The Passage Chunking Engine Specification defines a complete, implementation-agnostic framework for transforming large bodies of text into structured, context-aware chunks that can be efficiently searched, analyzed, and processed by AI systems. The specification supports both structural chunking methods, such as verses, paragraphs, and sections, and semantic chunking methods that group related content by theme, topic, or meaning. It also provides configurable chunk sizing, rich metadata tracking, and standardized chunk objects to ensure consistency across archives, retrieval systems, and language model applications.
Designed for self-hosted and privacy-focused deployments, the specification includes comprehensive instructions for context overlap handling and sliding window processing to preserve continuity between adjacent passages. This makes it particularly valuable for retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), vector search, digital libraries, legal and regulatory document systems, religious and historical corpora, research repositories, and long-form knowledge management platforms. By maintaining both document structure and semantic relationships, the specification enables developers to build high-quality text retrieval and AI systems without being locked into any specific programming language, database, or infrastructure.
This specification is released under the GNU Affero General Public License v3.0 or later (AGPL-3.0+) and may be used freely with required attribution. Attribution-free deployments require a Specification Branding License, with fees based on usage, scope, and deployment size.
Specification Repository:
- The Interpretation Layer – A modular human-in-the-loop AI system that transforms moral interpretations of textual passages into modern, grounded human narratives through a transparent and auditable computational pipeline.
The Interpretation Layer Main Page
Specification Modules:
Passage Chunking Engine Module Specification Pricing:
| Network Size | # of Users | One-Time Price | Duration |
| Small | 1 – 20 | $1,350 | Perpetual License |
| Medium | 21- 1000 | $4,800 | Perpetual License |
| Large | 1001 + | Custom Quote | Custom Quote |
