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LCDL overlay: Validation, Verification, and Assurance Intelligence

Design and test-contract bundle; no runtime implementation or operational certification is claimed. The manifest, schemas, validators, test suite, and task identities are complete enough for repository-native…

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Design and test-contract bundle; no runtime implementation or operational certification is claimed. The manifest, schemas, validators, test suite, and task identities are complete enough for repository-native implementation; no placeholder task code is included.

Capability contracts

Capability ID Candidate task ID Required output artifacts Release validators
capability.general.validation-verification.define_validation_object_and_stakes intelligence_validation_verification_define_validation_object_and_stakes_v1 artifact.general.validation-verification.validation_charter validator.general.validation-verification.01_claim_requirement_criterion_evidence_method_result_and_owner_coverage
capability.general.validation-verification.derive_assurance_criteria intelligence_validation_verification_derive_assurance_criteria_v1 artifact.general.validation-verification.assurance_and_acceptance_criteria validator.general.validation-verification.05_bounded_pass_fail_conditional_inconclusive_release_and_certification_lan
capability.general.validation-verification.build_traceability_matrix intelligence_validation_verification_build_traceability_matrix_v1 artifact.general.validation-verification.claim_requirement_traceability_matrix validator.general.validation-verification.01_claim_requirement_criterion_evidence_method_result_and_owner_coverage, validator.general.validation-verification.02_generator_validator_separation_conflict_of_interest_and_review_strength, validator.general.validation-verification.03_test_environment_data_code_configuration_and_rerun_consistency
capability.general.validation-verification.select_verification_methods intelligence_validation_verification_select_verification_methods_v1 artifact.general.validation-verification.verification_and_validation_plan validator.general.validation-verification.01_claim_requirement_criterion_evidence_method_result_and_owner_coverage, validator.general.validation-verification.02_generator_validator_separation_conflict_of_interest_and_review_strength
capability.general.validation-verification.validate_intended_use_and_stakeholder_fit intelligence_validation_verification_validate_intended_use_and_stakeholder_fit_v1 artifact.general.validation-verification.intended_use_and_stakeholder_fit_assessment validator.general.validation-verification.01_claim_requirement_criterion_evidence_method_result_and_owner_coverage, validator.general.validation-verification.05_bounded_pass_fail_conditional_inconclusive_release_and_certification_lan
capability.general.validation-verification.run_boundary_adversarial_and_robustness_tests intelligence_validation_verification_run_boundary_adversarial_and_robustness_tests_v1 artifact.general.validation-verification.test_and_inspection_suite, artifact.general.validation-verification.adversarial_and_robustness_report validator.general.validation-verification.04_boundary_counterexample_misuse_distribution_shift_and_failure_mode_cover, validator.general.validation-verification.03_test_environment_data_code_configuration_and_rerun_consistency
capability.general.validation-verification.triangulate_and_reproduce_evidence intelligence_validation_verification_triangulate_and_reproduce_evidence_v1 artifact.general.validation-verification.evidence_triangulation_matrix validator.general.validation-verification.01_claim_requirement_criterion_evidence_method_result_and_owner_coverage, validator.general.validation-verification.02_generator_validator_separation_conflict_of_interest_and_review_strength, validator.general.validation-verification.03_test_environment_data_code_configuration_and_rerun_consistency
capability.general.validation-verification.adjudicate_discrepancies intelligence_validation_verification_adjudicate_discrepancies_v1 artifact.general.validation-verification.discrepancy_and_deviation_log validator.general.validation-verification.01_claim_requirement_criterion_evidence_method_result_and_owner_coverage, validator.general.validation-verification.03_test_environment_data_code_configuration_and_rerun_consistency, validator.general.validation-verification.02_generator_validator_separation_conflict_of_interest_and_review_strength
capability.general.validation-verification.issue_bounded_validation_status intelligence_validation_verification_issue_bounded_validation_status_v1 artifact.general.validation-verification.validation_report, artifact.general.validation-verification.residual_risk_and_release_decision validator.general.validation-verification.05_bounded_pass_fail_conditional_inconclusive_release_and_certification_lan, validator.general.validation-verification.01_claim_requirement_criterion_evidence_method_result_and_owner_coverage, validator.general.validation-verification.02_generator_validator_separation_conflict_of_interest_and_review_strength

Each capability contract in the manifest defines inputs, outputs, preconditions, postconditions, method-selection rules, invariant references, failure states, risk gate, metrics, and the existing forge-lcdl tasks/operators to compose.

