ontoref/.ontology/core.ncl

256 lines
14 KiB
Plaintext
Raw Normal View History

2026-03-13 00:21:04 +00:00
let d = import "../ontology/defaults/core.ncl" in
{
nodes = [
# ── Axioms (invariant = true) ─────────────────────────────────────────────
d.make_node {
id = "protocol-not-runtime",
name = "Protocol, Not Runtime",
pole = 'Yang,
level = 'Axiom,
description = "Onref is a protocol specification and tooling layer. It is never a runtime dependency. Projects implement the protocol; onref provides the schemas and modules to do so.",
invariant = true,
},
d.make_node {
id = "self-describing",
name = "Self-Describing",
pole = 'Yang,
level = 'Axiom,
description = "Onref describes itself using its own protocol. The .ontology/, adrs/, and reflection/ directories in this repository are onref consuming ontoref.",
invariant = true,
artifact_paths = [".ontology/core.ncl", ".ontology/state.ncl", "adrs/"],
},
d.make_node {
id = "no-enforcement",
name = "No Enforcement",
pole = 'Yang,
level = 'Axiom,
description = "Onref defines contracts and patterns. There is no enforcement mechanism. Coherence is voluntary and emerges from justified adoption.",
invariant = true,
},
d.make_node {
id = "dag-formalized",
name = "DAG-Formalized Knowledge",
pole = 'Yin,
level = 'Axiom,
description = "All project knowledge — concepts, tensions, decisions, state — is formalized as directed acyclic graphs. This enables transversal queries, impact analysis, and ecosystem-level visibility.",
invariant = true,
artifact_paths = ["ontology/schemas/", "crates/ontoref-ontology/"],
},
# ── Tensions ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
d.make_node {
id = "formalization-vs-adoption",
name = "Formalization vs Adoption Friction",
pole = 'Spiral,
level = 'Tension,
description = "Richer formalization produces better ecosystem visibility but increases the cost of adoption. The balance: schemas are optional layers, not mandatory gates.",
},
d.make_node {
id = "ontology-vs-reflection",
name = "Ontology vs Reflection",
pole = 'Spiral,
level = 'Tension,
description = "Ontology captures what IS (invariants, structure, being). Reflection captures what BECOMES (operations, drift, memory). Both must coexist without one dominating. This tension is onref's core identity.",
},
# ── Practices ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
d.make_node {
id = "adr-lifecycle",
name = "ADR Lifecycle",
pole = 'Yang,
level = 'Practice,
description = "Architectural decisions follow: Proposed → Accepted → Superseded. Superseded ADRs retain constraints for historical reconstruction. Active Hard constraints drive the constraint set.",
artifact_paths = [
"adrs/schema.ncl",
"adrs/reflection.ncl",
"adrs/_template.ncl",
"adrs/adr-001-protocol-as-standalone-project.ncl",
"adrs/adr-002-daemon-for-caching-and-notification-barrier.ncl",
"CHANGELOG.md",
],
},
d.make_node {
id = "reflection-modes",
name = "Reflection Modes",
pole = 'Yang,
level = 'Practice,
description = "Operational procedures are first-class artifacts encoded as NCL DAG contracts. Modes declare actors, steps, dependencies, and error strategies — not prose.",
artifact_paths = ["reflection/modes/", "reflection/schemas/", "crates/ontoref-reflection/"],
},
d.make_node {
id = "coder-process-memory",
name = "Coder Process Memory",
pole = 'Yin,
level = 'Practice,
description = "Session knowledge is captured as structured JSONL via coder record. Queryable, exportable, and promotable to reflection/knowledge/. The memory layer between sessions.",
artifact_paths = ["reflection/modules/coder.nu", "reflection/schemas/coder.ncl"],
},
d.make_node {
id = "describe-query-layer",
name = "Describe Query Layer",
pole = 'Yang,
level = 'Practice,
description = "describe.nu aggregates all project sources and answers self-knowledge queries: what IS this, what can I DO, what can I NOT do, what tools exist, what is the impact of changing X.",
