# Edge weights

`kaal:entity:edge-weights`

**Status.** derived

This node is assembled mechanically from the 2 claims that carry the concept tag `edge-weights`. 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

2 claims across 2 works, 2024 to 2025.

**2024**

- [4941807-035](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/4941807-035) [mechanism/argued] -- Edge weights in the governance graph quantify the relevance, authority, or impact of each precedent or citation, and it is this weighting that steers decision making by surfacing the most pertinent governance pathways.
  > system, the weights on the edges could quantify the relevance, authority, or impact of each precedent or citation, guiding the decision-making processes
  Wulf A. Kaal, AI Governance Via Web3 Reputation System (2024). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4941807

**2025**

- [5887242-016](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/5887242-016) [design/argued] -- Edge weights in the Codex graph reflect citation frequency, recency, jurisdictional relevance and expert validation strength, and the acyclic property prevents circular reasoning while still permitting unlimited forward growth of the Codex.
  > Edge weights reflect citation frequency, recency, jurisdictional relevance, and expert validation strength. The acyclic property prevents circular reasoning while permitting unlimited forward growth.
  Wulf A. Kaal, The UDLC DAO Operationalizing a Continuously Evolving Universal Digital Law Codex Through Weighted (2025). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=5887242

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