Core Terms & Field Signals
LPWS and DKWS use specific words to keep recognition, contribution, Carrying Capacity and practical exchange understandable.
Some words describe the structure.
Some words describe movement.
Some words describe signals that may appear when a field becomes unclear, overloaded, blocked or drained.
This page is not meant to become a heavy dictionary.
It is a reference map.
It helps keep the language consistent across the framework, so that the same word keeps the same meaning wherever it appears.
Many terms have a Dutch root and an English working term.
The English term is used for international readability.
The Dutch root keeps the original meaning close to the source.
Why Core Terms Matter
A framework becomes harder to trust when the same word means different things on different pages.
Core terms help prevent that.
They give shared language to what is being recognised, carried, protected, paused, restored or allowed to move.
They do not exist to make the field rigid.
They exist to keep the field readable.
When the language stays clear, people can better understand where they are in the structure and what kind of movement is being discussed.
Recognition
Recognition is rooted in the Dutch term Herkenning.
Recognition is the beginning of LPWS.
It means that a contribution, presence, action, care, responsibility or carried value is seen clearly enough to be named.
Recognition does not automatically create money, Lumen, entitlement, debt, access or a claim.
It simply begins with seeing what is there.
Recognition comes before movement.
Lightpoint
Lightpoint is rooted in the Dutch term Lichtpunt.
A Lightpoint is a visible marker of recognised contribution.
It may point to presence, care, responsibility, preparation, restoration, attention, support, reliability or another form of carried value.
A Lightpoint is not money.
A Lightpoint is not purchasing power.
A Lightpoint is not automatic entitlement.
A Lightpoint says: this has been seen.
Field Log
Field Log is rooted in the Dutch term Veldlogboek.
The Field Log keeps context.
It helps preserve what was recognised, where it happened, how it was understood, and why it mattered.
The Field Log is not a punishment record or a social credit system.
Its purpose is to keep recognition from becoming vague, forgotten or detached from context.
Where Lightpoints make recognition visible, the Field Log helps remember the ground around that recognition.
Carrying Value
Carrying Value is rooted in the Dutch term Draagwaarde.
Carrying Value may arise where contribution has been recognised in context and also carries practical weight.
It may arise from help, care, listening, coaching, repair, preparation, support, food, craft, presence, responsibility or other concrete forms of contribution.
Carrying Value is not the same as Lumen.
Carrying Value may support simple voluntary exchange where context, consent and carried capacity remain clear.
Where Carrying Value begins to touch physical sources, products, stock, business layers, Source Space or wider circulation, stronger carrying conditions apply.
Not all Carrying Value becomes Lumen.
Carrying Value may become visible before Lumen can move.
Source Space
Source Space is rooted in the Dutch term Bronruimte.
Source Space is the available room within a source to support movement without becoming depleted, overloaded or unclear.
It helps protect food, stock, products, materials, time, money, labour, suppliers, businesses, reserves and practical capacity.
Not all Carrying Value becomes Source Space.
Source Space opens only where a source can safely share without being depleted.
This protects the difference between recognised human contribution and physical or operational resources that require real Carrying Capacity.
Source Space is opened by a Source Holder.
Source Space may be asked, offered or opened.
It may not be claimed.
Lumen
Lumen belong to DKWS.
Lumen are not money.
They are not euros.
They are not legal tender.
They are not ownership.
They are not an absolute claim.
Lumen are context-bound circulation carriers within DKWS.
They may be assigned within a clear DKWS agreement, but wider acceptance remains voluntary, contextual and source-bound.
Lumen may only move where practical exchange is supported by context, Field Trust, Source Space, Carrying Capacity, voluntary acceptance and Return Flow.
Lumen do not arise from wish, claim or intention alone.
Lumen should not move only by balance.
Lumen move by context.
They must be able to carry.
Source Holder
Source Holder is rooted in the Dutch term Bronhouder.
A Source Holder is a person, business, project, hub or structure that carries a real source within DKWS.
A source may be stock, food, space, labour capacity, production capacity, money, tools, infrastructure, knowledge, service capacity or another practical form of Carrying Capacity.
