WhyDive
Parent epistemic framework and architectural home at whydive.org.
Ecosystem
One parent framework, several distinct expressions.
The ecosystem page exists to prevent confusion among WhyDive, WhyDive Education, the DLS, the Chart-Ed Institute, and Chart-Ed.
Entity map
WhyDive is the parent framework. WhyDive Education and the DLS pathway are parallel applications. Chart-Ed Institute stewards the DLS globally. Chart-Ed applies the DLS in American K-12 classrooms.
Parent framework
WhyDive
Service layer: domain examples
Business
organizational judgment
Healthcare
clinical judgment
Education
learning judgment
Policy
public judgment
AI
synthetic claims
Research
evidence methods
Current worked example: education
The education branch shows the pattern in use. It is not the boundary of WhyDive.
WhyDive Education
K-12 district-facing adaptive assessment application at whydive.education.
WhyDive Reading
Textual reasoning application at whydive.education/reading.
WhyDive Charts
Chart and quantitative reasoning application at whydive.education/charts.
Data Literacy Standards
Global standards application of WhyDive at chart-ed.cc/en/standards/the-dls-standard.
Chart-Ed Institute
Global steward of the DLS at chart-ed.cc.
Chart-Ed
American K-12 teacher-facing implementation of the DLS at chart-ed.com.
Living Spiral Studio LLC
Current legal parent and public contact identity for WhyDive.
Distinctions to preserve
- Chart-Ed is not WhyDive Education.
- The DLS is not K-12 only.
- The Chart-Ed Institute is not chart-ed.com.
- WhyDive Education is not subordinate to the DLS.
- WhyDive.org is not a product site.
- WhyDive is not yet a separate legal company.
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