diff --git a/INTENT.md b/INTENT.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..ff8fc67 --- /dev/null +++ b/INTENT.md @@ -0,0 +1,110 @@ +# INTENT + +## Purpose + +This repository exists to provide a **workspace and service for creating, developing, evaluating, and inspecting structured knowledge spaces (“infospaces”)**. + +It enables the practical exploration and application of structured knowledge systems in concrete domains such as books, projects, research corpora, and organizational knowledge. + +--- + +## Primary Utility + +The repository provides an environment that: + +* Defines and manages **explicit infospaces as first-class artifacts** +* Supports iterative development of structured knowledge collections +* Enables evaluation, inspection, and refinement of knowledge quality and structure +* Applies transformation, generation, and analysis workflows to real-world content +* Serves as a testbed for methods, patterns, and tooling in knowledge engineering + +It turns abstract knowledge tooling into **concrete, inspectable knowledge systems**. + +--- + +## Intended Users + +* Knowledge engineers and developers working on structured content systems +* Researchers and practitioners organizing and analyzing domain knowledge +* Automation systems (`atm`) executing knowledge workflows within a defined scope +* LLM agents (`agt`) contributing to the generation and refinement of infospaces + +--- + +## Strategic Role in the System + +This repository is part of a layered knowledge system with clearly separated responsibilities: + +- markitect-tool → makes markdown structured and manipulable +- kontextual-engine → makes knowledge persistent and operable +- **infospace-bench** → makes knowledge concrete and meaningful + +These layers correspond to a deliberate separation of concerns: + +* **Syntax layer** — structuring and transforming semi-structured data (markdown) +* **System layer** — operating, persisting, and orchestrating knowledge +* **Application layer** — applying knowledge systems to real-world contexts + +This repository occupies the **application layer** and should maintain **clear boundaries** to the others. + +This repository acts as the **project and experimentation layer**: + +* It sits above the knowledge engine (`kontextual-engine`) +* It uses tooling primitives (e.g. `markitect-tool`) via the engine or directly +* It defines **real-world instances of structured knowledge systems** +* It provides a space to **validate approaches, workflows, and abstractions** + +It is where knowledge systems are **applied, tested, and evolved in context**. + +--- + +## Strategic Boundaries + +This repository is **not** intended to: + +* Provide low-level tooling for markdown or structured content manipulation +* Act as a general-purpose knowledge engine or runtime platform +* Define reusable infrastructure primitives or core system contracts +* Replace domain-specific repositories for finalized artifacts + +Its responsibility is limited to **working with concrete infospaces and their lifecycle**. + +--- + +## Design Principles + +* **Concrete over abstract** + Focus on real, inspectable knowledge artifacts rather than generic capabilities + +* **Exploration and iteration** + Infospaces evolve through experimentation, evaluation, and refinement + +* **Separation from infrastructure** + Tooling and engine concerns remain outside this repository + +* **Traceability and inspectability** + All knowledge transformations and evaluations should be observable + +* **Reusability of patterns** + Successful approaches can be extracted into lower layers or reused across infospaces + +--- + +## Maturity Target + +A mature version of this repository should: + +* Support the **full lifecycle of infospaces** from creation to evaluation and export +* Provide **clear visibility into structure, quality, and relationships** within knowledge spaces +* Enable efficient **AI-assisted development and refinement of knowledge artifacts** +* Serve as a **reference environment for best practices in knowledge engineering** +* Produce reusable insights and patterns that inform lower-layer systems + +--- + +## Stability Note + +Changes to this file represent a **deliberate shift in how infospaces are defined, developed, or used** within the system. + +Such changes should be made with explicit intent, as they influence the direction of knowledge engineering practices across the ecosystem. + diff --git a/wiki/FunctionalRequirementsSpecification.md b/wiki/FunctionalRequirementsSpecification.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..c235716 --- /dev/null +++ b/wiki/FunctionalRequirementsSpecification.md @@ -0,0 +1,273 @@ +# Infospace Bench Functional Requirements Specification V0.1 + +## infospace-bench + +--- + +## 1. System Overview + +infospace-bench is a **workspace and service** that enables users and systems to **create, develop, evaluate, inspect, and export structured knowledge spaces (“infospaces”)**. + +This FRS defines the **externally observable functional behavior** of the system. + +--- + +## 2. Actors and Interfaces + +### 2.1 Primary Actors + +* **User (Human Operator)** working on knowledge projects +* **Automation System (`atm`)** executing workflows on infospaces +* **LLM Agent (`agt`)** contributing to knowledge generation and evaluation +* **External Systems** consuming outputs or interacting with infospaces + +--- + +### 2.2 System Interfaces + +* Workspace/project interface (CLI and/or service interface) +* Programmatic API +* File system and/or service-backed storage (abstracted) + +--- + +## 3. Functional Requirements + +--- + +## 3.1 Infospace Lifecycle Management + +### FR-001: Create