# WAGECODE

WAGECODE is the public, implementation-independent protocol specification for governed wage economic state.

Canonical URL: https://wagecode.org/
Protocol Enquiries: protocol@wagecode.org

## Current Published Specification

Current Published Specification: WAGECODE v1.0
Status: Published normative specification
Publication Date: 2026-01-15
Publisher: WAGECODE Protocol
ISBN: 978-1-0492-5720-4
Specification: Canonical Specification for the Computation, Attestation, and Reliance on Wage Economic State
Protocol Components: Canonical Wage State Protocol (CWSP); Canonical Wage Computation Standard (CWCS)

## Implementation Posture

WAGECODE is implementation-independent. CWSO Authority is an operational runtime and institutional-engagement pathway; it is not the normative source of WAGECODE meaning.

## Protocol / Runtime Boundary

WAGECODE is the public, implementation-independent protocol specification and defines governed wage-state meaning, boundaries and reference conditions.
CWSO Authority is an operational runtime and institutional-engagement layer maintained for the current WAGECODE public pathway. It does not determine WAGECODE's normative meaning.


## Intellectual Property and Conformance Boundary

WAGECODE implementation independence and WAGECODE conformance do not grant or imply a licence to CWSO Authority proprietary runtime assets. Any use of CWSO Authority runtime technology, software, engines, methods, workflows, artefacts, documentation, marks, technical know-how or other protected assets requires an applicable licence or other lawful authority. Conformance does not imply affiliation, endorsement or runtime equivalence, and permission to use a runtime asset does not by itself establish conformance.

Boundary reference:
https://wagecode.org/wagecode-vs-cwso-authority.html#intellectual-property-boundary

## Key Definitions

Narrative Wage:
A wage representation or assertion not yet computed into a Canonical Wage State Object. Narrative Wage is not necessarily false, fraudulent or without evidentiary value.

Governed Wage State:
Computable, evidence-linked, policy-version-bound, issuer-scoped and replayable wage meaning within a declared boundary.

Canonical wage state:
Wage economic state represented under declared policy, jurisdiction, authority, evidence, time and replay conditions.

Canonical Wage State Object:
The immutable machine-readable WAGECODE object representing a Computed Wage under required bindings.

Computed Wage:
A wage value resolved into a valid Canonical Wage State Object under declared bindings.

Conformance:
Version-bound and scope-bound satisfaction of applicable WAGECODE normative requirements.

## Canonical WAGECODE Links

WAGECODE:
https://wagecode.org/what-is-wagecode.html#wagecode

WAGECODE v1.0:
https://wagecode.org/publication-status.html#wagecode-v1-0

CWSP:
https://wagecode.org/protocol-reference.html#cwsp

CWCS:
https://wagecode.org/protocol-reference.html#cwcs

Conformance Kernel:
https://wagecode.org/protocol-reference.html#conformance-kernel

Narrative Wage:
https://wagecode.org/narrative-wage-vs-governed-wage.html#narrative-wage

Governed Wage State:
https://wagecode.org/governed-wage-state.html#governed-wage-state

Canonical wage state:
https://wagecode.org/canonical-wage-state.html#canonical-wage-state

Canonical Wage State Object:
https://wagecode.org/canonical-wage-state.html#cwso

Computed Wage:
https://wagecode.org/canonical-wage-state.html#computed-wage

Conformance:
https://wagecode.org/conformance.html#conformance

## Runtime Applications

CWSO Authority:
https://cwsoauthority.com/

Narrative Wage Risk:
https://cwsoauthority.com/narrative-wage-risk

Protocol Access Enquiries:
mailto:protocol@wagecode.org?subject=WAGECODE%20v1.0%20Protocol%20Access%20Enquiry


## Normative Components and Mechanisms

Canonical Wage State Protocol:
https://wagecode.org/canonical-wage-state-protocol.html#cwsp

Canonical Wage Computation Standard:
https://wagecode.org/canonical-wage-computation-standard.html#cwcs

Wage Fact Set:
https://wagecode.org/wage-fact-set.html#wage-fact-set

Wage Computation Function:
https://wagecode.org/wage-computation-function.html#wage-computation-function

Policy, Jurisdiction and Time Bindings:
https://wagecode.org/policy-jurisdiction-time-binding.html

Issuer Authority and Attestation:
https://wagecode.org/issuer-authority-and-attestation.html

Institutional Reliance:
https://wagecode.org/institutional-reliance.html

WAGECODE Conformance Kernel:
https://wagecode.org/conformance-kernel.html#conformance-kernel

## Current Access Posture

Public access to WAGECODE.org is governed.
Protocol enquiries are directed to protocol@wagecode.org.
Operational engagement proceeds through CWSO Authority as a runtime pathway.