Canonical Wage Computation Standard
The Canonical Wage Computation Standard, abbreviated CWCS, is Part II of WAGECODE v1.0. It governs wage facts, deterministic computation, computation-related CWSO fields, error handling and uncertainty treatment.
Scope
The Canonical Wage Computation Standard is Part II of WAGECODE v1.0 and governs the Wage Fact Set, computation-related CWSO fields, deterministic wage computation, and error and uncertainty handling.
Source map
CWCS draws on Part II of WAGECODE v1.0 together with the computation-related appendices. Appendix D is informative and must not be treated as introducing new normative requirements.
Computation chain
CWCS governs the ordered computation chain:
- Wage Fact Set
- declared bindings
- Wage Computation Function
- computation fingerprint
- Computed Wage
- Canonical Wage State Object
Determinism and replay
Determinism means that the same declared inputs, bindings, computation version and rules produce the same result. It does not mean that incomplete, false or misclassified inputs become correct merely because they were processed deterministically.
Error and uncertainty
CWCS governs how error conditions and uncertainty are expressed and preserved rather than silently discarded.
Boundaries
CWCS is not a runtime, a payroll engine, software, certification or a legal determination.
Relationship to CWSP
CWCS governs computation; CWSP governs canonical wage-state representation and objects. They are distinct components of WAGECODE v1.0.
This page provides a controlled public reference to WAGECODE v1.0. It does not reproduce, amend or replace the complete published specification. Where any difference arises, WAGECODE v1.0 controls.
WAGECODE implementation independence and conformance do not grant or imply a licence to CWSO Authority proprietary runtime assets. Protocol conformance, runtime-asset authorisation and affiliation are separate questions.