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Hollow House Standards Library

This repository defines canonical governance terminology.

It serves as the terminology layer of the Hollow House Institute governance framework.

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Governance Architecture Overview

flowchart TD

A[Human Authority] --> B[Standards Library]
B --> C[Governance Standards]
C --> D[Execution-Time Governance]

subgraph Standards Library
E[glossary.md]
F[glossary.json]
G[AUTHORITY.md]
end

B --> E
B --> F
B --> G

C --> H[HHI_GOV_01]
C --> I[Interaction Controls]

D --> J[Agent Systems]
D --> K[Continuous Assurance]
D --> L[Stop Authority]

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Scope

• Defines terminology only
• Does not define enforcement or execution
• Downstream governance resides in HHI_GOV_01

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If you are new to this repository:

1. glossary.md — canonical governance terminology
2. AUTHORITY.md — authority boundaries
3. glossary.json — machine-readable integration
4. STANDARDS_INDEX.md — repository structure

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Canonical Structure

File	Purpose
glossary.json	canonical source
glossary.md	readable glossary
glossary.sha256	integrity verification

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Governance Authority Stack

Human Authority
↓
Standards Library
↓
HHI_GOV_01
↓
Licensing
↓
Systems

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Core Principle

Time turns behavior into infrastructure
Behavior is the most honest data there is

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Maintained by Hollow House Institute

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Authority & Identity

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-4806-1949
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hollow-house-institute-3ab5a2182
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1876466

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License

This repository is governed under the Hollow House Institute Master License Suite (HHI-MLS).

Use, redistribution, modification, or derivative work is subject to the terms defined in:

No rights are granted beyond those explicitly defined by HHI-MLS.

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License

This repository is governed under the Hollow House Institute Master License Suite (HHI-MLS).

Use, redistribution, modification, or derivative work is subject to the terms defined in:

No rights are granted beyond those explicitly defined by HHI-MLS.

LICENSING

Enforcement constraints and usage restrictions.

Authority & Canonical References

Canonical Source: https://github.com/Hollow-house-institute/Hollow_House_Standards_Library

Governance Standard: https://github.com/Hollow-house-institute/HHI_GOV_01

SYSTEM MAP: https://github.com/Hollow-house-institute/HHI_GOV_01/blob/main/SYSTEM_MAP.md

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1876466

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-4806-1949

Glossary Version: v1.3.0

https://github.com/Hollow-house-institute https://github.com/amypbui

Amy Pierce Bui Hollow House Institute GitHub https://github.com/Hollow-house-institute https://github.com/Hollow-house-institute/Hollow_House_Standards_Library/agents?author=amypbui https://github.com/amypbui https://github.com/amypbui/HHI_Career_Runtime https://github.com/Hollow-house-institute/Master_License_Suite

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HHI Ecosystem

See: TOP_5_HHI_REPOS.md

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Repository Role Within HHI Ecosystem

This repository operates as part of the Hollow House Institute governance ecosystem.

The ecosystem is designed as layered governance infrastructure focused on:

• Execution-Time Governance
• Governance Telemetry
• Runtime Accountability
• Behavioral Drift
• Replayable Governance Evidence
• Longitudinal Accountability

Canonical ecosystem architecture: https://github.com/Hollow-house-institute/Governance_Infrastructure_Layer

Canonical role matrix: https://github.com/Hollow-house-institute/Governance_Infrastructure_Layer/blob/main/architecture/REPO_ROLE_MATRIX.md

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Related Repositories

Canonical Governance Core

• Hollow_House_Standards_Library
• HHI_GOV_01
• Governance_Infrastructure_Layer

Runtime Governance & Observability

• HHI_Runtime_Proof
• HHI_Behavioral_Drift_Monitor
• HHI_Governance_Workflows

Audit & Behavioral Analysis

• HHI_Audits
• HHI_Behavioral_Governance_Audit
• Ai_Ethics_Audit_Lab

Institutional & Executive Translation

• HHI_Career_Runtime
• Hollow_House_Institute_site
• HHI_Governance_Portfolio

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Start Here

1. Hollow_House_Standards_Library
2. HHI_GOV_01
3. HHI_Runtime_Proof
4. HHI_Audits
5. HHI_Career_Runtime

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Canonical References

Policies describe intent.

Runtime behavior reveals reality.

Time turns behavior into infrastructure.

Behavior is the most honest data there is.

Canonical Source: https://github.com/Hollow-house-institute/Hollow_House_Standards_Library

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20044740

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-4806-1949

Amy Pierce Bui Founder, Hollow House Institute

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HHI Governed Authorship

This artifact follows the HHI governed authorship pattern: human-origin meaning, AI-executed structure, drift-free.

Provenance

This repository traces doctrinal lineage to HHI_PROV_001 (Behavioral Provenance of HHI Governance). Behavior is the most honest data there is. Time turns behavior into infrastructure.