IONS externalizes intelligence into a traversable network of atomic knowledge claims.
Models are replaceable interpreters. The network is the durable asset.
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Cognitive Building Block
A single atomic claim with evidence, confidence, provenance, and a cryptographic hash.
Not a document chunk — a typed, addressable knowledge artifact with a vector embedding.
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Typed Relationship
Connects CBBs with semantic type — supports, contradicts, causes, depends_on, extends.
Relationships are first-class artifacts with confidence, rationale, and cryptographic hash.
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Reasoning Path
The stored result of traversal — saved as a reusable artifact with three independent scores:
path confidence, path relevance, and path utility from feedback.
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Cognitive Attention
v0.4 routes queries through 7 Cognitive Domains and 24 Subdomains before traversal begins.
Attention allocation makes the protocol scale to any network size.
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Federation
Any node implementing the protocol can register and participate. Queries traverse
all connected nodes automatically. Node failures never block a response.
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Self-Validating Loop
Routing sessions, path feedback, and structural checks create a learning loop
that improves attention allocation over time — no external model dependency.