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6.3 Overview of node classification

Dismantle the node system from the four dimensions of function, level, industry and region.

UpdatedOct 20, 2018

6.3 · Classification Overview

Classification ontology = schema for operations and settlement; one-dimensional labels will cause matching and internal control to fail at the same time.

Multidimensional classification is not a document obsession, but an infrastructure for routing and risk control: without a unified type ontology, CRM will repeatedly reach the same LP, PoB cannot mark the dominant party and collaborators, and it is difficult for governance to cut the boundaries of national representation.

Four orthogonal axesFunction (what to do), level (coverage), industry (which track), region (geographic anchor)

TradFi mappingFunction ≈ product lines and licenses; level ≈ headquarters—region—industry group; region ≈ branch coverage

system dependenciesSearch, permissions, conflict detection, PoB templates and KPI sets are all hung on multi-dimensional tags

Functional dimension (what to do)

Project nodeCarrying token economic design, online path, compliance narrative and financing milestones; the origin of the demand side.

capital nodeFamily offices, venture capital, market makers, ecological funds; provide check size, decision-making rhythm and structural preferences.

service nodeLaw firms, auditing, security, development, branding, research; turn referrals into deliverable SOWs.

distribution nodeExchanges, media, KOL, conference organizers; undertake liquidity and market narrative.

Regional nodeNational master node, city node; bringing global agreements to local relationships and activities.

Agent nodeThe automated executors of bound workflows: screening, reaching, monitoring, and reporting must have SLAs and traces.

Typical composite portrait: A Tokyo-based AI venture capital can be simultaneously marked in the system as "capital node + Japan geographical anchor point + AI industry node + seat at a certain level". When matching, select subsets according to scenarios to avoid using a single label to describe business reality.

PoB and settlement require knowing "who signed and endorsed what role"; multidimensional classification is the lowest-cost solution to compile real business relationships into a system executable structure.

Operational failure modes when classification is missing

matching noiseThe same LP is promoted by three lines at the same time; similar to the collision of orders when an investment bank lacks a customer coverage matrix.

CRM collapseThe funnel stage cannot be sliced by function and region, and prediction and review lose granularity.

PoB controversyThe leading recommender, collaborative execution party, and pure information party are mixed, and the distribution rules cannot be implemented.

Expansion cannot be copiedThere is no standard seat package when the new market is launched: What are the KPIs for national master nodes, city nodes, and track ambassadors?

Align with TradFi: Customer data of large investment banks are also cut into cubes by industry group, region, and product authority; WCN only exposes the aspects to on-chain collaboration and PoB, so that the external ecosystem can also read the same set of structures.

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