# Architecture
The Interoperable Asset Store is built on an architecture that connects smart contracts, encrypted storage, and permission logic into a unified system. Its purpose is to ensure that gaming assets can be registered, licensed, and reused across multiple games while preserving creator control and verified economic behavior.
This section explains how the protocol is structured at the system level. It covers how the Interoperable Asset Store is organized and how its components interact, how the core smart contract modules handle asset registration, licensing approvals, royalty rules, and parent-child relationships, how the protocol establishes permanent links between original assets and their approved reused versions, how encrypted files are stored on IPFS and connected to on-chain metadata, and how the permission model ensures that only approved studios gain access to encrypted parent asset files.
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