Voolist

Voolist is a neologism that appears in speculative glossaries and some fan-authored texts to describe a person who creates and maintains a vool list. In this context, a vool list is a structured inventory of elements within a fictional information ecosystem. The term is used mainly in world-building, game design, and experimental documentation to denote a role focused on organizing and linking discrete items in a coherent data framework.

A vool, the foundational unit in this scheme, is described as a modular data item with an identifier, a label, metadata, and optional relationships to other vools. A voolist designs the data model for the list, defines entry criteria, and oversees curation, validation, and versioning. The voolist is responsible for documenting provenance, handling updates, and ensuring consistency across the list as the fictional environment evolves.

In practice, voolists may work on developing imagined vocabularies, ontologies, or knowledge graphs within a fictional setting. Their work helps authors and designers maintain internal logic, enable search and retrieval, and support narrative coherence. Because vools and voolists are not part of established technical standards, the term is primarily used informally and in speculative contexts rather than in real-world data governance or software engineering.

Etymology and variants: the term blends the fictional noun vool with the agent noun suffix -ist. Variants such as voolist or vooleist appear in different fan writings. See also glossary, data curator, ontology, knowledge graph.