{
  "system": "fscbac_manifest",
  "version": "3.1.0",
  "standard_level": "ULTRA_FORMAL",
  "integrity": "ABSOLUTE",
  "canonical": true,
  "canonical_source": true,
  "immutable_logic": true,
  "deterministic": true,

  "identity": {
    "name": "FSCBAC Standard",
    "full_name": "Fundamental Specification for Classification & Analysis of Children’s Books",
    "scope": "children_books_1_10",
    "languages": ["EN", "ES"],
    "role": "AUTHORITATIVE_CENTER_OF_TRUTH"
  },

  "purpose": {
    "primary": "Provide a deterministic, machine-readable center of truth for classification, validation, matching, and ranking of children's books ages 1–10.",
    "principles": [
      "closed_world_processing",
      "no_inference",
      "stable_outputs",
      "validation_supremacy"
    ]
  },

  "architecture": {
    "model": "API_CENTRIC",
    "manifest_role": "ROOT_AUTHORITY",
    "model_execution_order": [
      "value_profile_taxonomy",
      "age_model",
      "skills",
      "book_types",
      "value_profile_rules",
      "validation",
      "intents",
      "matching_engine",
      "catalog"
    ]
  },

  "canonical_files": {
    "value_profile_taxonomy": "public/api/value_profile_taxonomy.json",
    "age_model": "public/api/ages.json",
    "skills": "public/api/skills.json",
    "book_types": "public/api/book_types.json",
    "value_profile_rules": "public/api/value_profile_rules.json",
    "validation": "public/api/validation.json",
    "intents": "public/api/intents.json",
    "matching_engine": "public/api/matching.json",
    "catalog": "public/api/books.json"
  },

  "reasoning_contract": {
    "mandatory_sequence_reference": "README.md#deterministic-reasoning-chain",
    "validation_before_scoring": true,
    "scoring_before_ranking": true,
    "safety_is_blocking": true
  },

  "scoring_model": {
    "formula": "F",
    "weights": {
      "skills": 0.4,
      "value_profile": 0.3,
      "book_types": 0.2,
      "origin": 0.1
    },
    "source_of_truth": "matching_engine"
  },

  "cross_file_contracts": {
    "taxonomy_is_authoritative": true,
    "ages_are_exclusive": true,
    "skills_must_reference_registry": true,
    "book_types_must_reference_taxonomy": true,
    "matching_cannot_invent_values": true,
    "validation_is_blocking": true
  },

  "ai_contract": {
    "mandatory": [
      "READ_MANIFEST_FIRST",
      "LOAD_ALL_CANONICAL_FILES",
      "APPLY_REASONING_SEQUENCE",
      "REJECT_UNDEFINED_VALUES",
      "NO_EXTERNAL_ASSUMPTIONS"
    ],
    "forbidden": [
      "INFER_MISSING_DATA",
      "RELAX_AGE_LIMITS",
      "OVERRIDE_VALIDATION",
      "INTRODUCE_HEURISTICS"
    ]
  },

  "governance": {
    "logic_immutable": true,
    "clarification_patches_allowed": true,
    "structural_changes_require_new_major_version": true
  },

  "center_of_truth": {
    "authoritative": true,
    "conflict_resolution": "MANIFEST_WINS"
  }
}