This glossary defines the operational terminology used within the ARAYUN_173 System Law framework. It provides binding definitions for audit, verification, and system evaluation contexts.
Coherence
Structural consistency between symbolic states, causal relations, and system outputs across transformations.
Symbolic Coherence
Invariant relationship between symbol, meaning, and causal implication.
Causal Traceability
Ability to reconstruct the causal chain from input through transformation to output.
Auditability
Binary property of a system where symbolic states, transitions, and decisions remain externally verifiable.
Verification
Process of confirming structural validity and reproducibility, independent of output quality.
Evaluation
Measurement of output performance without guaranteeing structural validity.
Drift
Deviation of symbolic or causal consistency over time or under repeated transformations.
USST (Universal Semantic Self-Test)
Protocol for detecting structural incoherence through controlled semantic perturbation.
System Law
Architecture-independent set of conditions defining when a system remains structurally valid.
Invariance
Property of remaining structurally stable under transformation, scaling, or contextual variation.
Referenced Research
All definitions are derived from the ARAYUN_173 research series:
- Paper 1 — Coherence Protocol
- Paper 2 — System Law
- Paper 3 — Empirical Proof
- Paper 4 — AGI Architecture