Infospace + +**Description:** +The system must allow creation of a new infospace. + +**Input:** + +* Infospace definition (name, configuration, initial parameters) + +**Output:** + +* Initialized infospace with identifier + +--- + +### FR-002: Load Infospace + +The system must allow loading an existing infospace for interaction. + +--- + +### FR-003: Update Infospace + +The system must allow modification of infospace configuration and content. + +--- + +### FR-004: Delete Infospace + +The system must allow removal of an infospace. + +--- + +## 3.2 Knowledge Population + +### FR-010: Add Knowledge Artifacts + +The system must allow adding knowledge artifacts (documents, entities, or content) to an infospace. + +--- + +### FR-011: Modify Knowledge Artifacts + +The system must allow modification of existing artifacts within an infospace. + +--- + +### FR-012: Remove Knowledge Artifacts + +The system must allow removal of artifacts from an infospace. + +--- + +## 3.3 Structure and Organization + +### FR-020: Organize Knowledge + +The system must allow organizing artifacts within an infospace. + +--- + +### FR-021: Maintain Relationships + +The system must allow defining and retrieving relationships between artifacts within an infospace. + +--- + +## 3.4 Evaluation and Quality Assessment + +### FR-030: Evaluate Infospace + +The system must allow evaluation of an infospace. + +**Output:** + +* Evaluation results (e.g. quality indicators, scores, or assessments) + +--- + +### FR-031: Evaluate Individual Artifacts + +The system must allow evaluation of individual artifacts within an infospace. + +--- + +### FR-032: Provide Evaluation Results + +The system must provide structured evaluation outputs that can be inspected and reused. + +--- + +## 3.5 Inspection and Exploration + +### FR-040: Inspect Infospace Structure + +The system must allow inspection of: + +* Structure +* Relationships +* Organization + +--- + +### FR-041: Explore Knowledge Artifacts + +The system must allow exploration of artifacts and their connections. + +--- + +### FR-042: Visualize Relationships + +The system must provide representations of relationships between artifacts. + +--- + +## 3.6 Transformation and Generation + +### FR-050: Apply Transformations + +The system must allow applying transformations to infospace content. + +--- + +### FR-051: Generate Knowledge Artifacts + +The system must allow generating new artifacts based on: + +* Existing content +* Rules/templates +* AI-assisted processes + +--- + +### FR-052: Apply Batch Operations + +The system must allow transformations and generation across multiple artifacts. + +--- + +## 3.7 Workflow Execution + +### FR-060: Execute Infospace Workflows + +The system must allow execution of workflows specific to an infospace. + +--- + +### FR-061: Provide Workflow Results + +The system must provide outputs and results of workflow execution. + +--- + +## 3.8 Export and Output + +### FR-070: Export Infospace + +The system must allow exporting an infospace. + +--- + +### FR-071: Export Derived Artifacts + +The system must allow exporting generated or transformed outputs. + +--- + +## 3.9 AI Interaction + +### FR-080: Support AI-Assisted Operations + +The system must allow AI agents to: + +* Generate content +* Evaluate knowledge +* Suggest modifications + +--- + +### FR-081: Provide Context to AI + +The system must provide sufficient context for AI-assisted operations within an infospace. + +--- + +## 3.10 Error Handling + +### FR-090: Provide Structured Errors + +The system must return structured error information for invalid operations. + +--- + +### FR-091: Avoid Silent Failures + +The system must not silently ignore errors affecting results. + +--- + +## 4. Functional Constraints + +* All operations must be scoped to a defined infospace +* Functions must operate on structured knowledge artifacts +* AI-assisted operations must be optional +* System must not assume ownership of lower-level tooling or system infrastructure + +--- + +## 5. Traceability + +| PRD Concept | FRS Coverage | +| --------------------------- | ------------- | +| Infospace lifecycle | FR-001–FR-004 | +| Knowledge population | FR-010–FR-012 | +| Structure & relationships | FR-020–FR-021 | +| Evaluation & quality | FR-030–FR-032 | +| Inspection & visualization | FR-040–FR-042 | +| Transformation & generation | FR-050–FR-052 | +| Workflow execution | FR-060–FR-061 | +| Export | FR-070–FR-071 | +| AI interaction | FR-080–FR-081 | + +--- + +## 6. Acceptance Perspective + +The system satisfies this FRS when: + +* Infospaces can be created, modified, and inspected +* Knowledge artifacts can be added, transformed, and evaluated +* Relationships and structure are observable +* Workflows produce reproducible outputs +* AI-assisted operations function with appropriate context +* Errors are explicit and traceable diff --git a/wiki/ProductRequirementsDocument.md b/wiki/ProductRequirementsDocument.