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IAGA records the background that shaped an emotion separately from the affective state that resulted, so cause and outcome are not confused.

Story relation: This story can be used to understand mixed affect with several simultaneous components. It is a reading example, not a claim that the chapter directly uses the name IAGA. Causal Stack Overflow and the Dirty Golden Age

Authority links: System overview · Field Dictionary · Temporal Dynamics and Bindings

Formal Specification

If you only need the worldbuilding context, you can stop here. The sections below contain formal definitions, fields, governance, and implementation details for deeper reference.

Core Principle

Generation ≠ Result. The 14-Dimension system describes determinants / generation context, while the 12D Core describes the resulting affective structure. A conforming implementation must not collapse them into one vector or field set.

14D Generation / Context

The 14D generation/context layer preserves affect-forming determinants item by item.

14D Generation / Context Dimensions
IDNameReader meaning
D01EventThe event itself
D02ExperiencerThe experiencer
D03Object / TargetObject or target
D04RelationshipRelationship
D05Goal / Value RelevanceGoal and value relevance
D06Expectation / NoveltyExpectation and novelty
D07Agency / CauseAgency and cause
D08Control / Coping CapacityControl and coping capacity
D09Responsibility / AttributionResponsibility attribution
D10History / MemoryHistory and memory
D11Body / Substrate StateBody / substrate state
D12Social / Cultural / Normative ContextSocial, cultural, and normative context
D13External EnvironmentExternal environment
D14Time / Temporal PositionTime / temporal position

12D Core and Numeric Governance

The 12D Core describes the resulting affective structure. Each axis is preserved independently and is not replaced by reader-facing semantic regions.

12D Core
AxisChineseEnglishRange
AX01感受價性ValencePainful ↔ Pleasant
AX02生理喚醒Physiological ArousalLow ↔ High
AX03行動方向Action DirectionWithdraw ↔ Approach
AX04安全評估Safety AppraisalSafe ↔ Threat
AX05掌控評估Control AppraisalPowerless ↔ In Control
AX06認知確定性Cognitive CertaintyUncertain ↔ Certain
AX07熟悉性FamiliarityNovel ↔ Familiar
AX08得失評估Gain/Loss AppraisalLoss ↔ Gain
AX09關係距離Relational DistanceSeparated ↔ Connected
AX10自我評價Self-EvaluationSelf-devaluing ↔ Self-affirming
AX11規範評估Normative AppraisalViolation ↔ Alignment
AX12責任歸屬Responsibility AttributionSelf ↔ External

Record and Numeric Governance Rules

Machine fields stay in the formal specification layer while preserving the boundary between generation/context and the resulting Core.

Machine Fields and Governance
Field / ruleNormative requirement
dimension_idNew records use this field to identify D01–D14.
family_idLegacy compatibility alias only.
Dimension 15+Must not be created automatically from one anomalous case.
Core-native scaleIAGA 1.0 defines no universal -1..+1, 0..1, 0..100, or other universal scale.
qualitative stateA normative representation; a numeric value is not mandatory.
numeric axis valueRequires value_scale_ref, measurement provenance, and a compatible measurement status.

Scope, Limits, and Example

The seven semantic regions, Emotion Compass 0–100 values, emotion vocabulary, and Action Tendency are not Core axes.

For example, D10 History / Memory may show strong autobiographical relevance while AX07 Familiarity remains component-conflicted across memory, lineage, sensory, and social sources rather than safely collapsing into one number.

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