RFC-0006: Distributed World Protocol

Status: Draft | Version: 0.1.0

1. Goal

Distribute one logical world over heterogeneous nodes without creating multiple authorities.

A Region is a scheduling/ownership unit. A node may host many Regions.

At any instant, a mutable Entity has exactly one authoritative owner Region.

WorldCommand, WorldEvent, StateDelta, Snapshot, OwnershipTransfer, InterestSubscription, SchemaAnnouncement.

Initial reference transport: QUIC. Transport is replaceable and is not part of World semantics.

Prepare -> Freeze -> Transfer -> Confirm -> Resume. During transfer, the old owner cannot commit new authoritative writes after the transfer cutover.

Replication is schema-driven. Never copy arbitrary process memory.

Clients may predict non-authoritative state. Authoritative corrections carry WorldVersion/TimePoint and can trigger rollback/replay.

Interactions crossing regions use explicit messages or replicated boundary state. Deterministic simulations must define message ordering.

Network partition must resolve explicitly as Halt, ContinueWithStaleRead, or AuthorityReassignment; split-brain authority is forbidden.