Reference Implementation
About the working open-source reference implementation — what it is, and the forward-dependency substrate links that resolve in a later phase.
The Standard does not depend on the reference implementation. The reference implementation is a working open-source artifact you may consult, published separately under the MIT License. The Standard is the normative text; the implementation merely demonstrates one conformant way to produce the records.
What it is
The reference implementation provides the JSON schemas for the Charter, decision records, the Article 50 disclosure block, and the conformance signals, together with a reporter that reads machine-readable signals and computes a self-declared conformance level. It is a real artifact to build against — not the Standard itself.
Forward dependency (Phase 4): the substrate links below are placeholders. The schemas and reporter live in the substrate, which is published in a later phase; these paths resolve only after the substrate copy-in. They are intentionally not link-checked at this stage.
Substrate references (placeholders — Phase 4)
- standard/v5.0/ — substrate root (placeholder; resolves after Phase 4)
- standard/v5.0/schemas/ — Charter / record / disclosure / signal JSON schemas (placeholder; resolves after Phase 4)
- standard/v5.0/mode-drift/layer-4-attestation.schema.json — Layer 4 attestation schema (placeholder; resolves after Phase 4)
- standard/v5.0/README.md — substrate overview (placeholder; resolves after Phase 4)
Until the substrate is published, start from Companion C — Implementation Guidance and the downloads.
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