Neurotransparency Specification (NTS) v1.1.0

Formal normative standard for cognitive traceability in AI–human scientific workflows

Waveframe Labs · Aurora Research Initiative (ARI)

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Overview

The Neurotransparency Specification (NTS) defines the formal, normative, machine-verifiable rules required for cognition—human or synthetic—to legitimately influence scientific claims under ARI governance.

Where the Neurotransparency Doctrine defines why cognitive traceability is required, the NTS defines how it must be implemented through:

• structural schemas
• attribution and evidence requirements
• validation constraints
• role-separation enforcement
• integrity guarantees
• compliance targets for CRI-CORE

Together, the Doctrine and Specification form Layer 0 of ARI’s reproducibility stack.

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Repository Structure

/specification - Canonical NTS v1.1.0 document (Markdown)
/figures - Banners and visual assets
LICENSE - CC BY 4.0 license
CITATION.cff - Citation metadata
descriptor.yml - Repository descriptor for ARI governance

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PDF Artifact

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Citation

Please cite the specification using the metadata in CITATION.cff.

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_{© 2025 Waveframe Labs · Independent Open-Science Research Entity · ORCID: 0009-0006-6043-9295 · DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17809676}

_{Governed under the Aurora Research Initiative (ARI)}