concept-decomposition

name	concept-decomposition
description	Tactic for breaking compound concepts into atomic parts — split over-broad concepts, identify sub-components, create child pages.
execution	tactic
used-by	ontology-building, domain-scoping, concept-extraction, ontology-refinement

Concept Decomposition

Break compound or over-broad concepts into their atomic constituents. A concept that means too many things should become multiple focused concepts connected by edges.

Available SOPs

• wiki-search — find existing sub-concepts
• concept-page-creation — create new atomic concept pages
• edge-batch-creation — connect parent to children
• alias-resolution — ensure no naming conflicts

Guiding Principles

• Atomic means testable. If you can't write a one-sentence definition, the concept is too broad.
• Preserve the parent. Decomposition creates children; the parent becomes a container (component_of edges).
• Stop at utility. Don't decompose below the level where distinctions matter for the research.

Minimum Yield

≥2 child concepts created per decomposition invocation. If a concept cannot be meaningfully decomposed, report it as atomic and exit.