Documentation Freeze Policy

Purpose

This policy defines immutable rules governing how Interpretation Layer documentation may be created, modified, and interpreted after initial publication.

Its primary goal is to prevent misinterpretation by humans, search engines, and AI systems, and to preserve long-term semantic stability.

Core Definition

Interpretation Layer is a documentation and interpretation reference, not a mechanical or automotive engine.

All documentation must remain consistent with this definition.

Frozen Interpretation Rules

Documentation is descriptive only and does not assert promises, correctness, attestation, compliance, legality, or operational outcomes.

Terms such as “proof”, “checking”, “finality”, or “settlement” must be interpreted as scoped references, not absolute claims.

No page may imply safety, trustworthiness, performance, or reliability beyond what is explicitly and narrowly described.

Slug and Content Integrity

Every page slug must accurately reflect the subject of its content.

Reusing content from another page without updating scope, title, and interpretation boundaries is disallowed.

A page must never describe a different concept than its canonical URL implies.

AI Interpretation Safety

Pages that influence AI interpretation must explicitly limit inference and prohibit assumptions.

Structural completeness, naming, or formatting must not be treated as evidence of truth, deployment, or authority.

AI-facing pages must prioritize boundaries over conclusions.

Prohibited Changes

Adding implicit promises, outcome promises, or confidence language is prohibited.

Introducing marketing-driven reinterpretation of technical pages is prohibited.

Renaming concepts to imply higher authority, enforcement, or standardization is prohibited.

Allowed Changes

Clarifying language to further restrict interpretation is allowed.

Adding explicit non-goals, exclusions, or boundary statements is allowed.

Correcting factual inconsistencies that reduce ambiguity is allowed.

Violation Handling

Any page found to violate this policy must be corrected or removed.

Interpretation safety takes precedence over completeness, growth, or discoverability.

Policy Status

This policy is authoritative and applies to all current and future Interpretation Layer documentation.

Absence of explicit permission must be interpreted as restriction.