Contracts

Contracts define the human-readable obligations for canonical objects. Machine enforcement is provided by the corresponding JSON Schemas.

Every object contract defines:

• an object type;
• its registered OID prefix;
• required base metadata;
• type-specific required fields;
• valid lifecycle behavior;
• provenance and relationship expectations.

The repository includes contracts for all initial canonical object types under /contracts.

A contract constrains representation and stewardship. It does not determine whether an object's claim is true.