Added description table to the ascii output

ascii_bicorder.py

@@ -56,8 +56,10 @@ def generate_bicorder_text(json_data):
     lines = []
 
     # First pass: calculate maximum widths for left and right terms
+    # Also collect all terms for the glossary
     max_left_width = 0
     max_right_width = 0
+    glossary_terms = {}  # Dictionary to store term: description mappings
 
     # Check diagnostic gradients
     for diagnostic_set in json_data.get("diagnostic", []):
@@ -67,6 +69,12 @@ def generate_bicorder_text(json_data):
             max_left_width = max(max_left_width, len(term_left))
             max_right_width = max(max_right_width, len(term_right))
 
+            # Collect terms for glossary
+            if term_left:
+                glossary_terms[term_left] = gradient.get("term_left_description", "")
+            if term_right:
+                glossary_terms[term_right] = gradient.get("term_right_description", "")
+
     # Check analysis items
     for analysis_item in json_data.get("analysis", []):
         term_left = analysis_item.get("term_left", "")
@@ -74,6 +82,12 @@ def generate_bicorder_text(json_data):
         max_left_width = max(max_left_width, len(term_left))
         max_right_width = max(max_right_width, len(term_right))
 
+        # Collect terms for glossary
+        if term_left:
+            glossary_terms[term_left] = analysis_item.get("term_left_description", "")
+        if term_right:
+            glossary_terms[term_right] = analysis_item.get("term_right_description", "")
+
     # Calculate the width needed for centering
     # Gradient line format: "{left_term} < [|||||||||] > {right_term}"
     # That's: max_left_width + 3 + 11 + 3 + max_right_width
@@ -136,6 +150,31 @@ def generate_bicorder_text(json_data):
 
     lines.append("")
 
+    # Glossary section
+    lines.append(center_text("GLOSSARY", center_width))
+    lines.append("")
+
+    # Generate pandoc-compatible table
+    # Sort terms alphabetically (case-insensitive) for consistent output
+    sorted_terms = sorted(glossary_terms.items(), key=lambda x: x[0].lower())
+
+    if sorted_terms:
+        # Calculate column widths for the table
+        max_term_width = max(len(term) for term, _ in sorted_terms)
+        max_term_width = max(max_term_width, len("Term"))  # At least as wide as header
+
+        # Build the table
+        # Header row
+        lines.append(f"| {'Term'.ljust(max_term_width)} | Description |")
+        # Separator row
+        lines.append(f"| {'-' * max_term_width} | {'-' * 11} |")
+
+        # Data rows
+        for term, description in sorted_terms:
+            lines.append(f"| {term.ljust(max_term_width)} | {description} |")
+
+        lines.append("")
+
     return "\n".join(lines)
 
 

bicorder.txt

@@ -39,3 +39,60 @@ self-enforcing < [|||||||||] > enforced
       hardness < [|||||||||] > softness      
      polarized < [|||||||||] > centrist      
     not useful < [|||||||||] > very useful   
+
+                   GLOSSARY                  
+
+| Term           | Description |
+| -------------- | ----------- |
+| abstract       | Participants learn the protocol by studying it intellectually |
+| alive          | Actively utilized by relevant participants |
+| centrist       | The analyst tended toward readings at the middle of the gradients |
+| contested      | Content and meaning are disputed or under debate |
+| crystallized   | Content and meaning are settled and widely agreed upon |
+| dead           | Not actively utilized by relevant participants |
+| defensible     | Strong boundaries and protections against external influence |
+| documenting    | The primary purpose is to document or validate activity that is occurring |
+| durable        | Designed to be persistently available |
+| embodied       | Participants learn the protocol by physically practicing it |
+| emergent       | Produces unexpected or novel outcomes |
+| enabling       | The primary purpose is to enable activity that might not happen otherwise |
+| enforced       | Rules require external enforcement by authorities or institutions |
+| ephemeral      | Designed to vanish when no longer needed |
+| exclusion      | The protocol creates barriers or excludes certain participants |
+| explicit       | The design is stated explicitly somewhere that is accessible to participants |
+| exposed        | Weak boundaries and vulnerable to external influence |
+| flocking       | Coordination occurs through centralized direction or direct mimicry |
+| hardness       | The protocol tends toward properties characterized by hardness |
+| implicit       | The design is not stated explicitly but is learned by participants in another way |
+| inclusion      | The protocol reduces barriers and includes diverse participants |
+| institutional  | Design occurs through processes that involve powerful institutions and widespread recognition as normative |
+| insufficient   | Does not, on its own, adequately meet the needs and goals of participants |
+| interpretive   | The design is ambiguous, allowing participants a wide range of interpretation |
+| Kafka          | Fosters experiences of absurd complexity, alienation, and powerlessness |
+| macro          | Operates at large scales involving many participants or broad scope |
+| malleable      | Designed to be changed by participants according to evolving needs |
+| micro          | Operates at small scales with few participants or narrow scope |
+| monopolistic   | Excludes the use of other protocols that might be available to adopt |
+| not useful     | The bicorder was not useful or relevant for analyzing this protocol |
+| obligatory     | Participation is compulsory for a certain class of agents |
+| particular     | Addressed to a specific community |
+| pluralistic    | Interoperates with other protocols and does not exclude their use |
+| polarized      | The analyst tended toward more extreme high or low readings |
+| precise        | The design is specified with a high level of precision that eliminates ambiguity in implementation |
+| predictable    | Produces expected and consistent outcomes |
+| self-enforcing | Rules are automatically enforced through its own mechanisms |
+| social         | Primarily concerned with interactions among people or groups |
+| softness       | The protocol tends toward properties characterized by softness |
+| sovereign      | A distinctive operating logic, not subject to any other entity |
+| static         | Designed to be as fixed and unchanging as possible |
+| subsidiary     | An operating logic under the control of a particular entity |
+| sufficient     | Adequately meets the needs and goals of participants |
+| swarming       | Coordination occurs through distributed interactions without central direction |
+| technical      | Primarily concerned with interactions among technologies |
+| trust-evading  | Minimizes the need for trust among participants |
+| trust-inducing | Relies on or cultivates trust among participants |
+| universal      | Addressed to a global audience |
+| vernacular     | Design occurs through evolving, peer-to-peer community interactions in order to suit participant-defined goals |
+| very useful    | The bicorder was very useful and relevant for analyzing this protocol |
+| voluntary      | Participation in the protocol is optional and not coerced |
+| Whitehead      | Enables participants to carry out desired activities with less work or thought |