GRF-008 · Internal Graph and Architecture

Keep topical communities coherent

• Structural
• IF
• AND
• NOT
• THEN
• ELSE

The decision

• IF
  • a link crosses unrelated topic communities without user need
• THEN
  • remove or avoid it
• ELSE
  • retain cross-topic links that represent a real prerequisite, comparison, or journey edge

Primary metric

topical edge precision

Guardrail

over-siloing

Reason

Makes the decision explicit, measurable, and reversible where possible.

LAKA levels

• Structural

Operators

• IF
• AND
• NOT
• THEN
• ELSE

Governs gates

none directly

Source

04-IF-ELSE-AND-OR-RULEBOOK.md — GRF-008 — Keep topical communities coherent

The other eleven rules in Internal Graph and Architecture

• GRF-001 Link every priority page IF a page is intended to receive organic visibility Baseline
• GRF-002 Use descriptive anchors IF anchor text is generic and a natural descriptive label is available Minor
• GRF-003 Require user context for links IF a proposed link does not help the reader understand, compare, verify, or take the next step Minor
• GRF-004 Create hubs for navigation needs IF a coherent task family requires users to choose among multiple paths Structural
• GRF-005 Validate supporting assets IF an adjacent question has independent demand, a complete answer, and a useful relationship to a core asset Major
• GRF-006 Reduce excessive depth IF important pages are difficult to reach through internal navigation Structural
• GRF-007 Use strong internal sources deliberately IF an authoritative owned page can naturally support a high-value target Minor
• GRF-009 Make links crawlable IF navigation or internal discovery relies on nonstandard scripted interactions Structural
• GRF-010 Concentrate, do not hoard IF many low-value pages dilute attention and internal graph flow Structural
• GRF-011 Update the graph after migrations IF a page is merged, redirected, renamed, or retired Structural
• GRF-012 Measure paths, not link counts alone IF internal linking is evaluated Baseline