- Active: Behavior is proven via deterministic vectors.
- Parked: Non-behavior and boundary integrity are proven.
- Experimental: Explicitly excluded from the trusted floor.
- Deprecated: Authority is scheduled for removal.
- Archived: Authority is removed; preserved for historical audit only.
- Verified: A state confirmed by a passing vector test.
- Fail-Closed: A safety state where any ambiguity results in a refusal or "Fail" status.
- Stationary: A state where the system is stable and reproducible.
- Reconstructable: The ability for a stranger to reproduce the system from the manifest.
- Claim Boundary: The declared limit of what a repository is authorized to verify.
- Normative: Defines meaning and rules for the constellation.
- Verifier: Executes tests to prove claims.
- Support: Provides shared logic or structures.
- Informative: Provides human-legible context without machine authority.