markdown sourceThe canonical chapter files under paper/ in the repository. Download the repositoryA ZIP archive of the current main branch, including diagrams and decisions. GitHub repositoryBrowse the source, open an issue or propose a change.
The PDF is a rendering of the same canonical chapters this website is built from, so the two
can never disagree. It carries the figures inline at the point the paper cites them, which the
Markdown chapters do not: they reference the .drawio sources, which a PDF reader cannot open.
Reference material¶
- Glossary — the Core Concepts, one definition each. (source)
- Bibliography — the literature underlying the disciplines discussed in Chapter 6. (source)
- Diagrams — editable draw.io sources for the figures.
- Decisions — the Architecture Decision Records behind the model.
Citation¶
The paper is a versioned draft. Cite the version you read, and prefer the repository over this website when a permanent reference is needed.
@techreport{meijer2026pooka,
author = {Meijer, Maarten},
title = {POOKA: An Architectural Style for Human--AI Information Architecture},
type = {Design Paper},
number = {Draft v0.3},
year = {2026},
month = {7},
url = {https://pooka.info},
note = {Canonical source: https://github.com/conceptblenders/POOKA}
}
Cite the status, not just the title
POOKA is a design paper, not a standard, specification or empirically validated result. Chapter 3 states this explicitly, and any citation should preserve that framing.
Licence¶
The paper and its figures are licensed under CC BY 4.0: share and adapt freely, including commercially, with attribution. The website and its tooling are under the MIT Licence. Neither grants rights to the POOKA name or wordmark. See About for what that means in practice, or LICENSE.md for the full terms.