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Version 0.3Status DraftDate July 2026Author Maarten Meijer

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  • Glossary — the Core Concepts, one definition each. (source)
  • Bibliography — the literature underlying the disciplines discussed in Chapter 6. (source)
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  • Decisions — the Architecture Decision Records behind the model.

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Meijer, M. (2026). POOKA: An Architectural Style for Human–AI Information
Architecture (Design Paper, Draft v0.3). https://pooka.info

@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}
}

Meijer, M. (2026, July). POOKA: An architectural style for Human–AI information
architecture (Design paper, Draft v0.3). Retrieved from https://pooka.info

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.