Grounding Map Directory
A stable path such as /facts/ or /fakten/ that holds the map and its pages.
Specification v0.1 / Experimental open method
Grounding Map
A Grounding Map is a directory-based index layer that connects a website's Grounding Pages, explanatory articles, evidence pages and machine-readable resources.
In practice, the map starts with a stable directory such as /facts/ or /fakten/,
then uses its index page to connect the Grounding Pages inside that directory.
The first reference implementation used to derive this v0.1 model is the /fakten/ architecture on marcdeboer.de.
directory model
Grounding Pages
no ranking claim
/fakten/
map directory and index
Grounding Pages
/fakten/seo-entropie/
Articles
/blog/grounding-map/
Resources
.md.txt, JSON, llms.txt
Architecture first
The v0.1 model starts with a website directory
The model is not a loose list of entities. It describes a crawlable place on a website where stable Grounding Pages are listed, linked, related and supported by evidence.
Grounding Map Index Page
The directory landing page that lists important concepts and shows how they connect.
Grounding Pages
Stable pages for named entities or concepts, for example /fakten/search-reality/.
Relationships and evidence
Links to explanatory articles, source references, related pages and machine-readable resources.
Reference implementation
Derived from marcdeboer.de
On marcdeboer.de, /fakten/ is the Grounding Map and individual pages such as
/fakten/grounding-map/ are Grounding Pages.
What the reference implementation shows
Blog articles explain and contextualize. Facts pages stabilize entities. The /fakten/ page
connects those entities into a visible map with related concepts, primary pages, explanatory articles,
evidence and machine-readable companions.
The reference is useful because it is public and inspectable. It is not presented as perfect, broadly adopted or externally validated.
Start points
Use the MVP resources
Spec
Read spec
Specification v0.1
Directory, index page, Grounding Pages, relationship layer, evidence and versioning rules.
Template
Open template
Directory template
Fields for map index URL, Grounding Page URL, evidence, related pages and machine-readable files.
Examples
View examples
Reference and patterns
marcdeboer.de as reference implementation, plus secondary generic website patterns.
Resources
Download files
Machine-readable files
Schema, templates, example JSON, text twins and llms.txt for the v0.1 model.