Library taxonomy retrieval
#24 · Domain: Library science · Category: memory · Difficulty: 🟡 Medium
Core principle
Classification maps relationships — not just keyword proximity.
AI problem addressed
Embedding-only misses structurally related but differently worded concepts.
Implementation
- Semantic search (embeddings)
- Taxonomic browse (adjacent ontology nodes) Merge results; dedupe; rank by task relevance.
Boundaries
- Prototype as prompt scaffold (🟢) before full pipeline middleware (🟡/🔴)
- Category router:
ai-transfer-memory - Catalog:
ai-transfer-ecosystem-primer - Runtime plugin id:
catalog_retrieval - Also implements:
memory_palace - Merge notes: Also absorbs
memory_palace: spatial room-walk as one retrieval mode.