RFC-0015: Resource and Asset System

Status: Draft | Version: 0.1.0

1. Scope

Defines immutable or versioned resources such as Mesh, Texture, Material, SDF, Terrain, NavigationMap, Shader, WorldSnapshot.

2. Identity

Every resource has ResourceId, content hash, schema version and optional dependency list.

3. Content addressing

Production assets should be content-addressed so identical resources can be deduplicated across nodes.

4. Residency

CPU, GPU, local cache and remote storage are explicit residency states.

5. Streaming

Resources may be streamed according to Interest/LOD policies. Missing optional render resources must not invalidate authoritative physics state.

6. Versioning

Resource updates create a new version unless an explicitly compatible in-place update is allowed.

7. Security

Resource loading must validate type, size, dependency graph and declared capabilities.

8. Acceptance

A resource reference is stable independently of the physical storage location.