Data Model

Habitat uses the same data model as AT Protocol. Refer to the linked documentation for the most up to date documentation.

At a high level, every piece of data stored in Habitat is tied to an identity, and stored in that identity's repository. Data can be in the form of either records or blobs. Records are JSON records that adhere to the AT Protocol Lexicon schema language. Blobs can be any file format and must be referenced by at least one record via the blob lexicon field type, otherwise they get garbage collected. Blobs are content addressed, and records have unique record keys referencing them.