# Citation mechanism

`kaal:entity:citation-mechanism`

**Status.** derived

This node is assembled mechanically from the 3 claims that carry the concept tag `citation-mechanism`. It is a roster of what the corpus says under this term. It is **not** an adjudicated definition: no single statement here has been ruled canonical, and no first-appearance call has been made. Read the claims and judge for yourself.

## Every claim under this term

3 claims across 2 works, 2024 to 2026.

**2024**

- [4957318-033](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/4957318-033) [mechanism/asserted] -- In the WDAG system a legal precedent or rule that gains favor because it is effective automatically receives a higher weight, and that weight is set by user preferences and citations rather than by any legislative act.
  > In the WDAG system, when a new legal precedent or rule gains favor due to its effectiveness, it automatically receives a higher weight in the system based on user preferences and citations.
  Wulf A. Kaal, The Future of Law - Dynamic Web3 Governance (2024). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4957318
- [4957318-038](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/4957318-038) [mechanism/asserted] -- Political resistance to repeal dissolves under the WDAG model because a rule that loses substantial backing simply diminishes in relevance through the citation mechanism, with no external legislative act of repeal to contest.
  > dynamically reflecting evolving support or opposition to legal precedents through a citation mechanism. If a legal rule loses substantial backing, its relevance diminishes organically within the WDAG framework, without the need for external legislative intervention.
  Wulf A. Kaal, The Future of Law - Dynamic Web3 Governance (2024). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4957318

**2026**

- [6269518-002](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/6269518-002) [definitional/argued] -- Because citation integrity determines both economic reward and governance power in on-chain reputation systems, the citation mechanism is a load bearing structural element of the entire governance architecture rather than an academic courtesy.
  > and when the perceived value of contributions is itself a function of how subsequent work references prior work, the integrity of the citation mechanism becomes a load-bearing structural element of the entire governance architecture.
  Wulf A. Kaal, Citation Honesty Mechanisms in Weighted Directed Acyclic Graph Governance (2026). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=6269518

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