WAGECODE Protocol Reference and Knowledge Map
This page maps the public WAGECODE Knowledge Layer to the published WAGECODE v1.0 specification. It identifies normative protocol components, canonical objects, explanatory reference pages and public terminology without amending the specification.
Publication and authority
WAGECODE is the public, implementation-independent protocol specification for governed wage economic state. WAGECODE v1.0 is the current published, version-bound specification. WAGECODE Protocol is the publishing and source-identification entity. WAGECODE.org is the public website and Knowledge Layer.
Normative and informative status
WAGECODE v1.0 contains a frozen normative core and separately identified informative material. The public Knowledge Layer explains and exposes that architecture but does not amend, replace or supersede the published specification.
Canonical Wage State Protocol (CWSP)
The WAGECODE component governing canonical wage-state objects, facts, authority and lifecycle.
Canonical Wage Computation Standard (CWCS)
The WAGECODE component governing wage facts, computation and uncertainty treatment.
Conformance Kernel
The WAGECODE Conformance Kernel is the minimum and irreducible set of normative objects, bindings, registry rules, reliance requirements and replay requirements that must be satisfied before an implementation may claim WAGECODE conformance.
Object architecture
- Wage Fact Set
- Wage Computation Function
- Canonical Wage State Object reference
- Issuer Authority Descriptor
- Attestation Record
- Reliance Receipt
- Derived Economic State Object
Binding architecture
- policy binding
- jurisdiction binding
- time index
- issuer authority
- evidence posture
- reliance scope
Lifecycle
- issuance
- attestation
- reliance
- replay
- re-issuance
- supersession
- validity state
- failure state
WAGECODE Public Terminology Register
This public register provides controlled Knowledge Layer definitions. Normative definitions remain governed by WAGECODE v1.0, including Appendix F. Explanatory concepts are labelled separately and do not amend the specification.
Wage meaning made computable, evidence-linked, policy-version-bound, issuer-scoped and replayable within a declared boundary.
Wage economic state represented under declared policy, jurisdiction, authority, evidence, time and replay conditions.
A wage representation or assertion not yet computed into a Canonical Wage State Object; not necessarily false.
The immutable machine-readable WAGECODE object representing a Computed Wage under required bindings.
A wage value resolved into a valid CWSO under declared bindings.
Version-bound and scope-bound satisfaction of applicable WAGECODE normative requirements.
Protocol / runtime boundary
WAGECODE is the protocol reference 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. WAGECODE's normative semantics are not reserved to any single implementation. See the Protocol/runtime boundary.
WAGECODE implementation independence does not grant or imply a licence to CWSO Authority proprietary runtime assets. WAGECODE conformance and authority to use CWSO Authority runtime assets are separate questions. See the intellectual-property boundary.
Access
Public access to WAGECODE.org is governed. Protocol access, citation, conformance, and institutional reference enquiries may be directed to protocol@wagecode.org.