The Lexicon · Genealogy · Medieval
OCKHAM, WILLIAM OF
c. 1287–1347
The Razor (The Intake Form)
Ockham: do not multiply entities beyond necessity. The GAI's intake schema is razor-shaped: each field justifies its presence by a function in the public reading room. There is no rank field. There is no featured field. There is no genre tag. There is `ref_id`, `surname`, `practice_statement`, `works[]`. The razor has cut. What remains is necessary, and what is necessary is liturgical.