Added Description support to bicorder.txt

ascii_bicorder.py

@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ def generate_bicorder_text(json_data):
         len("Protocol"),
         len("BICORDER"),
         len(format_metadata_field(metadata.get("protocol"), "Protocol")),
+        len(format_metadata_field(metadata.get("description"), "Description")),
         len(format_metadata_field(metadata.get("analyst"), "Analyst")),
         len(format_metadata_field(metadata.get("standpoint"), "Standpoint")),
         len(format_metadata_field(metadata.get("timestamp"), "Timestamp")),
@@ -130,6 +131,7 @@ def generate_bicorder_text(json_data):
 
     # Metadata section
     lines.append(center_text(format_metadata_field(metadata.get("protocol"), "Protocol"), center_width))
+    lines.append(center_text(format_metadata_field(metadata.get("description"), "Description"), center_width))
     lines.append(center_text(format_metadata_field(metadata.get("analyst"), "Analyst"), center_width))
     lines.append(center_text(format_metadata_field(metadata.get("standpoint"), "Standpoint"), center_width))
     lines.append(center_text(format_metadata_field(metadata.get("timestamp"), "Timestamp"), center_width))

bicorder-app/src/components/GradientSlider.svelte

@@ -129,10 +129,6 @@
     {/if}
   </div>
 
-  <div class="value-display">
-    Value: {gradient.value !== null ? gradient.value : ''}
-  </div>
-
   <div class="controls">
     <div class="button-row">
       <button
@@ -239,17 +235,6 @@
     color: var(--fg-color);
   }
 
-  .value-display {
-    text-align: center;
-    margin: 0.5rem 0;
-    font-size: 0.9rem;
-  }
-
-  .gradient-container .value-display {
-    margin-top: 0.5rem;
-    margin-bottom: 0.25rem;
-  }
-
   .controls {
     margin-top: 0.5rem;
     display: flex;

bicorder.json

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "Protocol Bicorder",
   "schema": "bicorder.schema.json",
-  "version": "1.2.2",
+  "version": "1.2.3",
   "description": "A diagnostic tool for the study of protocols",
   "author": "Nathan Schneider",
   "date_modified": "2025-12-02",
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@
         {
           "term_left": "sufficient",
           "term_left_description": "Adequately meets the needs and goals of participants",
-          "term_right": "insufficient",
+          "term_right": "incomplete",
           "term_right_description": "Does not, on its own, adequately meet the needs and goals of participants",
           "value": null,
           "notes": null,
@@ -222,9 +222,9 @@
           "shortform": true
         },
         {
-          "term_left": "Kafka",
+          "term_left": "restraining",
           "term_left_description": "Fosters experiences of absurd complexity, alienation, and powerlessness",
-          "term_right": "Whitehead",
+          "term_right": "liberating",
           "term_right_description": "Enables participants to carry out desired activities with less work or thought",
           "value": null,
           "notes": null,

bicorder.txt

@@ -2,43 +2,44 @@
                    BICORDER                  
 
                   [Protocol]                 
+                [Description]                
                   [Analyst]                  
                  [Standpoint]                
                  [Timestamp]                 
 
                     DESIGN                   
-      explicit < [|||||||||] > implicit      
+      explicit < [---------] > implicit      
-       precise < [|||||||||] > interpretive  
+       precise < [---------] > interpretive  
- institutional < [|||||||||] > vernacular    
+ institutional < [---------] > vernacular    
-   documenting < [|||||||||] > enabling      
+   documenting < [---------] > enabling      
-        static < [|||||||||] > malleable     
+        static < [---------] > malleable     
-     technical < [|||||||||] > social        
+     technical < [---------] > social        
-     universal < [|||||||||] > particular    
+     universal < [---------] > particular    
-       durable < [|||||||||] > ephemeral     
+       durable < [---------] > ephemeral     
 
                  ENTANGLEMENT                
-         macro < [|||||||||] > micro         
+         macro < [---------] > micro         
-     sovereign < [|||||||||] > subsidiary    
+     sovereign < [---------] > subsidiary    
-self-enforcing < [|||||||||] > enforced      
+self-enforcing < [---------] > enforced      
-      abstract < [|||||||||] > embodied      
+      abstract < [---------] > embodied      
-    obligatory < [|||||||||] > voluntary     
+    obligatory < [---------] > voluntary     
-      flocking < [|||||||||] > swarming      
+      flocking < [---------] > swarming      
-    defensible < [|||||||||] > exposed       
+    defensible < [---------] > exposed       
-  monopolistic < [|||||||||] > pluralistic   
+  monopolistic < [---------] > pluralistic   
 
                   EXPERIENCE                 
-    sufficient < [|||||||||] > insufficient  
+    sufficient < [---------] > incomplete    
-  crystallized < [|||||||||] > contested     
+  crystallized < [---------] > contested     
- trust-evading < [|||||||||] > trust-inducing
+ trust-evading < [---------] > trust-inducing
-   predictable < [|||||||||] > emergent      
+   predictable < [---------] > emergent      
-     exclusion < [|||||||||] > inclusion     
+     exclusion < [---------] > inclusion     
-         Kafka < [|||||||||] > Whitehead     
+   restraining < [---------] > liberating    
-          dead < [|||||||||] > alive         
+          dead < [---------] > alive         
 
                    ANALYSIS                  
-      hardness < [|||||||||] > softness      
+      hardness < [---------] > softness      
-     polarized < [|||||||||] > centrist      
+     polarized < [---------] > centrist      
-    not useful < [|||||||||] > very useful   
+    not useful < [---------] > very useful   
 
                    GLOSSARY                  
 
@@ -65,10 +66,10 @@ self-enforcing < [|||||||||] > enforced
 | 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 |
+| incomplete     | Does not, on its own, adequately meet the needs and goals of 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 |
+| liberating     | Enables participants to carry out desired activities with less work or thought |
 | 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 |
@@ -80,6 +81,7 @@ self-enforcing < [|||||||||] > enforced
 | 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 |
+| restraining    | Fosters experiences of absurd complexity, alienation, and powerlessness |
 | 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 |
@@ -95,4 +97,3 @@ self-enforcing < [|||||||||] > enforced
 | 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 |