# Idempotent Merge

> Specializing the Idempotent Side Effect, assign each fact a stable identity, apply the delta per field kind, deduplicate and cap, and guarantee that re-applying the same delta yields the same document.

Record: `algorithms:idempotent-merge`
Kind: algorithm
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/algorithms#algorithms-idempotent-merge
Closure: https://banes-lab.com/json/records/algorithms/idempotent-merge/closure

Listed in [Algorithm contracts](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/algorithms.md), after [Delta Capture](https://banes-lab.com/records/algorithms/delta-capture.md) and before [Version Provenance](https://banes-lab.com/records/algorithms/version-provenance.md).

## Domain

- [Living profile](https://banes-lab.com/records/algorithms-domain/living-profile.md)

## Stage

- [act](https://banes-lab.com/records/stage/act.md)

## Axis

- [formalization](https://banes-lab.com/records/reasoning/axis-formalization.md)

## Tier

- [process](https://banes-lab.com/records/vocabulary/domain-tier-process.md)

## Composes

- [Idempotent Side Effect](https://banes-lab.com/records/algorithms/idempotent-side-effect.md)

## Composed by

- [Living Profile Kernel](https://banes-lab.com/records/algorithms/living-profile-kernel.md)

## Named in the derivation of

- [Living Profile Kernel](https://banes-lab.com/records/algorithms/living-profile-kernel.md)

## Math type

- [Computation](https://banes-lab.com/records/reasoning/math-type-computation.md)

## Force

- [State transaction](https://banes-lab.com/records/force/state-transaction.md)

## Linked from

- [Architecture](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/algorithms/algorithms-domain-architecture.md)
- [Living profile](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/algorithms/algorithms-domain-living-profile.md)
- [The derivation loop](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/reasoning/reasoning-loop-derivation-loop.md)
- [The axes](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/reasoning/the-axes.md)
- [The mathematics](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/reasoning/the-mathematics.md)
- [Domain tiers](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/schema/the-vocabulary-domain-tier.md)
- [The forces](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/schema/the-forces.md)