| # Chapter 2: Core Architecture | |
| Aegis-Graph is built on a sovereign, decentralized backbone. It moves away from centralized database queries and towards dynamic reasoning. | |
| ### 2.1 The Sovereignty Principle | |
| Data is audited locally. Only anonymized metadata hashes are shared across the node federation. | |
| ### 2.2 System Components | |
| - **Core Engine**: Orchestrates the agent swarm. | |
| - **Institutional Knowledge Node**: The private data source for each university. | |