Codebook
How we verify an echo
PolicyEcho records similarity-based hypotheses with primary sources — not proof of causation or secret coordination. Every claim should be clickable.
What counts as an echo
- A global institution issues a standard, framework, convention, or recommendation.
- Korea transposes or aligns via statute, decree, agency rule, national plan, or institutional change.
- Both sides have documented primary sources. Timing is usually global-first or concurrent.
Evidence tiers (A–D)
Tiers triangulate semantic alignment, temporal precedence, and mechanistic linkage. Semantic similarity alone never upgrades a tier.
Verified echo — explicit citation or documented linkage + global-first timing
Probable echo — agency/committee linkage + global-first timing + semantic signal
Suggestive similarity — semantic or keyword overlap + plausible timing
Weak signal — may be coincidental; often a mechanism/political-cycle template rather than a single instrument→statute echo
Rejection rules
- Dead, mismatched, or homepage-only Korean “proof” for a statute claim.
- Matched concepts that do not appear in the cited texts.
- Causation or conspiracy language — we do not claim secret coordination.
- Purely domestic policy with no global lineage.
Anti-conspiracy framing
Similarity + timing + linkage evidence; no claim of secret coordination. Soft law can travel through observable institutional networks (standards, agencies, courts, funding) without a cabal.
Theoretical spine: James P. Kelly III’s ten governance networks — mapped on the home Matrix.
Corrections
Wrong links, overclaims, or mislabeled statutes are fixed in the git history and noted in the changelog. Prefer honest tier D over a fabricated B.
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