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Canonical Architecture

How organizational authority becomes execution permission.

This page documents the institutional reference architecture for Waveframe. It is meant for technical verification, ecosystem orientation, and durable citation rather than product marketing.

Architecture Diagram

Policy becomes authority before it becomes execution permission.

Waveframe canonical architecture diagram showing governance becoming production execution through Ledger, Compiler, Contract, Normalizer, CRI-CORE, Guard, and Cloud evidence services.

Boundary Principles

Authority is owned by the organization.Waveframe does not decide what an organization should allow. It provides deterministic infrastructure for enforcing declared authority.
Contracts are built before runtime.Runtime enforcement consumes compiled authority contracts. It should not improvise policy interpretation during execution.
Proposals are explicit.Actors, mutations, artifacts, and contract references must be represented before admissibility can be evaluated.
Blocked actions do not mutate production.The execution boundary exists to prevent invalid actions from reaching the system of record.

Four Operational Flows

Authority Flow

  • Human governance
  • Governance-Ledger diagnostics and approval
  • Contract Compiler
  • Compiled Authority Contract
  • Cloud registry distribution

Proposal Flow

  • Caller supplies actor, mutation, artifacts, and contract reference
  • Proposal Normalizer validates the boundary shape
  • Canonical Proposal is passed to CRI-CORE

Execution Flow

  • Waveframe Guard intercepts the action
  • CRI-CORE evaluates admissibility
  • Allowed actions continue
  • Blocked actions never execute

Evidence Flow

  • Guard emits governed execution events
  • Cloud ingests audit evidence
  • Receipts provide durable proof of accepted events

Contract Identity Flow

Contract identity is the thread that keeps the architecture replayable. The compiler produces contract id, version, and hash. The proposal references that exact identity. CRI-CORE verifies the proposal contract hash against the compiled authority contract before deciding. A mismatch is blocked.

contract_idcontract_versioncontract_hashauthority_refregistry_entry

Boundary Responsibilities

Cloud

Distributes authority and stores durable evidence. It does not decide admissibility.

Guard

Enforces the runtime decision. It does not define authority.

CRI-CORE

Evaluates admissibility. It does not execute actions.

Compiler

Builds contracts. It does not evaluate governance at runtime.