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Conformance Checklist

This document defines the criteria for determining whether an artifact conforms to the Contextual Evidence & Explanations specification.

Identifiers referenced in this document are the sole normative reference. Ordering and formatting are non-normative.

An artifact may be a specification, schema, implementation, repository, or other deliverable claiming conformance.

Conformance Overview

An artifact CONFORMS if and only if:

  • all mandatory requirements are satisfied
  • no prohibited assertions are present
  • conformance with Structural Explainability (SE), Accountable Entities (AE), and Evolution Protocol (EP) is preserved

CEE conformance is additive and overlay-only. CEE MUST NOT modify or reinterpret substrate records.

Failure of any single check constitutes non-conformance.

CEE.ATTESTATION

  • Attestations reference explanation records and context tags.
  • Attestations identify asserting actors and scope of claim.
  • Attestations do not certify correctness or authority.
  • Fail if: attestations are treated as validation, certification, or enforcement.

CEE.CONFORMANCE.AE.EP.REQUIRED

  • All references to entities, events, or histories resolve to AE and EP identifiers.
  • No AE identity regime or EP graph rule is redefined or overridden.
  • Fail if: identity, structure, or graph evolution is altered by CEE artifacts.

CEE.CONFORMANCE.SE.REQUIRED

  • The artifact explicitly claims conformance with Structural Explainability.
  • No CEE construct weakens or bypasses SE neutrality constraints.
  • Fail if: epistemic, causal, or normative commitments are embedded as substrate facts.

CEE.CONTEXT.TAG

  • Context tags are external to substrate records.
  • Context tags scope interpretation only.
  • Context tags may coexist, overlap, or conflict.
  • Fail if: context tags modify or reinterpret substrate structure.

CEE.DEFINITION.CORE

  • The artifact treats CEE as an interpretive overlay.
  • Interpretive content is attached only via references to substrate artifacts.
  • Fail if: CEE is treated as a structural, operational, or authoritative layer.

CEE.EXPLANATION.RECORD

  • Explanation records reference substrate identifiers.
  • Explanation records do not assert structural change.
  • Multiple explanation records may reference the same substrate history.
  • Fail if: explanations alter, replace, or overwrite substrate records.

CEE.MULTIPLICITY

  • Multiple explanations, attestations, and provenance chains are supported.
  • Conflicting interpretations may coexist without forced resolution.
  • Fail if: reconciliation, prioritization, or resolution is required for conformance.

CEE.PROVENANCE

  • Provenance records describe derivation of CEE-level artifacts only.
  • Provenance does not revise or reinterpret substrate history.
  • Fail if: provenance is applied to substrate events, identities, or graph evolution.

CEE.SCOPE.EXCLUSIONS

Verify that the artifact does not define:

  • substrate identity rules
  • graph validity or evolution rules
  • causal or predictive models
  • epistemic validation or truth criteria
  • normative judgment or enforcement

Presence of any of the above constitutes non-conformance.

Final Determination

An artifact CONFORMS if:

  • all checks above pass, and
  • no prohibited assertions are present.

Otherwise, the artifact is NON-CONFORMANT.

Conformance Declaration

Artifacts claiming conformance SHOULD include a declaration of the form:

Conforms to: CEE Specification vx.y
Conforms to: EP Specification vx.y
Conforms to: AE Specification vx.y
Conforms to: SE Specification vx.y