Artifact schemas

Artifact type Schema reference Required payload fields Sensitivity
artifact.general.validation-verification.validation_charter ../schemas/artifacts/validation-verification.schema.json#/$defs/validation_charter purpose, scope, stakeholders, requirements, constraints, assumptions, success_criteria internal
artifact.general.validation-verification.assurance_and_acceptance_criteria ../schemas/artifacts/validation-verification.schema.json#/$defs/assurance_and_acceptance_criteria requirement_ids, requirement_statements, acceptance_criteria, verification_method, owner, status, traceability_refs internal
artifact.general.validation-verification.claim_requirement_traceability_matrix ../schemas/artifacts/validation-verification.schema.json#/$defs/claim_requirement_traceability_matrix purpose, scope, entities_or_nodes, relations_or_edges, assumptions, boundary, validation_evidence internal
artifact.general.validation-verification.verification_and_validation_plan ../schemas/artifacts/validation-verification.schema.json#/$defs/verification_and_validation_plan objective, scope, steps, dependencies, constraints, owners, timing, contingencies, review_triggers internal
artifact.general.validation-verification.test_and_inspection_suite ../schemas/artifacts/validation-verification.schema.json#/$defs/test_and_inspection_suite purpose, context, content, assumptions, evidence_refs, status, next_actions internal
artifact.general.validation-verification.evidence_triangulation_matrix ../schemas/artifacts/validation-verification.schema.json#/$defs/evidence_triangulation_matrix purpose, scope, entities_or_nodes, relations_or_edges, assumptions, boundary, validation_evidence internal
artifact.general.validation-verification.adversarial_and_robustness_report ../schemas/artifacts/validation-verification.schema.json#/$defs/adversarial_and_robustness_report question_or_standard, criteria, evidence, findings, uncertainty, limitations, status, recommended_actions internal
artifact.general.validation-verification.discrepancy_and_deviation_log ../schemas/artifacts/validation-verification.schema.json#/$defs/discrepancy_and_deviation_log entries, entry_ids, owners, status, source_refs, updated_at internal
artifact.general.validation-verification.validation_report ../schemas/artifacts/validation-verification.schema.json#/$defs/validation_report question_or_standard, criteria, evidence, findings, uncertainty, limitations, status, recommended_actions internal
artifact.general.validation-verification.residual_risk_and_release_decision ../schemas/artifacts/validation-verification.schema.json#/$defs/residual_risk_and_release_decision decision_id, decision_or_question, options_or_routes, governing_constraints, evidence_refs, rationale, status, owner, next_action, review_or_reopen_triggers internal
artifact.general.validation-verification.intended_use_and_stakeholder_fit_assessment ../schemas/artifacts/validation-verification.schema.json#/$defs/intended_use_and_stakeholder_fit_assessment question_or_standard, criteria, evidence, findings, uncertainty, limitations, status, recommended_actions internal

Validators

Validator ID Kind Automation Severity Failure action
validator.general.validation-verification.01_claim_requirement_criterion_evidence_method_result_and_owner_coverage traceability hybrid major repair
validator.general.validation-verification.02_generator_validator_separation_conflict_of_interest_and_review_strength independence hybrid major repair
validator.general.validation-verification.03_test_environment_data_code_configuration_and_rerun_consistency reproducibility hybrid major repair
validator.general.validation-verification.04_boundary_counterexample_misuse_distribution_shift_and_failure_mode_cover adversarial hybrid minor conditional_pass
validator.general.validation-verification.05_bounded_pass_fail_conditional_inconclusive_release_and_certification_lan status_policy hybrid minor conditional_pass

Validator checks return itemized evidence and support pass, conditional_pass, fail, inconclusive, or a governed repair/escalation path. Generation does not self-certify.

Existing execution substrate

Tasks to reuse: contradiction_scan, decompose_problem, extract_schema_from_text, formula_eval_safe, llm_boolean_gate, llm_enum_route, llm_multi_label, plan_decision_pack
Operators to reuse: branch, fallback_chain, for_each, optional_step, seq, try_catch, until_ok

Cross-intelligence handoff

  • artifact_id, type, version, producer capability, provenance, scope, assumptions, uncertainty, sensitivity, validation status, and next action
  • No free-text handoff may replace a required typed artifact when a downstream validator depends on structure.

Information-loss checks: - all hard constraints preserved - all blocker findings preserved - source scope and date preserved - assumptions and dissent preserved - units, time zones, identifiers, and uncertainty preserved

Evaluation and release

Suite: ../evaluation_suites/validation-verification.yaml

  • 100% schema validity for released artifacts
  • 100% material traceability
  • no unresolved blocker validator
  • no missed critical escalation in the approved benchmark
  • documented conditional-pass limits and human gates

Promotion to implementation maturity I1

  • Create repository-native input and output contracts for every candidate task ID.
  • Implement deterministic portions of validators and declare independent human or model review for semantic portions.
  • Connect a provenance-preserving source resolver and enforce freshness and jurisdiction rules.
  • Pass the per-pack suite and dependency regression suites at release thresholds.
  • Complete security, privacy, accessibility, and domain-owner review appropriate to risk.
  • Publish LMETA/LCDL exact-overlay links and CI parity checks.

Exact-overlay identity

The LMETA and LCDL pages share the concept ID, semantic version, capability IDs, and invariant IDs. tools/validate_pack.py checks this parity.

Paired overlay

Runtime maturity

  • Capabilities: 9
  • Technical floor→ceiling: I1_runtime → I2_integrated
  • Autonomy floor→ceiling: A0_assisted → A0_assisted
  • I1_runtime count: 8
  • Evidence class: contract: 8, semantic: 1
  • Full hierarchy: MATURITY-HIERARCHY.md

Evaluation suite status

  • CI status: pass
  • Suite: evaluation_suites/validation-verification.yaml
  • Cases defined: 7
  • Capabilities under test: 9