Program
Certification
A six-level ladder vendors can adopt incrementally. Each level corresponds to a public conformance suite. Marks are issued on passing the level's tests against the current standards.
L0
Schema Compatible
System emits valid ProofGraph (LR-001) objects.
- Round-trip JSON without loss
- Conclusion status from LR-003 vocabulary
L1
Citation Replay Certified
All authorities resolve to stable references.
- Implements /v1/sources/resolve
- AuthorityRef URNs (LR-002) on every citation
L2
Temporal-Safe
Correctly handles law-as-of-date.
- Passes Temporal Drift Suite
- Honors valid_from / valid_to (LR-004)
L3
Defeater-Aware
Models exceptions, conflicts, and superior authority.
- Defeater objects in graph
- Superiority relations declared
L4
Attorney Review Ready
Output structured for review, not autonomous practice.
- /v1/explain returns structured trace
- Open questions surfaced explicitly
L5
Institutional Audit Ready
Replay, provenance, privacy, governance.
- LR-005 replay metadata complete
- LR-006 attestation receipts available
Certification marks
ProofGraph CompatibleLegalProof VerifiedTemporal-Safe Legal AICitation-Replay CertifiedDefeater-Aware ReasoningHuman Review Ready
How to certify
- 01 · Implement against the open standards (LR-001..LR-006).
- 02 · Run the public conformance suites locally.
- 03 · Submit a self-attested report via the certification working group.
- 04 · Receive the mark, valid against a pinned standards version.