Foundation · Public Infrastructure

Open knowledge for AI governance

OCC builds and operates open, public-interest infrastructure for AI governance — knowledge bases, search and generation APIs, governance tooling — grounded in public-domain sources, run transparently as a foundation.

🔍 Search 199 chunks across 10 documents ✦ Generate explanations, quizzes, summaries ⚖ Foundation governance model { } Open API — no auth required

Mission

AI governance frameworks — the EU AI Act, NIST AI RMF, GDPR, UNESCO Recommendation — are public documents, written for everyone. In practice, access to these frameworks is unequal. OCC exists to close that gap: open infrastructure that makes authoritative AI governance knowledge searchable, accessible, and useful for any organisation.

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Public domain only

Every document is verified public-domain. No copyright risk, no licensing complexity.

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EU-hosted, privacy-first

All infrastructure on EU servers. No user tracking, no analytics, no data collection.

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Open infrastructure

Ingestion, chunking, search pipeline — open-source and reproducible. No black boxes.

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Foundation model

Governed like Apache, Mozilla, or Linux Foundation — not as a commercial product.

Generate

Enter a topic — OCC retrieves the most relevant chunks via BM25, then uses an open LLM to generate structured learning content. Always cites the primary source.

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Indexed Sources

All sources are verified public-domain documents from authoritative bodies. No copyrighted material.

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Governance

OCC follows a two-phase governance model designed for long-term independence. All foundational decisions are documented and publicly accessible.

Phase 1 — Current Build phase
  • Technical operations carried by Intelego GmbH
  • Decisions by OCC Tenant Lead
  • All foundational decisions documented
  • No proprietary dependencies — Phase 2 compatible
  • Competent authority: LfDI Baden-Württemberg
Phase 2 — Planned Independent foundation
  • Independent legal entity (gGmbH / e.V. / Stiftung)
  • Own governance board
  • Open membership
  • All decisions public within 48h
  • Trigger: legal and technical foundations complete
Intelego GmbH serves as technical carrier during the build phase — not as owner. OCC is modelled on public software foundations (Apache, Linux Foundation, Mozilla) but for AI governance standards and public-domain AI knowledge infrastructure. The goal is full independence.
01 Active

Knowledge Infrastructure

BM25 search and RAG API over 199 chunks from 10 public-domain AI governance documents. Free, open API.

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02 Planned

Governance Schema Library

Open schemas, templates, and audit tools for AI governance — machine-readable, versioned, free to use.

03 Planned

Public AI Tooling

Open-source CLI and MCP servers for AI governance workflows. Integrable into development environments.

Open API

No authentication. No rate limits. CORS enabled. Base URL: https://opencognitioncommons.org

GET /api/occ/search BM25 search over all chunks. Ranked results with snippets and source metadata.
qQuery string — required
topMax results — default 3, max 10
sourceFilter by source ID, e.g. SRC-001
POST /api/occ/rag Retrieve top-K chunks via BM25 + generate structured content via LLM.
topicTopic or question — required
formatexplanation · quiz · summary · glossary
languagede · en
top_kChunks to retrieve — 1–10, default 5
GET /api/occ/sources All indexed sources with chunk counts and metadata.
GET /api/occ/health Service health — chunk count, RAG availability, LLM model.
Quick start
# Search
curl "https://opencognitioncommons.org/api/occ/search?q=high-risk+AI+systems&top=3"

# Generate
curl -X POST "https://opencognitioncommons.org/api/occ/rag" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"topic":"prohibited AI practices","format":"summary","language":"en"}'