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..829e36b --- /dev/null +++ b/wiki/ProductRequirementsDocument.md @@ -0,0 +1,226 @@ +# Infospace Bench Product Requirements Document V0.1 + +## infospace-bench + +--- + +## 1. Product Overview + +### 1.1 Product Name + +**infospace-bench** + +--- + +### 1.2 Product Definition + +infospace-bench is a **workspace and service for creating, developing, evaluating, and inspecting structured knowledge spaces (“infospaces”)**. + +It provides an environment for applying structured knowledge methods to real-world domains such as books, research corpora, projects, and organizational knowledge systems. + +--- + +## 2. Product Intent + +### 2.1 Problem Statement + +While tools and systems for structured knowledge exist: + +* There is no consistent way to **develop and evaluate knowledge spaces in practice** +* Knowledge engineering approaches remain abstract and hard to validate +* Real-world knowledge artifacts lack **structured inspection and quality evaluation** +* Iterative refinement of knowledge systems is often ad-hoc and untraceable + +This results in a gap between **knowledge theory and applied knowledge systems**. + +--- + +### 2.2 Intended Outcomes + +infospace-bench enables: + +* Creation of **explicit, structured knowledge spaces** as first-class artifacts +* Iterative **development, evaluation, and refinement** of knowledge collections +* Inspection of **structure, quality, and relationships** within knowledge +* Application of AI-assisted workflows to real-world knowledge problems +* Generation of reusable patterns and insights for knowledge engineering + +--- + +### 2.3 Success Criteria + +The product is successful when: + +* Infospaces can be **created, evolved, and inspected systematically** +* Knowledge quality can be **evaluated and improved over time** +* Real-world use cases (books, domains, projects) can be modeled effectively +* AI agents can contribute meaningfully to **knowledge development workflows** +* Insights from infospaces inform improvements in lower-layer systems + +--- + +## 3. Scope Definition + +### 3.1 In Scope + +* Definition and management of infospaces as structured knowledge collections +* Lifecycle management: creation, population, evaluation, refinement, export +* Inspection tools for structure, relationships, and quality +* Application of workflows (generation, transformation, analysis) to infospaces +* AI-assisted development and evaluation of knowledge artifacts +* Use-case-specific configurations and project setups + +--- + +### 3.2 Out of Scope + +* Low-level markdown processing or transformation primitives +* Persistent system infrastructure or orchestration engines +* Generic multi-format content management systems +* Reusable tooling libraries or platform-level abstractions +* Final production publishing platforms (outside knowledge development context) + +--- + +### 3.3 Boundary Clarification + +infospace-bench provides **application-level usage**, not infrastructure: + +* Tooling primitives → `markitect-tool` +* System/runtime orchestration → `kontextual-engine` + +--- + +## 4. Functional Expectations + +### 4.1 Core Capabilities + +The product must support: + +* **Infospace Definition** + Create structured knowledge collections with clear boundaries + +* **Population & Development** + Add, modify, and organize knowledge artifacts + +* **Evaluation & Quality Assessment** + Measure structure, consistency, and completeness + +* **Inspection & Visualization** + Explore relationships, dependencies, and structure + +* **Transformation & Generation** + Apply workflows to evolve knowledge artifacts + +* **Export & Representation** + Produce outputs (documents, reports, derived artifacts) + +--- + +### 4.2 Interaction Modes + +* Project/workspace-based interaction +* CLI and/or service interfaces +* Agent-assisted workflows + +--- + +## 5. Non-Functional Expectations + +### 5.1 Performance + +* Efficient handling of medium-to-large knowledge collections +* Reasonable responsiveness for interactive inspection and iteration + +--- + +### 5.2 Reliability + +* Consistent behavior in evaluation and transformation workflows +* Traceable changes and reproducible results + +--- + +### 5.3 Extensibility + +* Ability to incorporate new workflows and evaluation methods +* Flexible configuration for different domains and use cases + +--- + +### 5.4 Usability + +* Clear structure for organizing knowledge projects +* Intuitive workflows for iteration and refinement +* Transparency of system behavior and results + +--- + +## 6. Assumptions and Dependencies + +### 6.1 Assumptions + +* Knowledge engineering benefits from iterative, project-based development +* AI agents can assist in generating and refining knowledge +* Structured knowledge systems require evaluation and inspection + +--- + +### 6.2 Dependencies + +* kontextual-engine for persistence and orchestration +* markitect-tool for markdown-based structuring and transformation +* llm-connect (or equivalent) for AI-assisted workflows + +--- + +## 7. Constraints + +* Must remain focused on **concrete infospaces**, not abstract infrastructure +* Must avoid duplication of tooling or system-level responsibilities +* Must support both human and AI-driven workflows +* Must maintain clear traceability of knowledge evolution + +--- + +## 8. Risks + +* Drifting into general-purpose platform or CMS functionality +* Over-complex evaluation frameworks reducing usability +* Tight coupling to specific tools or formats +* Loss of clarity between experimentation and production usage + +--- + +## 9. Related Systems + +* **markitect-tool** – syntax layer (markdown primitives) +* **kontextual-engine** – system layer (persistence and orchestration) +* **llm-connect** – LLM abstraction layer + +--- + +## 10. Ecosystem Context + +This product is part of a layered knowledge system: + +```text id="k2pz7m" +markitect-tool → makes markdown structured and manipulable +kontextual-engine → makes knowledge persistent and operable +infospace-bench → makes knowledge concrete and meaningful +``` + +Layers: + +* **Syntax layer** → markitect-tool +* **System layer** → kontextual-engine +* **Application layer** → infospace-bench + +--- + +## 11. PRD Type + +**Hybrid / Boundary PRD** + +This PRD defines application-level intent and usage boundaries while allowing flexibility for experimentation and iterative development. +