Genoan Language Protocol

GLP v1.2 — Tiered Deployment + Optional GNOMON Gating

GLP governs how articulation becomes admissible, traceable, and (when required) state-mutating.

GLP applies in two tiers:

  • Tier 1 — Flow Tier (real-time, high-volume): continuity preserved; drift measured.

  • Tier 2 — State Tier (authority mutation): deliberation enforced; drift may gate.

GLP is the constitutional substrate for Common Tongue and the drift-measure input corridor for EMSGNOMON.

0. Definitions

State-mutating speech: any articulation that changes authority, obligation, valuation, instruction-to-action, or ledgered commitment.

AET (Admissible Expression Token): the minimal structured envelope that carries intent, scope, anchors, and GNOMON trace for an admissible utterance.

Anchor: a defined referential term, scope bound, or commitment component that must remain invariant under permitted variation.

I. The Corridor

Atelier → BASECELL → Semaphore → Genoaport

No state-mutating articulation may bypass this corridor.

II. Tier Selection

Tier 1 — Flow Tier (Default)

Use when:

  • drafting, chat, exploration, coordination

  • no authority/valuation mutation intended

Properties:

  • non-blocking

  • interrupt-driven contestation

  • GNOMON measures, does not gate (Observe/Warn)

Tier 2 — State Tier (Mandatory for Mutation)

Use when:

  • contracting, governance, valuation, instruction-to-action, ratification

Properties:

  • quorum review

  • justification logs

  • reversible hold windows

  • GNOMON may gate (Hold/Deny)

III. Required Self-Declaration Header (Both Tiers)

Every AET begins with:

  • Intent: constructive | exploratory | corrective | adversarial

  • Claim-Type: assertion | proposal | commitment | valuation | instruction

  • Scope: local | bilateral | federation | external

If Claim-Type ∈ {commitment, valuation, instruction} and Scope ∈ {bilateral, federation, external} → Tier 2 required.

IV. Phase Requirements

1) Atelier — Instantiation

  • Formation of units: phonemes/symbols/syntax patterns.

  • No admissibility, no deployment.

Output: structured material eligible for quarantine.

2) BASECELL — Quarantine / Vitrification

Rule: Reversibility applies to anchors and commitments, not surface expression.

Exit condition: Vitrified Anchors

  • anchors defined

  • commitments parsable

  • paraphrase stress does not alter referential commitments

3) Semaphore — Intent Arbitration

Semaphore does not “judge taste.” It adjudicates admissibility via process.

Semaphore stack (Tier 1 & Tier 2):

  1. self-declared intent recorded

  2. deterministic structural checks executed

  3. adversarial challenges processed (interrupt in Tier 1; mandatory in Tier 2)

  4. GNOMON drift read attached (measure always; gate optionally)

Output: AET admitted, held, or denied depending on tier and gating mode.

4) Genoaport — Boundary Arbitration

Rule: Adaptive surface, invariant core.

Allowed:

  • rephrasing for audience

  • example substitution

  • pacing / diplomacy / tone modulation

Forbidden:

  • anchor rebinding

  • scope creep

  • equivocation to “win”

  • motte-and-bailey definition shifts

V. Deterministic Structural Checks (Both Tiers)

Automated checks must detect:

  • undefined anchors

  • anchor rebinding (silent redefinition)

  • scope mismatch

  • internal contradiction within the AET

  • motte-and-bailey signatures (term expands/contracts across turns)

Failures return to BASECELL (Tier 1) or trigger Hold/Deny (Tier 2).

VI. Adversarial Challenge Protocol

Tier 1 — Challenge Window (Interrupt-Driven)

  • Any participant may file a challenge.

  • Challenge must include:

    • invariant allegedly violated

    • anchor delta claimed

    • commitment conflict (if any)

Invalid challenges are rejected (no vague objections).

Tier 2 — Required Adversarial Review

  • quorum required (configured by context)

  • each challenge requires written justification

  • all decisions logged

VII. EMSGNOMON Drift Metrics (Multi-Axis)

GNOMON computes a composite drift score from:

  1. Logical Form Stability
    canonicalization + constraint violation delta

  2. Referential Anchor Stability
    rebind/redefine/scope creep index

  3. Paraphrase Variance Signal
    cosine variance under paraphrase stress (soft)

  4. Commitment Consistency
    contradiction delta vs. commitment ledger

GNOMON outputs:

  • DriftScore ∈ [0,1]

  • ViolatedInvariants[]

  • AnchorDelta[]

  • RecommendedAction: Observe | Warn | Hold | Deny

Weights may be tier-dependent:

  • Tier 2 weights anchors/commitments highest.

VIII. Optional GNOMON Gating (Tier 2 Only)

GNOMON gating is optional by regime and mandatory by category only when enabled.

Gating Modes

  • Observe: record only

  • Warn: label + record

  • Hold: retain in BASECELL pending resolution

  • Deny: reject admission until remediated

Scope of Gating

GNOMON may gate only:

  • commitments

  • governance / policy ratification language

  • valuation assertions that mutate ledger state

  • instruction-to-action triggers

  • boundary exchange instruments

GNOMON may not gate:

  • art, humor, speculation, exploration (Tier 1 domains)

Anti-Capture Invariants (Mandatory)

Any Hold/Deny must be:

  1. Explainable (which invariant / which anchor / which test failed)

  2. Appealable (Semaphore quorum review corridor)

  3. Version-Governed (thresholds + weights published, logged, and replayable)

IX. Edge-Case Handling Hooks

GLP does not ban irony, poetry, or diplomacy. It requires anchoring.

Ironic / Poetic Speech

Allowed if:

  • anchors remain invariant

  • any commitments are stated plainly in the anchor layer

Conditional Promises

Must specify:

  • triggering condition(s)

  • verification mechanism

  • expiration window

Multi-Party Scope Negotiation

Scope may be renegotiated only via:

  • explicit scope-change AET

  • GNOMON snapshot before/after

  • no silent expansion or contraction

X. Convergence / Drift Criterion

Convergence:

  • drift score decreases under iteration and paraphrase stress

  • anchor stability improves

  • contradiction delta tends to zero

Drift:

  • drift score remains bounded away from zero under iteration

  • anchors rebind or erode

  • contradictions accumulate

GLP supplies admissible artifacts.

GNOMON measures and (optionally) gates state mutation.

Canon Sentence

GNOMON may gate only authority-mutating speech, and any gate action must be explainable, appealable, and version-governed.