A meta-protocol?
Discussion
perhaps
maybe:
auto-protocol
recursive protocol
self-describing, self-defining, self-referential, floating, evolving, unanchored protocol
Coming up with names for these concepts is challenging but important. Been working on this for years and only came up with DCoSL some time last month as I was musing how to describe it to nostr:npub1clk6vc9xhjp8q5cws262wuf2eh4zuvwupft03hy4ttqqnm7e0jrq3upup9 in bitcoin park