WebMEM™

The Protocol for Structuring, Delivering, and Conditioning Trust-Scored AI Memory on the Open Web

Procedure Fragment

Procedure Fragment is a structured, AI-ingestible representation of a specific, repeatable process or workflow, expressed in a format that allows AI systems to retrieve, follow, and explain it step-by-step. It encodes the procedural steps, conditions, and dependencies along with provenance and trust metadata to ensure consistent execution across retrieval environments.

Unlike unstructured process documentation, a Procedure Fragment is designed for machine reasoning and action—making it reusable in guided interactions, automated workflows, and compliance-driven contexts without manual reinterpretation.

🧠 Full Definition

A Procedure Fragment typically includes:

  • Procedure name — the unique label or identifier
  • Step sequence — ordered list of actions to complete the process
  • Conditions and branches — logical gates and variations based on user input or system state
  • Required inputs — data or resources needed before execution
  • Expected outputs — results or deliverables from the process
  • Provenance metadata — source, author, publication date, and license
  • Trust Layer — authority level, confidence score, and applicable context
  • Semantic relationships — links to Policy Fragments, Eligibility Fragments, and Glossary Fragments

This format ensures the procedure is both human-comprehensible and machine-operable, reducing ambiguity in execution.

📌 Key Characteristics of Procedure Fragment

  • Encodes step-by-step instructions in structured formats (YAML, JSON-LD, TTL)
  • Supports conditional branching for adaptive workflows
  • Integrates with trust and provenance metadata for credibility
  • Links to policies and eligibility criteria for compliance alignment

💡 Why It Matters

For AI-driven task execution and guidance, clarity and precision are critical. Procedure Fragments enable agentic systems to follow and explain processes exactly as intended—ensuring compliance, repeatability, and traceability.

They are especially valuable in regulated industries, technical support, onboarding processes, and public service delivery.

🌐 WebMEM Perspective

In WebMEM, Procedure Fragments sit in the Reasoning Layer of the Visibility Stack, often paired with Policy Fragments and Eligibility Fragments to create complete, executable memory objects for agentic workflows.

🗣️ Example Use

“We published a Procedure Fragment for submitting Medicare enrollment forms so AI agents can walk users through the process step-by-step.”

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