Published specifications for ZLAR governance infrastructure. Permanent URLs for standards references.
Defines the canonical form for ZLAR JSON structures. Adopts RFC 8785 (JCS) with a constrained schema that eliminates known cross-language failure modes. No floats, ASCII-only property names, string-encoded timestamps. Verified across Node.js, Python, and bash with 28 test vectors.
Envelope format for portable governance proof. Base64url-encoded canonical payload, Ed25519 signature, integer version field. No algorithm negotiation. Verifiers never re-canonicalize. The receipt that goes to auditors, regulators, and counterparties.
Why no AI in the enforcement path. The gate pattern-matches against signed rules. It has no opinions. This is why it cannot be persuaded.
The format freeze decision. Versioned protocol, envelope signing, no algorithm negotiation, post-quantum transition path via version bump.