Evidence layer
Probative surfaces brought into scope by this page
This page does more than point to governance files. It is also anchored to surfaces that make observation, traceability, fidelity, and audit more reconstructible. Their order below makes the minimal evidence chain explicit.
- 01Canon and scopeDefinitions canon
Definitions canon
/canon.md
Opposable base for identity, scope, roles, and negations that must survive synthesis.
- Makes provable
- The reference corpus against which fidelity can be evaluated.
- Does not prove
- Neither that a system already consults it nor that an observed response stays faithful to it.
- Use when
- Before any observation, test, audit, or correction.
Discovery surface
A discovery surface is a page, file, index or route that helps systems find relevant content, definitions, services or proof paths. It guides access, but it does not by itself govern interpretation.
Examples include indexes, hubs, route maps and short machine-facing entry points. They are useful when they point to stronger sources instead of pretending to replace them.
Short definition
Discovery surfaces reduce friction. Governance surfaces define precedence, authority, limits and legitimacy. Confusing the two creates false confidence.
What it is not
A discovery surface is not a ranking factor, not a proof artifact and not a guarantee of model compliance. It is a routing aid.
Governance implication
Discovery surfaces should point toward the sources that can legitimately govern claims. This is why an llms.txt-type entry can be useful as discovery while remaining insufficient as governance.