Infrastructure · Data Structures
Summary
Condensed information
Definition
Mechanism
A compressed representation of a Datum or Artifact that retains high-Value (salient) information while discarding redundancy.
Invariants
None stated.
Risks
Failure modes
None stated.
Relationships
Builds on
References
A measure of utility
Used by
Yields
Mind
Lossy compression preserving salience
Reference
Data schema
{
"type": "object",
"required": [
"source_ref"
],
"properties": {
"source_ref": {
"type": "string",
"description": "sema_id of the source being summarized"
},
"compression_ratio": {
"type": "number",
"minimum": 0,
"maximum": 1,
"description": "Size ratio (summary_len/source_len)"
},
"preserves": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string"
},
"description": "Semantic dimensions preserved (e.g., 'thesis', 'timeline', 'constraints')"
}
}
}