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
  1. 01 · Implement against the open standards (LR-001..LR-006).
  2. 02 · Run the public conformance suites locally.
  3. 03 · Submit a self-attested report via the certification working group.
  4. 04 · Receive the mark, valid against a pinned standards version.