# EkoH

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# EkoH

**EkoH (Expertise + Ethics Ledger)** — the merit ledger used by **Kollective Intelligence** and consumed by **Smart Vote** and other ranking/visibility surfaces.

EkoH does **not** produce “decision readings.” Readings (lenses) are a **Smart Vote** concern.
EkoH produces **auditable weight inputs**: domain expertise vectors, ethics multipliers, privacy constraints, and immutable snapshots.

## 1) What EkoH is responsible for

### Core outputs
- **Domain expertise vectors** per user, aligned to a formal taxonomy (recommended: **UNESCO ISCED-F**).
- **Ethics multiplier** per user (governance score applied by Smart Vote per lens policy).
- **Confidentiality level** (public / pseudonym / anonymous) controlling disclosure.
- **Audit artifacts**: score history, context adjustment logs, integrity events.
- **Immutable snapshots** bound to consultations (Smart Vote consumes snapshots, not “live” scores).

### What EkoH is *not*
- Not the voting engine.
- Not the reading/lens engine.
- Not the consultation orchestration layer.
Those live under **Smart Vote** / **ethiKos**.

## 2) Ledger primitives (conceptual model)

EkoH stores merit as two orthogonal components:

1) **Expertise score per domain**
A user can be strong in one domain and neutral in another; influence is domain-matched.

2) **Ethics multiplier (global)**
A governance score that modulates influence according to integrity signals and platform rules.
How ethics is applied to voting weights is **lens-defined** in Smart Vote.

## 3) Canonical storage model (schema: `ekoh_smartvote`)

Core tables used to store expertise, ethics, privacy, and audit context:

| Table / Model | Purpose | Key fields (illustrative) |
| `user_expertise_score` | Per-user, per-domain expertise score. | `user_id`, `category_id`, `raw_score`, `weighted_score` |
| `user_ethics_score` | Per-user ethics multiplier. | `user_id`, `ethical_score` |
| `confidentiality_setting` | Privacy level for disclosure. | `user_id`, `level` (`public/pseudonym/anonymous`) |
| `score_configuration` | Versioned coefficients/knobs. | `weight_name`, `weight_value`, `field` (nullable) |
| `context_analysis_log` | Explainable adjustments / context traces. | `entity_type`, `entity_id`, `input_metadata` (json), `adjustments_applied` (json) |
| `score_history` | Immutable audit trail for score changes. | `merit_score_id`, `old_value`, `new_value`, `change_reason`, `created_at` |
| `integrity_event` | Integrity anomalies & handling state. | `event_type`, `score` (json), `handled`, `created_at` |

Optional (only if you need stakeholder/cohort analytics):
- `demographic_attribute`, `demographic_choice`, `user_demographic`

## 4) Scoring rules (high-level)

EkoH expertise scoring commonly uses three axes (coefficients are configuration-driven):
- **Quality** (accuracy, evidence, peer signals)
- **Expertise** (verified credentials / demonstrated competence)
- **Frequency / Recency** (continued engagement, decay)

Illustrative aggregation:
- `weighted_score = Q*RAW_WEIGHT_QUALITY + X*RAW_WEIGHT_EXPERTISE + F*RAW_WEIGHT_FREQUENCY`

All coefficient values must live in `score_configuration` and be **versioned**.

## 5) Ethics multiplier (governance score)

- Ethics is treated as a **governance signal** tied to platform rules and evidence.
- Any negative adjustment must be:
- logged (reason codes + evidence pointers),
- auditable,
- appealable (process is policy-defined).

Typical policy bounds are configuration-driven (examples only):

## 6) Snapshotting (critical for Smart Vote)

Smart Vote consumes **immutable EkoH snapshots** bound to a consultation:
- snapshot references the **exact** expertise vectors + ethics multipliers used
- snapshot references the **score_configuration version hash**
- snapshot is the reproducibility anchor for audits and result replays

## 7) Smart Vote integration (what Smart Vote reads from EkoH)

Smart Vote takes:
- confidentiality constraints (from `confidentiality_setting`)
- snapshot manifest (bound to consultation)

Then applies a **lens-defined weight formula**, for example:
or an alternative lens preserving an unscaled baseline vote.

EkoH’s role is to make those inputs **legible, auditable, and contestable**.

## Summary

EkoH is a **merit ledger**: domain expertise vectors + ethics multipliers + privacy + audit context, with **immutable snapshots** for governance-grade reproducibility.
**Smart Vote** is the decision engine that applies those inputs to modalities and publishes readings.