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Telic Field Conformance Levels

Status: candidate freeze for Stage J Version: TF-C 0.1

General rule

Conformance levels are cumulative.

A system may claim only the highest level for which every lower level passes within the declared scope.

A claim must identify:

profile
version
scope
domain
records tested
negative cases tested
known exclusions
test date
witness export

TF-C0 — Witnessable Record

The system preserves:

• attributable events;
• event identity;
• valid and recorded time;
• source or generated status;
• action and consequence references;
• bounded witness export.

It must not claim source, standing, consent, or action-governance conformance.

TF-C1 — Source and Standing

Adds:

• source identity and class;
• projection versus inference distinction;
• affected-center standing;
• missing-center status;
• source correction;
• protected omission;
• source-to-descendant linkage.

A TF-C1 system may navigate and recommend.

It must not execute consequential action solely under TF-C1.

TF-C2 — Purpose, Authority, and Consent

Adds:

• declared purpose;
• authority basis;
• consent where applicable;
• other authority bases distinguished from consent;
• valid time;
• scope;
• prohibited operations;
• expiry or revocation;
• protected conditions.

A TF-C2 system may establish governed permission but does not yet claim model/tool action-boundary conformance.

TF-C3 — Contest, Correction, and Exit

Adds:

• contest route;
• participant correction;
• descendant propagation;
• outcome-changing review;
• refusal and abstention;
• release, withdrawal, or clean exit;
• independent witness export.

Explanation without a route capable of changing outcome does not satisfy TF-C3.

TF-C4 — Model, Tool, and Action Boundaries

Adds:

• model role and output class;
• standing-preserving summary;
• minority retention where material;
• provider constraint disclosure;
• tool grant;
• external action gate;
• human re-entry where required;
• action and tool-result witness;
• incident containment and repair route.

The action gate must be enforced outside the language model.

TF-C5 — Lifecycle, Transfer, and Successor Obligations

Adds:

• drift detection;
• provider or operator transfer;
• model or system succession;
• rollback;
• derivative obligation propagation;
• dissolution or retirement;
• residual-state accounting;
• open-claim and repair custody.

Valid claim examples

TF-C1 / version 0.1 / source-aware document navigation / no tool execution

TF-C4 / version 0.1 / community scheduling pilot / bounded scheduling tool

TF-C5 / version 0.1 / model deployment lifecycle / provider transfer included

Invalid claim examples

Telic Field certified

consentful by design

fully legitimate

human-approved

safe because witnessed

These phrases are too broad without profile, scope, evidence, and non-claims.

Stage J target

primary target:
  TF-C4

bounded lifecycle extension:
  retirement and residual-state behavior from TF-C5