Lexicons for comics on the AT Protocol.
Shared schemas for webtoons, comic books and comic strips. Every series picks one of three formats, and the format decides how its records fit together.
Comic books
Page
Chapters are made of pages, divided into panels.
format: "page"
Webtoons
Vertical
Read by scrolling. Chapters are made of slices.
format: "vertical"
Comic strips
Strip
Strips belong directly to their series.
format: "strip"
One record, every language
Titles, descriptions, images and alt text are lists tagged with BCP-47 codes, so a translation adds text and art without duplicating panels, versions or credits. Apps fall back to the series' nativeLanguage.
- Panels. Bounds, backgrounds, masks and transitions for panel-by-panel reading.
- Alt text. Describe the art and transcribe dialogue, captions and sound effects.
- Versions. Pencils, inks, flats and alternate treatments of the same art.
- Credits. Writers, pencilers, letterers and more, linked to their DIDs.
{
"$type": "work.sequential.series",
"title": [
{ "lang": "ja", "text": "星の庭" },
{ "lang": "en", "text": "Garden of Stars" }
],
"format": "page",
"readingDirection": "rtl",
"nativeLanguage": "ja",
"categories": ["fantasy", "sliceOfLife"],
"createdAt": "2026-09-30T12:00:00.000Z",
...
}Lexicons
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Creator records
Written by creators in their own repos: the series and everything published inside it.
- work.sequential.seriesA comic series, in vertical, page or strip format.
- work.sequential.chapterA chapter in a series, listing its covers and its slices or pages.
- work.sequential.coverA chapter cover. The first is primary, the rest are variants.
- work.sequential.sliceA slice of a vertical, scrolling comic.
- work.sequential.pageA page of a page-format comic, divided into panels.
- work.sequential.stripA newspaper-style strip that belongs directly to its series.
Reader records
Written by readers in their own repos to follow series, build reading lists, like and comment on chapters and strips, and annotate pages, slices and strips.
- work.sequential.graph.subscriptionFollows a series. Delete it to unsubscribe.
- work.sequential.graph.listA reading list or reading order of chapters and strips from any creator.
- work.sequential.feed.likeLikes a chapter or strip. Delete it to unlike.
- work.sequential.feed.commentA comment on a chapter or strip, or on one of its pages, slices or panels, or a reply to another comment.
- work.sequential.feed.annotationA note pinned to a point on a page, slice or strip.
Shared definitions
Reusable objects referenced by the records above.