El Mundo — Vocabulary Scope and Coherence
The 31 terms of the El Mundo lexicon arranged by architectural scope. Spatial position reflects functional relationship; keepers shown inside their institutions.
Mundo
— the complete system, field plus cloud
Spatial Backbone
Campo
— field side, where physical operations occur
Capataz
foreman — coordinates across cuadrillas / fleet management
Cuadrilla
— peer mesh of field workers at one site
Baqueano
field-tier software,
the local guide
Aperos
toolkit, equipment,
working gear
Rastro
field log / trace
of operations
Each Cuadrilla shares site, tools, and trace; the Capataz coordinates many such Cuadrillas.
A campo is paired with whichever cloud half — Pueblo or
Campamento — serves the deployment.
Pueblo / Campamento
— cloud side; multi- or single-tenant
THE THREE LEDGERS
Pulpería
operational ledger,
observed truth (Postas)
kept by the Pulpero
Contaduría
corporate ledger,
derived truth (Asientos)
kept by the Contador
Cabildo
audit ledger,
administrative truth
kept by the Secretario
Each Cierre seals an Asiento computed under a versioned Plan de Cuentas — corporate primitives.
Notarial cluster
— seals all three ledgers
Escribanía
notary's office,
applies seal
kept by the Escribano
Sello
cryptographic
seal applied
Testimonio
certified copy,
attested record
Bóveda
long-term archive — vault where retained records rest after Cabildo
kept by the Archivero
Movement Layer — how data crosses between Campo and Pueblo
Posta
unit of data in transit;
message that is also a truth claim
Senderos
paths / channels
a Posta may travel
Correo
mail / transport service —
delivers Postas
Correo Mayor
postmaster general —
routing authority
Diligencias
formal procedures / dispatches —
scheduled batches and routine errands
Civic Layer — cross-cutting institutions, platform-wide concerns
Centro
central square —
where concerns gather
Foro
forum —
structured public discussion
Mercado
marketplace —
where exchange happens
Padrón
census / registry
of identities
Cartilla
credential booklet,
accumulated civic history
Careo
formal confrontation —
reconciles conflicting accounts
Árbitro
arbiter —
issues rulings on disputes
These institutions span the system rather than living inside Campo or Pueblo: they are invoked from anywhere
that needs them. The dashed border marks the layer as cross-cutting rather than spatially nested.
El Mundo lexicon, version 2026-05-07 — Roderick Consulting Inc. and RGC Argentina S.A.
Lowercase italic terms refer to historical institutions of the rural pueblo; capitalized italic terms name architectural components in the El Mundo platform.
Diagram 1 — Vocabulary Scope. Companion diagrams: Posta Lifecycle (flow), Authority and Delegation.