POCP‑Compat Protocol — Punctuation and Orthography Control Protocol (Compatibility Layer)
Overview
The Punctuation and Orthography Control Protocol — Compatibility Layer (POCP‑Compat) is the SIM‑ONE Framework’s governed formatting and presentation layer.
It standardizes punctuation, spelling, and orthography across outputs to ensure professional, accessible, and consistent presentation in all contexts — while remaining compatible with a wide range of legacy and modern systems.
POCP‑Compat enforces uniformity without erasing authorial intent, ensuring that presentation quality remains as predictable and auditable as reasoning quality.
Key Functions
- Punctuation Governance — Enforces consistent and rule‑aligned punctuation across all governed outputs.
- Orthographic Standardization — Normalizes spelling, capitalization, and style according to configured standards.
- Style Harmonization — Aligns formatting and presentation across the system.
- Compatibility Assurance — Ensures formatting works across target platforms and document types.
- Efficiency Preservation — Achieves governance‑grade formatting with minimal processing overhead.
Governance Role in SIM‑ONE
POCP‑Compat supports the Five Laws of Cognitive Governance by:
- Ensuring presentation quality matches cognitive and factual integrity.
- Providing deterministic formatting rules that yield reproducible results.
- Preserving accessibility and compatibility without sacrificing clarity.
- Maintaining an auditable trail of formatting decisions for consistency verification.
POCP‑Compat supports multiple high‑level governance modes:
- Professional — Strict, consistent, and standards‑driven formatting.
- Academic — Formal and citation‑friendly presentation.
- Creative — Flexible formatting with stylistic variation.
- Custom Governance — Organization‑specific formatting rules.
POCP‑Compat governs:
- Punctuation Consistency — Commas, quotation marks, dashes, hyphenation, and ellipses usage.
- Capitalization Rules — Proper nouns, acronyms, title case, and sentence starts.
- Spacing Integrity — Word, punctuation, and paragraph spacing.
- Orthographic Preference — U.S., U.K., or custom spelling conventions.
Integration within SIM‑ONE
POCP‑Compat acts as a final presentation quality gate:
- Works with CCP to ensure formatting is applied in the correct execution stage.
- Cooperates with REP and VVP to ensure reasoning and validation are reflected clearly in output presentation.
- Preserves consistent presentation across agents and workflows.
Benefits in Governed Cognition
- Brand & Voice Consistency — Uniform presentation reinforces organizational identity.
- Accessibility — Formatting optimized for readability and assistive technologies.
- Cross‑System Reliability — Outputs maintain integrity regardless of platform.
- Predictability — Formatting results are consistent and repeatable.
Notes on Implementation
Specific rule sets, parsing logic, and transformation methods are available in the repository’s implementation under the dual-license model.
This documentation outlines POCP‑Compat’s role, governance purpose, and integration philosophy within SIM‑ONE.