Validation & declarations
Say exactly what was checked.
A Governance Commons claim names one specification, one version, one subject, one validation method, and the evidence retained. The umbrella itself is not an adoption or certification target.
Current automated support
| Target | Published support | Public claim boundary |
|---|---|---|
| Agent Dossier | Current Python source contains structural dossier validation, with candidate-wheel CI at commit 5987cd9. Published Python 0.2.0 does not expose the Dossier target. | Until a newer Python package is published, use the exact source commit and label the evidence source-based rather than registry-installed. |
| ONS | Python 0.2.0 and npm 0.1.1 expose ONS validation, but current toolkit rules identify ONS v1.4.0 while the latest ONS repo release is v1.3.0. | Do not treat the toolkit/release mismatch as proof of ONS v1.3.0 conformance. |
| Agent Matrix | Repository source validator and tests; no shared published gc-validate target. | Label evidence manual or provisional and record the exact commit used. |
| APO | Runtime tests and local validation commands. | APO is a reference-runtime candidate, not a specification or conformance target. |
| ATP | Pre-release schema and conformance tests. | No public badge or released conformance claim. |
| Governance Record | Python governance-commons 0.2.0. | Validation checks the record contract; it does not grant authority or certify the underlying action. |
Evidence levels
Automated, manual, and provisional are different claims.
- Automated: a published validator explicitly supports the named target and version.
- Manual: documented checks were performed by an identified reviewer without a supported published validator.
- Provisional: useful implementation evidence exists, but version alignment, validator coverage, or release maturity remains unresolved.
Certification boundary: Governance Commons does not operate a certification program. Maintainer review of a declaration is a completeness check, not independent re-validation or endorsement.