The Trust-State Standard defines deterministic requirements for canonical evidence serialization, invariant rule identity derivation, conformity artifact construction, and replay-equivalent evaluation. The specification establishes conditions under which authorization and system integrity states are independently reproducible and verifiable.
This specification defines normative integrity and authorization requirements for digital systems operating in regulated or high-assurance environments. It establishes deterministic evaluation conditions to prevent discretionary override, silent rule substitution, and non-reproducible audit outcomes.
Specifies deterministic serialization structures and cryptographic hashing requirements for trust-state evidence artifacts, ensuring reproducible identity across independent evaluation environments.
Defines invariant rule version derivation and identity-binding mechanisms to prevent silent rule substitution and ensure non-retroactive policy mutation.
Establishes mandatory evaluation conditions under which identical canonical inputs and rule identities SHALL produce identical conformity artifacts without discretionary override.
The Trust-State Standard is stewarded and published by VTI Foundation, Inc. Conformance claims MUST reference the applicable version number of the specification. Certification and independent verification processes are governed under published authority guidelines.