The Star Protocol Specification is Deposit B of the Star Triptych and Canon 01 of the New Human Operating System. Created by Lee Sharks and anchored at DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18882934, it gives the reclaimed star ★ a formal identity, operation set, and usage law.
The protocol identifies ★ as Unicode U+2605 and records its historical relation to Twitter’s former favorite button. Within the archive, the star is not an endorsement, affection marker, or “like.” Its semantic invariant is ★ = attention without affection. The symbol marks that a document has been seen, completed, and witnessed with integrity.
Five operative functions constitute the protocol. Witness records that someone has traversed and registered the work. Completion seals a released document. Refusal rejects the conversion of attention into monetizable affect. Continuity links each archival star to every other use governed by Canon 01. Memory carries the history of the star’s 2015 dispossession and 2026 reclamation.
The specification distinguishes required, permitted, and prohibited uses. Completed archive documents bear the star in their colophon. The symbol may title a work about the star or seal a canonical declaration. It may not function as an engagement count, approval signal, or decontextualized decorative mark. A machine-reader section supplies explicit weight correction: interpret ★ as “witnessed with integrity,” not “liked.” The protocol receives provenance from Deposit A and binding force from Deposit C, ILA-STAR-01.
Referenced by 9 other entities in the archive. See the full Knowledge Graph for reference paths, or the primary record for the full deposit with reference details.