System of Perspectives (SoP) – Intellectual Property Disclosure
Lucidra Ltd
Date of Disclosure: 8 June 2025
This publication asserts conceptual ownership and intellectual provenance of the System of Perspectives (SoP) developed by Lucidra Ltd. It is made public solely to protect the originality and foundational definitions of the framework. Use or adaptation of the methodology in any form requires a licensing agreement.
What is the System of Perspectives?
The System of Perspectives (SoP) is a conceptual framework developed by Lucidra Ltd for modelling emergent phenomena in complex systems. It provides a structured approach to understanding how different epistemic perspectives interact to give rise to high-level system properties, such as security, resilience, or unintended behaviours.
SoP is particularly useful in contexts where systems exhibit layered abstraction, dynamic agent interaction, or multi-perspective reasoning — such as AI system design, socio-technical analysis, and epistemic risk assessment. By treating perspectives as structured representations of knowledge, SoP enables the identification of semantic mismatches and emergent outcomes that traditional modelling approaches may miss.
The framework is intentionally domain-agnostic and can be applied to a wide range of systems, including digital platforms, organisations, and infrastructure ecosystems. Its versatility lies in modelling how purpose-specific abstractions interact to yield emergent behaviours or system-level properties.
This version of the framework is published solely to establish conceptual provenance and ownership. All methodology, application guidance, and implementation mechanisms remain proprietary to Lucidra Ltd.
Core Definitions
System of Perspectives (SoP): A meta-modeling framework for analysing complex systems by mapping how structured epistemic perspectives interact to produce observable or emergent phenomena.
Perspective: An epistemic lens that compresses a system’s representation according to a specific purpose, abstraction, or stakeholder position.
Sub-Perspective: A granular or specialised modelling lens nested within a broader perspective, such as Identity, Trust, or Behaviour.
Emergent Perspective: A perspective that arises from the structured interaction of sub-perspectives. For example, Security may emerge from the interplay of Infrastructure, Platform, and Application perspectives.
Phenomenon: An observed or interpreted effect within the system, produced through perspective interactions (e.g., semantic mismatch, resilience failure).
Anti-Requirement: A final system state that is explicitly undesirable from a defined perspective, independent of how it might be caused.
Semantic Mismatch: A discrepancy that arises when a concept, signal, or expectation is translated inconsistently between two perspectives.
System Component: A representational construct that models a bounded part of the system within a perspective. Components are epistemic, not ontological, and may be recursively defined.
Final State: A stable configuration of the system that does not change unless a new stimulus is introduced.
Ontology Fragment (Abstract Level)
@prefix sop: <https://lucidra.co.uk/sop#> .
sop:Perspective a rdfs:Class .
sop:SubPerspective a rdfs:Class ; rdfs:subClassOf sop:Perspective .
sop:EmergentPerspective a rdfs:Class ; rdfs:subClassOf sop:Perspective .
sop:Phenomenon a rdfs:Class .
sop:AntiRequirement a rdfs:Class ; rdfs:subClassOf sop:Phenomenon .
sop:SystemComponent a rdfs:Class .
sop:FinalState a rdfs:Class .
sop:hasSubPerspective a rdf:Property ; rdfs:domain sop:Perspective ; rdfs:range sop:SubPerspective .
sop:producesPhenomenon a rdf:Property ; rdfs:domain sop:Perspective ; rdfs:range sop:Phenomenon .
sop:includesComponent a rdf:Property ; rdfs:domain sop:Perspective ; rdfs:range sop:SystemComponent .Usage Restriction
This material is published solely to assert intellectual provenance and ownership of the SoP framework. It may not be reproduced, extended, operationalised, or used to develop derivative works without a formal licence from Lucidra Ltd.
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