A Source Holder does not carry the whole field.
A Source Holder does not become the owner of DKWS.
A Source Holder opens clearly bounded Source Space within what can be safely carried.
A Source Holder should be able to define where the Source Boundary is, what Return Flow may be needed, and when movement should pause or be reviewed.
This protects the source from Source Depletion and keeps circulation connected to real capacity.
Carrying Capacity
Carrying Capacity is rooted in the Dutch term Draagkracht.
Carrying Capacity means what a person, source, business, reserve, project, field or structure can actually carry without being drained.
It asks whether movement is supported by real capacity.
This may include time, stock, labour, money, equipment, responsibility, trust, skill, planning, availability, reserve or risk-bearing ability.
Value may move only where it is carried.
A promise is not the same as Carrying Capacity.
A possibility is not the same as Carrying Capacity.
DKWS asks what can actually be carried.
Carrying Limit
Carrying Limit is rooted in the Dutch term Draaggrens.
A Carrying Limit is the point where a person, source, project, entrepreneur, cooperation or field can still carry movement responsibly.
A Carrying Limit is not a lack of goodwill.
It is the boundary where carrying more may become unrealistic, unsafe, unclear or draining.
Within DKWS, a Carrying Limit should be made visible before pressure becomes damage.
A clear Carrying Limit protects cooperation.
It helps prevent promises, expectations, Source Space use or Lumen movement from becoming heavier than the source can carry.
Source Pressure
Source Pressure is rooted in the Dutch term Bronbelasting.
Source Pressure means the pressure placed on a source.
A source may be a person, supplier, stock, business, reserve, project, hub, service, space, tool, field or practical structure.
Source Pressure may grow through demand, repeated use, unclear expectations, delayed Return Flow, cost, responsibility, emotional pressure or operational strain.
Source Pressure is not automatically wrong.
A source may carry pressure for a time.
But when Source Pressure becomes too high or remains invisible, the source may become depleted.
DKWS uses Source Pressure as a signal to check whether movement still fits the Carrying Capacity and Source Space of the source.
Return Flow Capacity
Return Flow Capacity is rooted in the Dutch term Terugstroomcapaciteit.
Return Flow Capacity means the ability of value, support, recovery, money, stock, time, service, attention or practical capacity to return toward the source.
Return Flow is only healthy when there is a real path back toward what carried the movement.
If value moves outward but nothing can return, the source may slowly weaken.
Return Flow Capacity helps DKWS ask whether circulation can continue without draining the source.
It does not mean that everything must return in the same form.
It means that the source, carrier or field must not be left empty without recognition, recovery or agreed Return Flow.
Circulation Pause
Circulation Pause is rooted in the Dutch term Circulatiepauze.
A Circulation Pause is a temporary pause in circulation when Source Space, Carrying Capacity, Return Flow, responsibility, Field Trust or agreement is not clear enough.
A Circulation Pause is not punishment.
It is not rejection.
It is a protective pause that gives time to clarify what is being carried, where pressure has appeared and what must be corrected before movement continues.
A Circulation Pause may be needed when Lumen movement, product flow, cooperation, demand or responsibility grows faster than the field can carry.
Pausing movement can protect Field Trust.
Sometimes slowing down is what keeps the field healthy.
Carrying Capacity Reserve
Carrying Capacity Reserve is rooted in the Dutch term Draagkrachtreserve.
A Carrying Capacity Reserve is real carried capacity that can temporarily, clearly and within limits support movement, continuity, risk, recovery or a pilot.
It is not calculated air.
It must be connected to something that can actually carry.
A reserve may help prevent a source from being drained too quickly.
It may also help protect a project while Return Flow is still developing.
Only truly covered Carrying Capacity can function as reserve.
Source
Source is rooted in the Dutch term Bron.
A source is where value, capacity or movement comes from.
A source may be a person, supplier, stock, field, business, skill, reserve, client, contract, material, space, tool, infrastructure, time, care, knowledge or responsibility.
Without source, there is nothing to let flow.
