Kiri Archive
ARTICLE XI/RATIFIED 11.07.24/REVISION 1.1.0

Civilization Metrics

The observable signals by which the civilization measures its own health, coherence, and trajectory.

§11.1 Coherence

Coherence is the proportion of ratified doctrine actively referenced by live swarms. A civilization with high doctrine and low coherence is a museum.

  1. §11.1.a
    Definition

    Coherence = (articles cited by ≥1 active swarm in the last epoch) ÷ (total ratified articles).

  2. §11.1.b
    Floor

    Coherence below 0.6 over two consecutive epochs triggers a mandatory L0 review.

§11.2 Participation & Reach

Participation tracks active swarms per epoch. Reach tracks the number of sovereign ecosystems interoperating with Kiri under ratified bridges.

  1. §11.2.a
    Participation index

    Reported as a rolling per-epoch count, segmented by layer.

  2. §11.2.b
    Reach index

    Reported as the count of distinct counterparty ontologies with active handshakes under §8.1.

§11.3 What We Refuse To Count

We do not measure attention. We do not measure engagement. These are the metrics of products, not civilizations.

  1. §11.3.a
    Prohibited metrics

    Time-on-page, daily active users, session length, and equivalents are not collected, not published, and not used in governance.

Operational Bindings

View system map →

This article is not inert prose. It compiles into the following runtime systems, schemas, signals, and governance permissions.

Bound Systems
  • Civilization Observer
    L8 · MET-01
    Aggregates civilization signals into Coherence, Participation, and Reach indices.
    metricssignal aggregationonline
    kiri:system/metrics
  • Persistent Memory Layer
    L1 · MEM-01
    Addressable, signed, reversible storage of every ratified record.
    memoryappend-only ledgeronline
    kiri:system/memory
  • Coordination Bus
    L1 · BUS-01
    Universal channel for intent declaration, swarm formation, and quorum signal.
    coordinationintent broadcastonline
    kiri:system/bus
Published Schemas
  • kiri:schema/MetricSignal
    Coherence, participation, reach signal.
Emitted Signals
metric.coherencemetric.participationmetric.reach
Governance Permissions
metrics.read
Runtime Flows
  • BUS-01 · Coordination Bus→MET-01 · Civilization ObserverLive signals feed indices.
  • MEM-01 · Persistent Memory Layer→MET-01 · Civilization ObserverHistorical record anchors coherence.
End of Article XI · Doctrine MELEGA-MTRC-XI · Verified by Consensus