WRL™ stands for World Registry Layer. WRLDGATE is building WRL as its underlying registry infrastructure for registering, identifying, verifying, resolving, and routing digital Worlds and destinations.
A public identity on the internet is usually represented by what people can see: a username, a profile, a page, or a URL. WRLDGATE is building WRL to separate that visible identity from the underlying registered World itself — because digital Worlds need a persistent identity that outlasts the names and addresses layered on top of it.
A World can change without becoming a different World
A World may update its public name. Its WorldID may change. Its World address may therefore change with it. The content, ownership relationships, routes, and history connected to that World still need a stable identity underneath those changes.
WRL is being designed to provide that persistent layer. In practical terms, the planned architecture associates a registered World with its canonical system identity, current WorldID, World address, owner, status, and routes.
WRL ID and WorldID are not the same thing
WorldID tells people which World you are. WRL ID is designed to tell WRLDGATE which registered World record you are.
A WorldID is public and human-facing. It is the @handle people recognize and use to access a World on WRLDGATE today.
A WRL ID™ is the planned immutable canonical system identifier within the World Registry Layer architecture. As WRL develops, WRL ID will serve as the identifier WRLDGATE uses internally for a registered World — designed to persist even if the public WorldID changes.
WRL and the World address
A World address is the public route tied to a World’s current WorldID, for example wrldgate.com/@worldid. Because that route can change when a WorldID changes, WRL is being designed so the World address is not the deepest identity layer.
WRL ID → current WorldID → World address → World
This sequence is the resolution path WRL is being designed to follow, from the persistent registry record down to the public destination people actually visit.
Why a registry layer matters
The internet has historically treated pages, profiles, usernames, and links as primary identity surfaces. WRLDGATE is being designed around Worlds: persistent digital destinations that can have identity, content, routes, relationships, and experiences.
Once Worlds can evolve, rename, move, or expose multiple destinations, a stable registry becomes increasingly important. WRL is the layer WRLDGATE is building for that purpose.
It is not a replacement for internet protocols, URLs, or the Domain Name System. It is WRLDGATE’s own registry infrastructure for resolving the identity and routes of Worlds inside the WRLDGATE system.
What does WRL stand for?
On WRLDGATE, WRL means World Registry Layer.
What is a WRL ID?
A WRL ID™ is the planned immutable canonical system identifier within the World Registry Layer architecture. As WRL develops, WRL ID will serve as the persistent identifier WRLDGATE uses for a registered World.
What is the difference between WRL ID and WorldID?
WorldID is the public human-facing @handle for a World today. WRL ID is designed to be the persistent system identifier WRLDGATE uses to identify the underlying registered World record, independently of its WorldID. WorldID tells people which World you are; WRL ID is designed to tell WRLDGATE which registered World record you are.