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SpectralTune
Verifying ontology alignment before data transfer
Definition
Mechanism
Instead of sending a message and hoping it is understood, the sender transmits a 'tuning Signal'—a sequence of hash-based challenges representing the semantic context (ontology, assumptions, version). The receiver must 'resonate' by proving they hold the matching semantic context.
Preconditions
- Both agents possess valid hash function H
Postconditions
- Channel is established with matching context hashes, OR connection terminated and escalated
Invariants
- No payload data is processed before Tune_ACK.
- On hash mismatch, halt and escalate rather than retry.
Risks
Failure modes
Over-strict halt
a benign version skew or encoding difference produces a hash mismatch and halts a channel whose parties would have understood each other. Hash equality admits no partial match, so any difference is total.
Relationships
Builds on
Accepts
Infrastructure
Raw information emission
Used by
References
Distinguish Peer from Principal
Negotiating shared definitions
Proof of receipt via modification
Reference
Parameters
context_chunksPositiveInteger, unspecified- Prompts to hash
hash_algoString, {BLAKE3, SHA256}- Hash algorithm for semantic context verification