SEMANTIC

Three semantic validation rules. Each rule is independently checkable. All three must pass for SEMANTIC VALID.

Rule 1: VOCABULARY CLOSURE

Every SCREAMING_CASE term referenced in a scope’s CANON.md must resolve to a definition.

`` FOR EACH term IN canon.screaming_case_terms: IF term IN local_vocab → RESOLVED ELIF term IN inherited_vocab → RESOLVED (walk inherits chain) ELSE → UNDEFINED_REF (governance gap)

FOR EACH entry IN local_vocab: IF definition == “—” → STUB_TERM (gap flagged) IF definition == “Governed term in this scope vocabulary.” → STUB_TERM (gap flagged) `

Rule 2: INHERITANCE INTEGRITY

Every inherits: declaration must resolve to an existing scope.

` FOR EACH scope IN governance_tree: path = scope.inherits IF path == “.” → ROOT (valid terminal) ELIF exists(path/CANON.md) → VALID ELSE → CHAIN_BREAK (governance gap)

FOR EACH chain IN all_inheritance_chains: IF chain contains cycle → REJECT (circular inheritance) `

Rule 3: COVERAGE ALIGNMENT

Every COVERAGE.md dimension score must match reality.

` FOR EACH dimension IN coverage.dimensions: IF dimension.status == “PASS”: evidence_file = dimension.evidence_source IF NOT exists(evidence_file) → COVERAGE_DRIFT IF empty(evidence_file) → COVERAGE_DRIFT IF dimension.status == “FAIL”: → VALID (honest gap) ``