artifact_paths = ["reflection/modules/describe.nu"],
},
d.make_node {
id = "ontoref-ontology-crate",
name = "Ontoref Ontology Crate",
pole = 'Yang,
level = 'Practice,
description = "Rust implementation for loading and querying .ontology/ NCL files as typed structs. Provides the Core, Gate, and State types for ecosystem-level introspection.",
artifact_paths = ["crates/ontoref-ontology/"],
},
d.make_node {
id = "ontoref-reflection-crate",
name = "Ontoref Reflection Crate",
pole = 'Yang,
level = 'Practice,
description = "Rust implementation for loading, validating, and executing Reflection modes as NCL DAG contracts against project state.",
artifact_paths = ["crates/ontoref-reflection/"],
},
d.make_node {
id = "adopt-ontoref-tooling",
name = "Adopt Ontoref Tooling",
pole = 'Yang,
level = 'Practice,
description = "Migration system for onboarding existing projects into the ontoref protocol. Provides .ontology/ stub templates, .ontoref/config.ncl template, scripts/ontoref thin wrapper, and the adopt_ontoref mode+form+script that wire everything up idempotently.",
artifact_paths = [
2026-03-13 00:41:20 +00:00
"ontoref",
2026-03-13 00:21:04 +00:00
"templates/ontology/",
"templates/ontoref-config.ncl",
"templates/scripts-ontoref",
"reflection/modes/adopt_ontoref.ncl",
"reflection/forms/adopt_ontoref.ncl",
"reflection/templates/adopt_ontoref.nu.j2",
],
},
d.make_node {
id = "web-presence",
name = "Web Presence",
pole = 'Yang,
level = 'Practice,
description = "Landing page at assets/web/ describing the ontoref protocol to external audiences. Bilingual (EN/ES), covers protocol layers, yin/yang duality, crates, and adoption path. Self-description artifact.",
artifact_paths = ["assets/web/src/index.html", "assets/web/index.html", "README.md", "assets/architecture.svg"],
},
d.make_node {
id = "ontoref-daemon",
name = "Ontoref Daemon",
pole = 'Yang,
level = 'Practice,
description = "Runtime support daemon for the ontoref protocol. Provides NCL export caching, file watching, actor registry, notification barrier, HTTP API, MCP server (stdio + streamable-HTTP), Q&A NCL persistence, quick-actions catalog, and passive drift observation. Reads .ontoref/config.ncl at startup.",
invariant = false,
artifact_paths = [
"crates/ontoref-daemon/",
"reflection/modules/services.nu",
"crates/ontoref-daemon/src/ui/qa_ncl.rs",
"crates/ontoref-daemon/src/ui/drift_watcher.rs",
"crates/ontoref-daemon/src/mcp/mod.rs",
],
},
d.make_node {
id = "qa-knowledge-store",
name = "Q&A Knowledge Store",
pole = 'Yin,
level = 'Practice,
description = "Accumulated Q&A entries persisted as NCL — questions and answers captured during development sessions, AI interactions, and architectural reviews. Git-versioned, typed by QaEntry schema, queryable via MCP (ontoref_qa_list/add) and HTTP (/qa-json). Bridges session boundaries: knowledge is never lost between actor sessions.",
artifact_paths = [
"reflection/qa.ncl",
"reflection/schemas/qa.ncl",
"crates/ontoref-daemon/src/ui/qa_ncl.rs",
],
},
d.make_node {
id = "quick-actions",
name = "Quick Actions Catalog",
pole = 'Yang,
level = 'Practice,
description = "Runnable shortcuts over existing reflection modes. Configured as quick_actions in .ontoref/config.ncl (id, label, icon, category, mode, actors). Accessible from UI (/actions), CLI (./ontoref), and MCP (ontoref_action_list/add). New modes created via ontoref_action_add are immediately available as actions. Reduces friction between knowing a mode exists and executing it.",
artifact_paths = [
".ontoref/config.ncl",
"crates/ontoref-daemon/templates/pages/actions.html",
"reflection/modes/",
],
},
d.make_node {
id = "drift-observation",
name = "Passive Drift Observation",
pole = 'Spiral,
level = 'Practice,
