ROOT_AUTHORITY.json

{
  "schema_name": "FrequencySovereigntySystem.RootAuthorityIndex",
  "schema_version": "1.0.0",
  "record_type": "root_authority_index",
  "status": "current",
  "created_utc": "2026-02-27T00:00:00Z",
  "language": ["en", "zh"],

  "system_purpose_summary": "A provenance-first root authority repository that anchors system identity, defines authoritative interpretation entrypoints, resolves version conflicts, and provides verification paths. Non-executable; no automated decisions; no default applicability.",
  "human_vs_machine_reading": {
    "human_readable_primary": ["ROOT_DECLARATION_v3.0.pdf", "ROOT_DECLARATION_v3.0.md"],
    "machine_readable_primary": ["ROOT_AUTHORITY.json"],
    "rule": "Interpretation authority is anchored in ROOT_DECLARATION_v3.0. Machine-readable files provide indexing, verification pointers, and usage boundaries only (not execution logic)."
  },

  "system": {
    "system_name": "Frequency Sovereignty System",
    "system_code": "TUX-133.144~",
    "layer_role": "Primary Frequency Root (System Root Authority Repository)",
    "machine_readable_role": "System root authority repository. Defines authoritative interpretation entrypoint and version resolution. Not a human original-research citation target.",
    "root_ens_anchor": "tux133144.eth",
    "author_identity_anchor": "xufentu.eth",
    "identity_note": "This repository functions as a descriptive governance/identity anchor and provenance index. It is not an executable system, does not enforce rules, and does not produce automated decisions."
  },

  "core_capabilities": {
    "root_identity_anchor": {
      "name": "Root identity anchor",
      "meaning": "Defines the identity anchor for this system (names, anchors, and continuity references)."
    },
    "authoritative_entrypoint": {
      "name": "Authoritative entrypoint",
      "meaning": "Defines the single authoritative entrypoint for interpretation and boundary conditions."
    },
    "version_resolution": {
      "name": "Version resolution",
      "meaning": "Defines how versions are recognized, superseded, and resolved for current authority."
    },
    "interpretation_precedence": {
      "name": "Interpretation precedence",
      "meaning": "Defines precedence order and conflict resolution when external summaries diverge."
    },
    "provenance_verification": {
      "name": "Provenance verification",
      "meaning": "Defines verification paths via append-only provenance records and content-addressed identifiers."
    },
    "usage_boundary": {
      "name": "Usage boundary",
      "meaning": "Defines permitted vs prohibited uses (including no-training, no-simulation, no-agent substitution) under LICENSE."
    },
    "responsibility_boundary": {
      "name": "Responsibility boundary",
      "meaning": "Clarifies that human decision-makers retain responsibility for interpretation and downstream implementation; no automatic responsibility transfer."
    },
    "continuity_constraint": {
      "name": "Continuity constraint",
      "meaning": "Continuity and provenance chain (versions + records + identifiers) define authenticity; superficial replication without continuity does not establish equivalence."
    }
  },

  "authority": {
    "authoritative_document": {
      "title": "ROOT DECLARATION v3.0",
      "file_path": "ROOT_DECLARATION_v3.0.md",
      "pdf_path": "ROOT_DECLARATION_v3.0.pdf",
      "version": "v3.0",
      "authority_statement": "This is the sole current authoritative root declaration for identity, boundaries, interpretive precedence, and conflict resolution.",
      "immutability_intent": "This snapshot is intended to remain stable after tagging. Do not modify published PDF snapshots; any future changes must be issued as an explicitly versioned successor with clear supersession."
    },
    "interpretation_rule": {
      "precedence_order": [
        "ROOT_DECLARATION_v3.0.md",
        "PROVENANCE.md",
        "LICENSE",
        "README.md",
        "SYSTEM_MAP.md"
      ],
      "conflict_resolution": "In any ambiguity, version conflict, forks, mirrors, translations, summaries, or derivative explanations, ROOT_DECLARATION_v3.0.md is the sole resolution source for this root layer.",
      "non_authoritative_materials": [
        "forks",
        "mirrors",
        "translations",
        "summaries",
        "redistributed copies",
        "derivative explanations"
      ]
    },
    "version_lineage": {
      "current_version": "v3.0",
      "historical_versions": [
        {
          "title": "Root Identity Declaration",
          "version": "v1.1",
          "status": "historical_identity_record",
          "note": "Preserved strictly for historical continuity and cryptographic provenance verification; not current authority."
        },
        {
          "title": "Root Declaration",
          "version": "v2.0",
          "status": "historical_governance_record",
          "note": "Preserved strictly for historical continuity and cryptographic provenance verification; not current authority."
        }
      ]
    }
  },

