This library presents a mature-NextGraph SDK face to consumers while compensating for the current SDK's gaps via a shared-wallet simulation. It therefore OWNS all current-state + simulation knowledge — moved here out of the Festipod app repo, which must treat this library as a finished SDK. New docs/: - nextgraph-current-state.md — what the current SDK/broker do and don't expose (5 store types, document=repo, per-document ReadCap, inbox not exposed, iframe RPC proxy, mono-user/no-global-data, wallet import constraint). Keeps the nextgraph-rs source pointers. - simulation.md — how the lib emulates the mature behaviour on one shared wallet (shim, store!=document two axes, docCreate→private store, RepoNotFound scope rule, @ng-org double-proxy DataCloneError, emulated ReadCap/inbox/curator). - decisions/ — the current-SDK ADRs (private-store-nuri-scope, sparql-delete, shared-wallet-login, discovery mechanism). - fork-inbox-fallback.md — the Rust-patch/self-host route not taken. - migration-guide.md — the checklist for when real NextGraph matures. README: boundary framing from the lib's side + docs/ index; replaced the stale "scaffold/stubbed" status with the actually-implemented mechanisms per source. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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ADR — Use a store NURI as the useShape scope AND @graph
Date: 2026-03-17 · Status: Accepted (partially superseded — see below). Historical decision, ported into this lib because the insight still governs how the shim opens repos. Original context: the consuming app.
Partially superseded (2026-07-03). The private-store-only scope was replaced for shareable domain entities: they are now scoped AND written to the protected store (
did:ng:${protected_store_id}), verified to open withoutRepoNotFound. The central insight of this ADR still holds and now applies to both stores: you must open the repo via the store's NURI (orm_start_graph) or you getRepoNotFound.
Context
Loading test data updated the in-memory ORM signals (immediate UI) but produced
RepoNotFound on doc_create and orm_frontend_update. Data vanished on reload
because the SPARQL writes never reached the broker: the verifier's self.repos
HashMap did not contain the store's repo → resolve_target() failed.
Options considered
A — did:ng:i scope + doc_create for @graph
did:ng:i is documented as a subscription scope; doc_create returns a real
NURI. Against: did:ng:i goes through NuriTargetV0::UserSite, which does
NOT open individual repos; doc_create calls resolve_target(PrivateStore),
which requires the repo already in self.repos → fails; needs complex retry/timing.
B — the store NURI as scope AND @graph (chosen)
Exact copy of the working expense-tracker-rdf example: orm_start_graph with
the store's NURI opens the repo in self.repos; subsequent orm_frontend_update
finds it. Simple, no retry. Against: slightly less flexible than did:ng:i
(scoped to one store); requires passing the session down to the ORM hook.
C — did:ng:i scope + reuse an existing entity's @graph
Works for users who already have data. Against: fails for empty wallets (no
entity to reuse) → falls back to doc_create and the same RepoNotFound.
Decision
Option B: use the store NURI as both the useShape scope AND the write
@graph, exactly like expense-tracker-rdf. This is why this lib's shim opens a
store repo via orm_start_graph before writing, and why did:ng:i must never
be used as a scope (it breaks writes with RepoNotFound). See the
orm_start_graph scope rule in ../simulation.md.
Consequences
- Positive: immediate writes after connect (no retry); persistence across reload; aligned with the official examples.
- Risk: if NextGraph changes the store's open behaviour, this breaks.