description = "Background observer that bridges Yang code artifacts with Yin ontology declarations. Watches crates/, .ontology/, adrs/, reflection/modes/ for changes; after a debounce window runs sync scan + sync diff; if MISSING/STALE/DRIFT/BROKEN items are found emits an ontology_drift notification. Never applies changes automatically — apply remains a deliberate human or agent act.",
artifact_paths = [
"crates/ontoref-daemon/src/ui/drift_watcher.rs",
"reflection/modes/sync-ontology.ncl",
],
},
],
edges = [
{ from = "self-describing", to = "dag-formalized", kind = 'ManifestsIn, weight = 'High },
{ from = "self-describing", to = "adr-lifecycle", kind = 'ManifestsIn, weight = 'High },
{ from = "self-describing", to = "reflection-modes", kind = 'ManifestsIn, weight = 'High },
{ from = "ontology-vs-reflection", to = "dag-formalized", kind = 'Resolves, weight = 'High },
{ from = "ontology-vs-reflection", to = "coder-process-memory", kind = 'Resolves, weight = 'Medium },
{ from = "dag-formalized", to = "ontoref-ontology-crate", kind = 'ManifestsIn, weight = 'High },
{ from = "reflection-modes", to = "ontoref-reflection-crate", kind = 'ManifestsIn, weight = 'High },
{ from = "no-enforcement", to = "formalization-vs-adoption", kind = 'Resolves, weight = 'Medium },
{ from = "protocol-not-runtime", to = "no-enforcement", kind = 'Implies, weight = 'High },
{ from = "adr-lifecycle", to = "reflection-modes", kind = 'Complements, weight = 'Medium },
{ from = "describe-query-layer", to = "dag-formalized", kind = 'DependsOn, weight = 'High },
{ from = "coder-process-memory", to = "describe-query-layer", kind = 'Complements, weight = 'Medium },
{ from = "ontoref-daemon", to = "ontoref-ontology-crate", kind = 'Complements, weight = 'High },
{ from = "ontoref-daemon", to = "reflection-modes", kind = 'Complements, weight = 'Medium },
{ from = "protocol-not-runtime", to = "ontoref-daemon", kind = 'Contradicts, weight = 'Low,
note = "Daemon is optional runtime support, not a protocol requirement. Protocol functions without it." },
{ from = "no-enforcement", to = "adopt-ontoref-tooling", kind = 'ManifestsIn, weight = 'High,
note = "Adoption is voluntary — the tooling makes it easy but never mandatory." },
{ from = "adopt-ontoref-tooling", to = "reflection-modes", kind = 'DependsOn, weight = 'High },
{ from = "self-describing", to = "web-presence", kind = 'ManifestsIn, weight = 'Medium },
{ from = "web-presence", to = "adopt-ontoref-tooling", kind = 'Complements, weight = 'Medium },
# Q&A Knowledge Store edges
{ from = "qa-knowledge-store", to = "dag-formalized", kind = 'ManifestsIn, weight = 'High,
note = "Q&A entries are typed NCL records, git-versioned — knowledge as DAG." },
{ from = "qa-knowledge-store", to = "coder-process-memory", kind = 'Complements, weight = 'High,
note = "Q&A is the persistent layer; coder.nu is the session capture layer. Together they form the full memory stack." },
{ from = "ontoref-daemon", to = "qa-knowledge-store", kind = 'Contains, weight = 'High },
# Quick Actions edges
{ from = "quick-actions", to = "reflection-modes", kind = 'DependsOn, weight = 'High,
note = "Each quick action invokes a reflection mode by id." },
{ from = "quick-actions", to = "ontoref-daemon", kind = 'ManifestsIn, weight = 'Medium },
{ from = "describe-query-layer", to = "quick-actions", kind = 'Complements, weight = 'Medium,
note = "describe capabilities lists available modes; quick-actions makes them executable." },
# Drift Observation edges
{ from = "drift-observation", to = "ontoref-daemon", kind = 'ManifestsIn, weight = 'High },
{ from = "drift-observation", to = "ontology-vs-reflection", kind = 'Resolves, weight = 'Medium,
note = "Drift observer continuously monitors the gap between Yin (ontology) and Yang (code). Passive resolution — it signals drift without forcing resolution." },
{ from = "drift-observation", to = "reflection-modes", kind = 'DependsOn, weight = 'High,
note = "Invokes sync-ontology mode steps (scan, diff) as read-only sub-processes." },
],
}