Causal Mechanism Registry

The Causal Mechanism Registry is an open, versioned vocabulary of the recurring processes that drive crises, from bank runs and debt spirals to famines, epidemics and the collapse of states. A model knows a great deal about these processes, but it does not use the same name for the same process every time. Each entry gives one process a stable identifier, a name, a definition, a scope, a boundary that says which neighbouring entry takes a case instead, and a test: what must be on record for the entry to apply. Relations between entries are reciprocal.

The server is read-only and needs no sign-in. It serves every published version, from 1.0.0 to the latest, and defaults to the latest; list_versions gives each version's date, DOI and entry count. Tools: search entries, read one entry in full with its versioned source address and citation line, resolve a display name or a retired identifier to the current one, list entries by layer and review state, list versions with their DOIs, and cite a version. Search and fetch forms are included for clients that expect them.

Every entry states its review state; by default searches show accepted entries and say how many entries in review also match. The vocabulary describes processes. It is not a forecast or a recommendation and says nothing about any country today.

Source: github.com/adenkarabal/causal-mechanism-registry. Licence CC BY 4.0. DOI 10.5281/zenodo.23248221 (all versions).

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