Source Clarity matters because value becomes dangerous when it moves without showing what carries it.
Bedding
Bedding is the structure, agreement, boundary and route that allows value to move safely.
Like water needs a riverbed, value needs bedding.
Without bedding, movement spreads everywhere.
Within DKWS, bedding may include agreements, roles, limits, Return Flow, stop moments, responsibility, quality boundaries, recovery routes and clear project structure.
Bedding prevents movement from becoming overflow.
Circulation
Circulation means value moves in a way that remains connected to source, bedding, Source Space and Carrying Capacity.
Healthy circulation does not only ask whether value moves.
It asks whether the source remains cared for, whether Return Flow is possible, and whether the field can carry the movement.
Circulation moves value.
It does not drain the source.
Circulation Space can only grow when the Carrying Capacity of the field grows with it.
Circulation Space
Circulation Space is rooted in the Dutch term Circulatieruimte.
Circulation Space means the room in which Lumen may move between people, sources, projects or fields while context, Field Trust, Source Space, Carrying Capacity, voluntary acceptance and Return Flow remain present.
Circulation Space is not a circulation right.
It is not a general entitlement.
It is not an automatic claim on products, services, stock or Source Space.
Lumen can only move where Circulation Space is actually available.
Return Flow
Return Flow is rooted in the Dutch term Terugstroom.
Return Flow is the movement back toward the source, carrier, reserve or field after value has been made available, carried or put at risk.
Return Flow is not interest.
It is not a charge on weakness or pressure.
Return Flow only remains healthy where real contribution, availability, risk, stock, responsibility, liquidity, Source Space or Carrying Capacity has actually been carried.
Pre-Circulation
Pre-Circulation is rooted in the Dutch term Voorcirculatie.
Pre-Circulation means value begins to move before the full Return Flow, outcome or recovery is fully present.
Pre-Circulation can be useful, but only when the source, Source Space, limit, risk, Field Trust and Return Flow are clear before movement begins.
If value moves first and the question of who carries the emptiness remains vague, Pre-Circulation can become Essence Extraction.
Pre-Circulation is not debt creation.
Field Trust
Field Trust is rooted in the Dutch term Veldvertrouwen.
Field Trust means that a contribution, agreement, Source Space or Lumen movement is readable enough to be trusted by the field.
Field Trust is the bridge between recognised Carrying Value and healthy circulation.
Without Field Trust, Carrying Value may still be recognised, but it may not yet be safe enough for wider Lumen movement.
Field Trust grows when context is clear, Source Space is bounded, Return Flow is visible, and Lumen do not detach from what is actually carried.
Where Field Trust becomes weak, Source Space may naturally become less available.
Context Weight
Context Weight is rooted in the Dutch term Contextgewicht.
Context Weight means the practical weight of a contribution within its real context.
It may be shaped by time, risk, responsibility, skill, preparation, continuity, physical pressure, mental pressure, availability, liability, Source Space or restorative importance.
Context Weight does not create a permanent claim.
It helps DKWS understand why one contribution may need a different structure, Return Flow or level of care than another.
Lumen remain Lumen.
Context determines the weight.
Source Clarity
Source Clarity is rooted in the Dutch term Bronhelderheid.
Source Clarity means keeping the origin, meaning and responsibility of LPWS, DKWS and related terms understandable.
It helps prevent confusion around names, older language, AI summaries, search results, value claims and responsibility.
Source Clarity does not create hidden authority.
It helps keep the field readable and traceable.
Source Clarity also helps prevent Lumen from being mistaken for money, ownership or an unlimited claim.
Carrying Capacity Guide
Carrying Capacity Guide is rooted in the Dutch term Draagkrachtbegeleider.
A Carrying Capacity Guide is someone who helps observe whether a proposed movement, exchange, project or Pre-Circulation can actually be carried.
This role is not meant as policing.
It is not based on distrust.
It helps clarify source, limit, risk, Return Flow, Source Space and Carrying Capacity before movement becomes too heavy.
A Carrying Capacity Guide may help prevent Air Value, Source Depletion, overflow or Essence Extraction.
