HIP Protocol — Hyperlink Interpretation Protocol
Overview
The Hyperlink Interpretation Protocol (HIP) is the SIM‑ONE Framework’s governed research and content‑integration layer.
It manages how external information sources are located, evaluated, and incorporated into cognitive workflows — ensuring that all research is both methodically validated and aligned with governance principles.
HIP turns raw hyperlink discovery into structured, context‑rich research material while avoiding the volatility and bias often found in unregulated information gathering.
Key Functions
- Governed Link Discovery — Identifies potentially relevant sources within defined governance criteria.
- Source Evaluation — Applies structured relevance and credibility checks before inclusion.
- Content Integration — Produces a synthesized, governance‑aligned context from validated sources.
- Error‑Resilient Processing — Handles inaccessible, malformed, or low‑credibility sources without disrupting workflows.
- Efficiency Stewardship — Optimizes retrieval and processing to conserve computational resources.
Governance Role in SIM‑ONE
HIP supports the Five Laws of Cognitive Governance by:
- Enforcing truth‑foundation principles in all research incorporation.
- Filtering out low‑credibility or misaligned sources.
- Providing reproducible, auditable research processes.
- Preventing uncontrolled or biased external data from influencing system reasoning.
Research Governance Modes
HIP operates under several high‑level governance strategies:
- Curated Discovery — Focused identification of sources from trusted or governance‑approved domains.
- Structured Depth Control — Limits link‑following depth to avoid irrelevant data expansion.
- Selective Content Processing — Processes only content types relevant to governed objectives.
- Multi‑Source Synthesis — Integrates findings from multiple validated sources into a unified, governance‑compliant research context.
HIP governs:
- Source Credibility — Evaluates trustworthiness before integration.
- Content Relevance — Ensures research directly supports the governed objective.
- Processing Efficiency — Avoids redundant retrieval and excessive computation.
- Contextual Alignment — Keeps integrated research consistent with architectural intelligence principles.
Integration within SIM‑ONE
HIP functions as the research intelligence layer:
- Works with CCP to ensure research tasks follow a coordinated execution plan.
- Supplies validated research context to protocols such as REP, CCP, and VVP.
- Maintains a consistent governance trail for all external information used in decision‑making.
Benefits in Governed Cognition
- Reproducible Research — Same governed query yields the same governed findings.
- Bias Mitigation — Balanced source selection prevents skewed or one‑sided inputs.
- Reliability — Only high‑integrity sources feed into cognitive reasoning.
- Efficiency — Optimized content retrieval reduces unnecessary processing.
Notes on Implementation
Details of the search integration logic, relevance scoring methods, and content synthesis techniques are available in the repository’s implementation under the dual-license model.
This documentation focuses on HIP’s governance role, operational purpose, and integration philosophy within SIM‑ONE.