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Acceptance: Ash Authority Traceability Matrix

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Source	specs/acceptance/ash_authority_traceability_matrix.md
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Acceptance pages define the evidence needed before Aeostara or a downstream repo may claim conformance.

flowchart LR
  Artifact["Spec artifact"] --> Fixture["Expected-output fixture"]
  Fixture --> Validator["CI checker"]
  Validator --> Report["Audit report"]
  Report --> Judgment["Acceptance judgment"]

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Reading Checklist

Question	Where to look
What evidence is required?	Read the gate table or scenario list.
What must fail when broken?	Check negative fixture and diagnostic-chain requirements.
What judgment is allowed?	Use only the documented final judgment values.

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Source Content

ASH Authority Traceability Matrix

ASH source area	Aeostara response	Downstream obligation
State space	AshState, ash_state_space_binding.md	Use all 9 coordinates
Codeword set	CanonicalCodewordSet, canonical_codeword_set_binding.md	Use exactly 16 codewords
Transformation	CodewordTransformation, transformation algorithm	Apply XOR-by-codeword
Admissibility	AdmissibilityResult	Classify deterministically
Diagnostics	DiagnosticEnvelope, DiagnosticChain	Emit linked diagnostics
Classification	SystemStateClass	Preserve class mapping
Recoverability	RecoveryCategory, RecoveryPlan	Preserve deterministic categories
Fallback	FallbackDecision	Registry-driven selection
Containment/safe halt	ContainmentDecision, SafeHaltDecision	Safe halt is terminal
Realm/transition/topology/axiom/generation	Binding docs and schemas	Implement without redefining semantics