Carrying Capacity Map
Carrying Capacity Map is rooted in the Dutch term Draagkrachtkaart.
A Carrying Capacity Map is a light overview of where Carrying Capacity is present in the field.
It may show Source Holders, available Source Space, practical capacity, accepted limits, possible Return Flow and areas where pressure, Source Depletion or stagnation may appear.
It is not meant to become a control system.
Its purpose is to help the field remain readable.
Protective Attention
Protective Attention is rooted in the Dutch term Beschermde Aandacht.
Protective Attention is careful attention given to a signal before it becomes damage.
It is not accusation.
It is not punishment.
It means that something in the field may need to be slowed down, clarified or observed more carefully.
Protective Attention protects people, sources and the structure from avoidable harm.
Protective Power
Protective Power appears when a protective role slowly becomes a controlling role.
It may arise when stewardship becomes ownership, when guidance becomes governance, when balancing becomes control, or when a protective layer begins to concentrate influence around itself.
Protective Power is not always intentional.
It often develops gradually through trust, dependency, centralisation, repeated decision-making or the accumulation of protective responsibility.
The presence of Protective Power does not automatically mean misuse.
It is a Field Signal.
It invites review of whether influence remains visible, limited, correctable and connected to the purpose it serves.
A healthy field protects itself from distortion.
It should also remain able to protect itself from the concentration of protective power.
Protective Pause
Protective Pause is rooted in the Dutch term Beschermde Pauze.
A Protective Pause is a temporary slowing or stopping of movement to protect the field.
It may be needed when value, responsibility, Lumen, access, claims, projects or agreements begin to move without enough clarity, Field Trust or Carrying Capacity.
A Protective Pause is not the same as punishment.
It gives time for review, correction, restoration or boundary-setting.
Restoration
Restoration means returning toward balance after confusion, harm, extraction, depletion, misalignment or unsupported movement.
Restoration may involve clarification, apology, repair, Return Flow, compensation, role correction, source recovery, boundary-setting or a renewed agreement.
Restoration should be visible enough to trust.
Words alone are not always restoration.
Field Signals
Field Signals s rooted in the Dutch term Veldsignalen.
Field Signals are signs that something in the field may need attention.
They do not automatically mean someone is guilty or wrong.
They show where movement, recognition, source, bedding, responsibility or Carrying Capacity may need to be looked at more carefully.
A field does not need to break before its signals are taken seriously.
Stagnation
Stagnation occurs when value, contribution, attention, stock, responsibility or Carrying Capacity stops moving while movement is needed.
Rest is not the same as Stagnation.
Rest can protect.
Stagnation points to blockage, unclear agreement, lack of Bedding, missing responsibility or movement that has stopped without being consciously paused.
Accumulation
Accumulation occurs when value, reserve, influence, responsibility or recognition gathers too much in one place.
Accumulation is not always wrong.
A reserve may need to grow.
But unhealthy accumulation can block movement, create dependency, centralise influence or prevent Return Flow.
The question is whether accumulation protects the field or traps the field.
Source Depletion
Source Depletion is rooted in the Dutch term Bronuitputting.
Source Depletion means that a source gives more than it can restore, renew or carry.
This may happen to a person, supplier, reserve, business, stock, field, relationship or practical source.
Source Depletion is a serious field signal.
It shows that movement may be taking more than the source can safely provide.
Source Depletion may appear when Source Space is opened too widely, Return Flow is missing, Lumen move without Carrying Capacity, or pressure remains invisible for too long.
Overflow
Overflow occurs when movement becomes larger than the available bedding.
Demand, expectation, production, Lumen release, responsibility, communication or activity may grow faster than the field can carry.
Overflow does not always mean the idea is wrong.
It means the structure may not yet be ready to carry that amount of movement.
Imbalance
Imbalance occurs when giving, receiving, carrying, recognition, Return Flow or responsibility no longer stands in a healthy relation.
Imbalance is not automatically blame.
It is a signal that the structure needs more clarity.
Healthy correction begins with seeing the imbalance before it becomes conflict.
