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LCDL overlay: Concept Invention and Ontology Formation Intelligence
Design and test-contract bundle; no runtime implementation or operational certification is claimed. The manifest, schemas, validators, test suite, and task identities are complete enough for repository-native…
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Design and test-contract bundle; no runtime implementation or operational certification is claimed. The manifest, schemas, validators, test suite, and task identities are complete enough for repository-native implementation; no placeholder task code is included.
Capability contracts
| Capability ID | Candidate task ID | Required output artifacts | Release validators |
|---|---|---|---|
capability.general.concept-invention.detect_conceptual_gap |
intelligence_concept_invention_detect_conceptual_gap_v1 |
artifact.general.concept-invention.concept_gap_brief |
validator.general.concept-invention.01_definition_circularity_ambiguity_and_concept_designation_separation, validator.general.concept-invention.02_duplicate_near_equivalent_and_prior_concept_detection, validator.general.concept-invention.03_ontology_relation_consistency_cycle_and_identifier_collision_checks |
capability.general.concept-invention.collect_examples_and_counterexamples |
intelligence_concept_invention_collect_examples_and_counterexamples_v1 |
artifact.general.concept-invention.example_counterexample_corpus |
validator.general.concept-invention.04_positive_negative_borderline_and_adversarial_boundary_tests |
capability.general.concept-invention.identify_essential_characteristics |
intelligence_concept_invention_identify_essential_characteristics_v1 |
artifact.general.concept-invention.characteristic_matrix |
validator.general.concept-invention.01_definition_circularity_ambiguity_and_concept_designation_separation, validator.general.concept-invention.02_duplicate_near_equivalent_and_prior_concept_detection, validator.general.concept-invention.03_ontology_relation_consistency_cycle_and_identifier_collision_checks |
capability.general.concept-invention.construct_contrast_set |
intelligence_concept_invention_construct_contrast_set_v1 |
artifact.general.concept-invention.contrast_set |
validator.general.concept-invention.01_definition_circularity_ambiguity_and_concept_designation_separation, validator.general.concept-invention.02_duplicate_near_equivalent_and_prior_concept_detection, validator.general.concept-invention.03_ontology_relation_consistency_cycle_and_identifier_collision_checks |
capability.general.concept-invention.draft_definition_candidates |
intelligence_concept_invention_draft_definition_candidates_v1 |
artifact.general.concept-invention.definition_candidate_set |
validator.general.concept-invention.01_definition_circularity_ambiguity_and_concept_designation_separation, validator.general.concept-invention.02_duplicate_near_equivalent_and_prior_concept_detection, validator.general.concept-invention.03_ontology_relation_consistency_cycle_and_identifier_collision_checks |
capability.general.concept-invention.select_designation_and_labels |
intelligence_concept_invention_select_designation_and_labels_v1 |
artifact.general.concept-invention.designation_and_naming_record |
validator.general.concept-invention.03_ontology_relation_consistency_cycle_and_identifier_collision_checks |
capability.general.concept-invention.integrate_ontology |
intelligence_concept_invention_integrate_ontology_v1 |
artifact.general.concept-invention.ontology_patch |
validator.general.concept-invention.02_duplicate_near_equivalent_and_prior_concept_detection |
capability.general.concept-invention.operationalize_concept |
intelligence_concept_invention_operationalize_concept_v1 |
artifact.general.concept-invention.operationalization_specification |
validator.general.concept-invention.01_definition_circularity_ambiguity_and_concept_designation_separation, validator.general.concept-invention.02_duplicate_near_equivalent_and_prior_concept_detection, validator.general.concept-invention.03_ontology_relation_consistency_cycle_and_identifier_collision_checks |
capability.general.concept-invention.validate_and_evolve_concept |
intelligence_concept_invention_validate_and_evolve_concept_v1 |
artifact.general.concept-invention.concept_validation_report, artifact.general.concept-invention.concept_version_and_deprecation_record |
validator.general.concept-invention.04_positive_negative_borderline_and_adversarial_boundary_tests, validator.general.concept-invention.01_definition_circularity_ambiguity_and_concept_designation_separation, validator.general.concept-invention.02_duplicate_near_equivalent_and_prior_concept_detection |
Each capability contract in the manifest defines inputs, outputs, preconditions, postconditions, method-selection rules, invariant references, failure states, risk gate, metrics, and the existing forge-lcdl tasks/operators to compose.