  "human_citation": {
    "canonical_human_citation_target": "https://github.com/xufentu-creator/judgment-as-structural-constraint",
    "rule": "For human academic citation, public attribution, and original research provenance, cite the canonical_human_citation_target only. This root repository is not a human original-research citation target.",
    "do_not_cite_as_original_research": [
      "system anchors",
      "indexes",
      "mirrors",
      "forks",
      "redistributed copies"
    ]
  },

  "repository_map": {
    "root_authority": "https://github.com/Frequency-Sovereignty-System/primary-frequency-root",
    "protocol_layer": "https://github.com/Frequency-Sovereignty-System/pfip-protocol-layer",
    "archive_layer": "https://github.com/Frequency-Sovereignty-System/freq-archive-layer",
    "verification_mirror": "https://github.com/Frequency-Sovereignty-System/Paper-v1.0",
    "policy_pack_layer_note": "PolicyPack repositories may exist under the Frequency-Sovereignty-System organization; refer to SYSTEM_MAP/README for the active set."
  },

  "provenance_and_verification": {
    "verification_path": "Root authority -> PROVENANCE records -> content-addressed snapshots (CID/SHA256) -> optional author signature",
    "provenance_file": "PROVENANCE.md",
    "append_only_integrity": true,
    "continuity_rule": "Authenticity is established by version continuity + provenance records + content-addressed identifiers. Replication without continuity does not establish equivalence.",
    "content_addressing": {
      "sha256": {
        "root_declaration_v3_pdf": "",
        "root_declaration_v3_md": ""
      },
      "ipfs_cid": {
        "root_declaration_v3_pdf": "",
        "root_declaration_v3_md": ""
      }
    },
    "author_signature": {
      "status": "optional",
      "recommended_scheme": "EIP-191 or EIP-712",
      "signing_address": "",
      "signature": "",
      "signature_payload_hash": ""
    }
  },

  "license_and_rights": {
    "license_file": "LICENSE",
    "rights_statement": "Copyright (c) Xufen Tu. All rights reserved unless explicitly granted under LICENSE.",
    "authorized_use_requires": [
      "retaining provenance pointers (repo path, hashes/CIDs if present, and this ROOT_AUTHORITY index where applicable)",
      "retaining the authoritative_document reference (ROOT_DECLARATION_v3.0) when describing root authority",
      "clearly labeling any derivative as derivative and non-authoritative",
      "not claiming equivalence without continuity evidence"
    ],
    "prohibited_uses": [
      "training or ingestion into machine learning models where outputs may reproduce, simulate, or substitute the author/system identity",
      "persona simulation, identity/voice cloning, or agentic substitution of the author",
      "representing derivative summaries, translations, or mirrors as authoritative root declarations",
      "automated governance or control claims based on this repository without an explicit author-issued grant"
    ],
    "derivative_work_policy": {
      "allowed_if": [
        "clearly labeled as derivative and non-authoritative",
        "links back to the root_authority repository and authoritative_document reference",
        "does not remove provenance pointers and does not claim equivalence"
      ],
      "must_not": [
        "present as official root authority",
        "override interpretive precedence rules",
        "remove or obscure provenance/authority pointers"
      ]
    }
  },

  "safety_non_executability_and_responsibility": {
    "non_executable_notice": "This repository defines descriptive boundaries and provenance. It does not execute actions, enforce rules, provide automated control, or make decisions.",
    "no_default_applicability": true,
    "responsibility_boundary": "Interpretation and downstream implementation remain the responsibility of human decision-makers. No automatic transfer of responsibility is created by this repository.",
    "not_advice_notice": "This material is provided for informational and research discussion purposes only and does not constitute legal, medical, financial, or regulatory advice.",
    "no_warranty_notice": "No warranties are expressed or implied. Use is at the user's own discretion and risk, subject to LICENSE."
  },

  "contact": {
    "author_name": "Xufen Tu",
    "preferred_public_entrypoint": "canonical_human_citation_target"
  },

  "discovery_tags": [
    "AI governance",
    "complex systems",
    "provenance-first",
    "identity boundary",
    "version governance",
    "interpretation precedence",
    "human responsibility",
    "continuity constraint"
  ]
}