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Repository Role Contract

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Architecture pages define ownership, authority, and dependency direction for the base design.

flowchart TB
  ASH["ASH fixed authority"] --> Aeostara["Aeostara base design"]
  Aeostara --> Contracts["Contracts and algorithms"]
  Aeostara --> Handoff["Downstream handoff"]
  Handoff --> Platforms["Windows / Mac / iOS repos"]

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Reading Checklist

Question	Where to look
Who owns the semantic decision?	Check the authority and boundary language.
What is platform-neutral?	Find Aeostara-owned obligations.
What moves downstream?	Find adapter, implementation, and deviation rules.

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Source Content

Repository Role Contract

Aeostara is platform-agnostic. Its role is to define the base semantics, contracts, algorithms, validation fixtures, and downstream handoff obligations for a self-healing JSON configuration engine.

Authority Stack

ASH Pattern System = fixed upstream semantic authority
Aeostara = platform-agnostic ASH-conformant base design
Windows/Mac/iOS repos = platform-specific downstream implementations

Aeostara Owns

• JSON configuration semantics and canonical addressing.
• Semantic projection into the 9 ASH coordinates.
• ASH binding responsibilities and traceability.
• Diagnostic envelope, chain, audit, and rule-reference contracts.
• Recovery, policy, backup, execution, verification, rollback, fallback, containment, and safe-halt semantics.
• Platform-neutral fixture vectors and expected semantic outcomes.
• Downstream handoff requirements and acceptance templates.

Aeostara Does Not Own

• Native Windows, Mac, or iOS implementation source.
• Platform-specific storage, file-system, security, notification, or packaging mechanics.
• Any modification or extension of ASH canonical semantics.

Completion Rule

Base-design completion is independent of downstream platform source files. Completion is measured by ASH traceability, schema completeness, fixture conformance, diagnostic/audit integrity, safety lifecycle consistency, and handoff sufficiency.