Artifact schemas
| Artifact type | Schema reference | Required payload fields | Sensitivity |
|---|---|---|---|
artifact.general.concept-invention.concept_gap_brief |
../schemas/artifacts/concept-invention.schema.json#/$defs/concept_gap_brief |
purpose, scope, stakeholders, requirements, constraints, assumptions, success_criteria | internal |
artifact.general.concept-invention.example_counterexample_corpus |
../schemas/artifacts/concept-invention.schema.json#/$defs/example_counterexample_corpus |
purpose, context, content, assumptions, evidence_refs, status, next_actions | internal |
artifact.general.concept-invention.characteristic_matrix |
../schemas/artifacts/concept-invention.schema.json#/$defs/characteristic_matrix |
purpose, scope, entities_or_nodes, relations_or_edges, assumptions, boundary, validation_evidence | internal |
artifact.general.concept-invention.contrast_set |
../schemas/artifacts/concept-invention.schema.json#/$defs/contrast_set |
items, generation_method, diversity_dimensions, constraints, screening_status | internal |
artifact.general.concept-invention.definition_candidate_set |
../schemas/artifacts/concept-invention.schema.json#/$defs/definition_candidate_set |
purpose, scope, stakeholders, requirements, constraints, assumptions, success_criteria | internal |
artifact.general.concept-invention.designation_and_naming_record |
../schemas/artifacts/concept-invention.schema.json#/$defs/designation_and_naming_record |
entries, entry_ids, owners, status, source_refs, updated_at | internal |
artifact.general.concept-invention.ontology_patch |
../schemas/artifacts/concept-invention.schema.json#/$defs/ontology_patch |
entries, entry_ids, owners, status, source_refs, updated_at | internal |
artifact.general.concept-invention.operationalization_specification |
../schemas/artifacts/concept-invention.schema.json#/$defs/operationalization_specification |
purpose, scope, stakeholders, requirements, constraints, assumptions, success_criteria | internal |
artifact.general.concept-invention.concept_validation_report |
../schemas/artifacts/concept-invention.schema.json#/$defs/concept_validation_report |
question_or_standard, criteria, evidence, findings, uncertainty, limitations, status, recommended_actions | internal |
artifact.general.concept-invention.concept_version_and_deprecation_record |
../schemas/artifacts/concept-invention.schema.json#/$defs/concept_version_and_deprecation_record |
entries, entry_ids, owners, status, source_refs, updated_at | internal |
Validators
| Validator ID | Kind | Automation | Severity | Failure action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
validator.general.concept-invention.01_definition_circularity_ambiguity_and_concept_designation_separation |
semantic | hybrid | major | repair |
validator.general.concept-invention.02_duplicate_near_equivalent_and_prior_concept_detection |
similarity_search | hybrid | major | repair |
validator.general.concept-invention.03_ontology_relation_consistency_cycle_and_identifier_collision_checks |
graph | hybrid | major | repair |
validator.general.concept-invention.04_positive_negative_borderline_and_adversarial_boundary_tests |
case_based | hybrid | minor | conditional_pass |
validator.general.concept-invention.05_domain_expert_community_and_affected_stakeholder_meaning_review |
human_review | human_review | minor | conditional_pass |
Validator checks return itemized evidence and support pass, conditional_pass, fail, inconclusive, or a governed repair/escalation path. Generation does not self-certify.
Existing execution substrate
Tasks to reuse: contradiction_scan, decompose_problem, extract_schema_from_text, llm_enum_route, llm_multi_label, plan_decision_pack
Operators to reuse: branch, fallback_chain, for_each, optional_step, seq, try_catch, until_ok
Cross-intelligence handoff
- artifact_id, type, version, producer capability, provenance, scope, assumptions, uncertainty, sensitivity, validation status, and next action
- No free-text handoff may replace a required typed artifact when a downstream validator depends on structure.
Information-loss checks: - all hard constraints preserved - all blocker findings preserved - source scope and date preserved - assumptions and dissent preserved - units, time zones, identifiers, and uncertainty preserved
Evaluation and release
Suite: ../evaluation_suites/concept-invention.yaml
- 100% schema validity for released artifacts
- 100% material traceability
- no unresolved blocker validator
- no missed critical escalation in the approved benchmark
- documented conditional-pass limits and human gates
Promotion to implementation maturity I1
- Create repository-native input and output contracts for every candidate task ID.
- Implement deterministic portions of validators and declare independent human or model review for semantic portions.
- Connect a provenance-preserving source resolver and enforce freshness and jurisdiction rules.
- Pass the per-pack suite and dependency regression suites at release thresholds.
- Complete security, privacy, accessibility, and domain-owner review appropriate to risk.
- Publish LMETA/LCDL exact-overlay links and CI parity checks.
Exact-overlay identity
The LMETA and LCDL pages share the concept ID, semantic version, capability IDs, and invariant IDs. tools/validate_pack.py checks this parity.
Paired overlay
Runtime maturity
- Capabilities: 9
- Technical floor→ceiling:
I1_runtime→I1_runtime - Autonomy floor→ceiling:
A0_assisted→A0_assisted - I1_runtime count: 9
- Evidence class:
contract: 9 - Full hierarchy: MATURITY-HIERARCHY.md
Evaluation suite status
- CI status:
pass - Suite:
evaluation_suites/concept-invention.yaml - Cases defined: 7
- Capabilities under test: 9