taxonomy-validation

name	taxonomy-validation
description	Strategy for validating ontology consistency — check hierarchy, detect cycles, verify completeness.
execution	strategy
dependencies	{"tactics":["hierarchy-construction","knowledge-structuring-consistency-checking"],"sops":["gap-detection","hierarchy-visualization","ontology-export"]}

Taxonomy Validation

Validate the constructed ontology for structural integrity. Check for cycles in hierarchies, orphaned branches, inconsistent typing, and coverage gaps.

Guiding Focus

An ontology that contradicts itself is worse than no ontology. Validation is not optional — it's the quality gate that separates useful structure from noise.

Available Tactics

• consistency-checking — systematic integrity verification
• hierarchy-construction — repair broken hierarchies

Budget Slice

Metric	S	M	L
Lint issues resolved	5	15	30
Hierarchy levels verified	2	3	4
Cross-checks performed	3	8	15

State Ledger Template

| Metric              | Target | Current | Status |
|---------------------|--------|---------|--------|
| Lint issues resolved| X      | 0       | ⬜     |
| Levels verified     | X      | 0       | ⬜     |
| Cross-checks done   | X      | 0       | ⬜     |

Cannot exit until 80% of budget met. Print state ledger before each iteration decision.

Available Tactics

Optional, no fixed order; the final leaf is always a sop.

Tactic	When to use
hierarchy-construction	Tactic for building is-a and part-of hierarchies — establish parent-child relationships, verify transitivity, detect cycles.
knowledge-structuring-consistency-checking	Tactic for verifying ontology consistency — detect contradictions, cycles, orphans, and type violations.

Available SOPs

Optional, no fixed order; the final leaf is always a sop.

SOP	When to use
gap-detection	SOP for finding structural gaps in the ontology — missing concepts, thin branches, disconnected clusters.
hierarchy-visualization	SOP for inspecting the current hierarchy structure — query graph to display parent-child relationships.
ontology-export	SOP for exporting ontology summary — generate a readable overview of the current ontology state.