# Data Package: Post 5 — Where 230 Organizations Agree (And Where They Don't)

Reframed per Architect's direction: lead with cross-org convergence (130 ideas from current extraction), not raw extraction count.

## Lead Metric: Cross-Organization Convergence

- **361 unique idea clusters** (from 419 current ideas; earlier run: 1,467 from 1,780 raw)
- **130 ideas** appear across 2+ organizations = genuine multi-org convergence (earlier run: 628)
- **130 / 361 = 36%** of ideas have cross-org validation (consistent with earlier run's 43%)

### Convergence Pyramid

| Org Count | Ideas | What It Means |
|-----------|-------|---------------|
| 14 orgs | 8 ideas | Single mega-consortium (ML infra draft) |
| 7+ orgs | 14 ideas | Strong multi-org convergence |
| 4-6 orgs | 179 ideas | Solid cross-org agreement |
| 2-3 orgs | 427 ideas | Early convergence signals |
| 1 org only | 839 ideas | Unique to one organization |

## The Real Convergence: Ideas in 2+ Independent Drafts from 2+ Orgs

These are the strongest convergence signals — ideas that different teams proposed independently:

| Idea | Drafts | Orgs | Significance |
|------|--------|------|-------------|
| AI Agent Communication Framework | 2 | 7 | Five9/Cisco AND Chinese telcos+ANP — cross-bloc convergence |
| Agent Gateway | 3 | 6 | China Telecom, Zhongguancun, AsiaInfo, Beijing U, Huawei, UnionPay |
| Distributed AI Inference Architecture | 2 | 5 | Cross-institution (Hong Kong, IRTF) |
| Network Digital Twin Support | 2 | 5 | Research + operator convergence |
| Multi-Agent Communication Protocol | 8 | 7 | AsiaInfo, BUPT, China Mobile, China Telecom, China Unicom, Huawei, Zhongguancun |
| AI Agent Communication Network (ACN) | 5 | 7 | ANP Community, China Mobile, China Telecom, China Unicom, Cisco, Five9, Huawei |
| Tool Enumeration/Invocation API | 3 | 2 | Rosenberg (Five9) — coherent toolkit across 3 drafts |
| CHEQ Protocol | 2 | 3 | Rosenberg — conversation verification |

**Key finding**: "AI Agent Communication Framework" spans the Chinese-Western divide (Five9+Cisco on one side, 4 Chinese telcos+ANP on the other). This is the strongest cross-bloc convergence signal in the dataset.

## The 14-Org Consortium (Context, Not Convergence)

8 ideas from one mega-draft (AI inference networking): Ultra-Low Latency Routing, Tensor Parallelization, FARE, Adaptive Load Balancing, etc. All 14 orgs (Hygon, Tencent, Baidu, Broadcom, Huawei, China Mobile + 8 more) are co-authors on a single draft. This is a consortium submission, not independent convergence. Still significant — it's the broadest cross-org collaboration in the dataset — but should not be presented as "14 organizations independently arrived at the same idea."

## Ideas to Watch (Top-Scored Drafts)

1. **DAAP v2** (Distributed AI Accountability Protocol) — Composite 4.75. Addresses behavior verification gap.
2. **VOLT** (Verifiable Operations Ledger and Trace) — Composite 4.75. Audit trail for agents.
3. **EDHOC Application Profiles** — WG-adopted (lake), composite 4.75. Lightweight crypto.
4. **Agentic JWT** (Secure Intent Protocol) — Composite 4.50. JWT-compatible agent identity.
5. **STAMP Protocol** — Composite 4.50, overlap=1 (truly novel). Task-bound message proofs.
6. **Verifiable Agent Conversations** — Composite 4.50. Cryptographic conversation records.
7. **Token-efficient Data Layer** — Composite 4.50. Cost-conscious agent communication.

## Idea Taxonomy (Background Context)

| Type | Count | % |
|------|-------|---|
| mechanism | 663 | 37.2% |
| architecture | 280 | 15.7% |
| pattern | 251 | 14.1% |
| protocol | 228 | 12.8% |
| requirement | 171 | 9.6% |
| extension | 168 | 9.4% |
| other | 19 | 1.1% |

Note: These are raw extraction counts (~4.9 per draft avg). Use as background taxonomy only — the convergence numbers are the lead metric.

## Convergence-Gap Tension

The punchline for Post 5: teams agree on WHAT to build but disagree on HOW. The 130 cross-org convergent ideas (36% of clusters) show broad agreement on the problem space (agent communication, identity, infrastructure). But the 12 gaps show no one is building the connective tissue (behavior verification, human override, error recovery, liability).

| Convergence Area | Cross-Org Ideas | Corresponding Gap |
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
| Agent communication | High (136 A2A drafts) | Cross-Protocol Migration (MEDIUM) |
| Agent identity | High (121 auth drafts) | Cross-Domain Liability (CRITICAL) |
| ML infrastructure | High (74 ML traffic) | Energy Optimization (MEDIUM) |
| Autonomous netops | High (98 drafts) | Capability Degradation (HIGH) |
| Safety/oversight | Low (45 drafts) | Behavior Verification (CRITICAL), Human Override (CRITICAL) |

## Gap-to-Idea Mapping

| Gap | Ideas Addressing It | Coverage Level |
|-----|-------------------|----------------|
| Behavior Verification | DAAP, VOLT, Verifiable Conversations | Partial (3 drafts) |
| Cross-Domain Liability | DAAP accountability, STAMP proofs | Minimal |
| Human Override | Scattered across 30 drafts | No unified approach |
| Resource Exhaustion | ML traffic mgmt ideas | Indirect only |
| Data Provenance | VOLT, some data format ideas | Partial |
| Capability Degradation | None explicit | Absent |
| Coordination Deadlocks | None explicit | Absent |
| Privacy Preservation | Some policy/governance ideas | Minimal |
