Redacted excerpt; full evidence withheld. $ cd && ls -la && git log -1 --format=%H 2>/dev/null; cat README.md 2>/dev/null | head -300 exit: 0 `version` (version compatibility) and `verdict` (signature verification). The levels are `core` and `connect`; a `trust` level is reserved and has no vectors yet. ## What is normative The JSON Schemas, the registries and the vectors define the protocol. The Python checker is a reference implementation of the vectors, not a second source of truth. When they disagree, the vectors win and the checker is wrong. - Each schema describes one minor version exactly. Inside that version an unknown field is invalid, and `ext` is the place for extensions. A reader that supports `1.m` accepts documents from `1.0` to `1.m`, each against its own schema. [excerpt truncated]