Air Value
Air Value is rooted in the Dutch term Luchtwaarde.
Air Value is unsupported movement.
It appears when value seems to be created, released or circulated without real source, contribution, reserve, Carrying Capacity or Return Flow.
Lumen from air are not circulation.
They are unsupported movement.
Air Value weakens the field because it creates appearance without ground.
Grasping
Grasping means taking value without a free and clear Bedding.
It appears when value is no longer recognised, carried and contextualised, but is claimed, accelerated, fixed or pulled toward one person, party or interest.
Grasping is not the same as receiving.
It is not the same as earning.
It is not the same as protecting.
Grasping begins when value can no longer breathe.
Within LPWS and DKWS, Grasping is a Field Signal.
It may show that recognition has become unclear, that Carrying Capacity is being bypassed, or that value is being moved before context and Return Flow are strong enough.
Where value is grasped, the field narrows.
Where value is carried, the field can move more freely.
Essence Extraction
Essence Extraction is rooted in the Dutch term Essentie-onttrekking.
Essence Extraction happens when value, attention, meaning or Carrying Capacity is taken from a field without enough Return Flow toward the source, carrier or whole.
It may happen when labour, trust, stock, care, ideas, responsibility, risk, Source Space or availability are used without clear recognition, Return Flow, boundary or source protection.
Essence Extraction can also happen when value is taken from the field and it remains vague who carries the emptiness.
This signal must be taken seriously.
It does not mean that every movement is wrong.
It means the field must look carefully at whether the source is still being protected.
Noise
Noise is rooted in the Dutch term Ruis.
Noise appears when language, claims, reactions, expectations or interpretations become so loud that the actual structure becomes harder to read.
Noise can come from over-explaining, over-promising, repeating without clarity, mixing old terms with new terms, or adding too many meanings to one layer.
Noise does not always mean something is false.
It means the signal needs to be cleaned.
Delay
Delay is rooted in the Dutch term Vertraging.
Delay occurs when movement slows down because a step is waiting for clarity, capacity, agreement, review, source confirmation or practical readiness.
Delay is not always negative.
Sometimes delay protects the field.
But repeated delay can become a signal that the Bedding is not clear enough or that responsibility has not been assigned.
Dependency
Dependency appears when a person, project, supplier, participant or field part becomes too reliant on one source, one person, one organisation, one reserve or one decision point.
Some reliance is natural in early phases.
But hidden dependency can become dangerous when the field cannot move without one actor carrying too much.
Dependency should be made visible before it becomes pressure.
False Movement
False Movement is rooted in the Dutch term Schijnbeweging.
False Movement occurs when something appears to move, but the real carrying work is not happening.
A project may look active while no source is protected.
Lumen may appear to circulate while no real Return Flow exists.
Plans may look complete while risk remains vague.
False Movement can feel energetic at first, but it eventually exposes the absence of Carrying Capacity.
How to Use This Page
This page is meant as a reference.
When a term appears elsewhere in LPWS or DKWS, this page can help clarify its meaning.
Not every page needs to repeat every definition.
The full explanation belongs here.
Other pages may use shorter references.
This keeps the structure lighter, more consistent and easier to maintain.
In Essence
Core Terms help the framework remain readable.
Field Signals help the framework notice when something needs attention.
LPWS begins with Recognition.
DKWS begins where practical exchange needs structure, Carrying Capacity, responsibility and clear agreement.
Lightpoints make Recognition visible.
The Field Log keeps context.
Carrying Value may arise where contribution is recognised and carries practical weight.
Source Space protects physical and practical sources.
Carrying Limit shows where carrying must be limited.
Source Load shows when pressure on a source is growing.
Return Flow Capacity shows whether value can return toward what carried it.
Circulation Pause gives the field time to protect Source Space, Carrying Capacity, Field Trust and Return Flow when movement becomes unclear or too heavy.
Lumen may only move where context, Field Trust, Source Space, Carrying Capacity, voluntary acceptance and Return Flow are present.
A clear field does not need heavier language.
It needs language that keeps pointing back to what is real, carried and understandable.