Conformance

1. Definition of Conformance

Conformance to the Trust-State Standard requires full adherence to all normative clauses and annexes defined in the referenced published version.

Conformance is established when identical canonical inputs under identical rule identities produce identical conformity artifacts across independent implementations.

2. Deterministic Replay Requirement

A conformant implementation MUST satisfy replay-equivalent evaluation as defined in the Standard. Independent recomputation of canonical evidence, rule identity, and artifact hash must reproduce the original outcome without variance.

3. Version-Bound Conformance

Conformance claims SHALL reference a specific published version of the Trust-State Standard.

Claims that do not identify a version number are invalid.

4. Invalid Conformance Conditions

An implementation SHALL NOT claim conformance if:

• Canonical serialization rules are altered
• Rule identity derivation is modified
• Replay evaluation permits non-deterministic variance
• Artifact structure fields are omitted or redefined

5. Certification

Certification programs, if applicable, are version-bound and governed separately. Certification does not alter the normative requirements of the Trust-State Standard.

6. Canonical Reference

The authoritative form of Trust-State Standard v1.1 is the canonical PDF release published under the Releases archive and verified by its published SHA-256 hash.

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