SSMDE — The Four Pillars (High-Level) (0D)

One portable unit that carries fact, stability, policy, and proof

What travels in every record

Four inseparable pillars:

  • Value — the untouched fact.
    Collapse parity holds: phi((m,a)) = m
  • Align — the bounded stability/stress dial.
    Constructed to be bounded, replayable, and order-invariant: a_c := clamp(a_raw, -1+eps_a, +1-eps_a) u := atanh(a_c) U += w * u W += w a_out := tanh( U / max(W, eps_w) ) Property: -1 < a_out < +1
  • Band — the human action stance.
    Labels like "A++", "A0", "CRITICAL" come only from the manifest’s cutpoints and carry explicit action windows.
  • Manifest + Stamp — policy and proof.
    A frozen manifest_id binds meaning; a tamper-evident stamp binds time and sequence.

Minimal shape to adopt today

{
  "value": { ... },                          # untouched classical magnitude
  "align": <(-1,+1)>,                        # bounded dial a_out
  "band":  "<label>",                        # policy-backed human stance
  "manifest_id": "<id>",                     # frozen rulebook at that moment
  "stamp": "SSMCLOCK1|<utc>|theta=<deg>|sha256=<hex>|prev=<hash-or-NONE>"
}

Why these four make truth portable

  • Value stays readable for legacy systems. phi((m,a)) = m No rescaling, no “fixing,” no hidden changes.
  • Align makes stability comparable across time, sites, and vendors. a_out := tanh( U / max(W, eps_w) ) Same inputs ⇒ same dial (stream, batch, or merged shards).
  • Band translates math into duty-of-care.
    Humans act on "AMBER" or "CRITICAL" without decoding formulas.
  • Manifest + Stamp end post-incident ambiguity.
    Policy is explicit (manifest_id), moment and order are provable (stamp).

30-second “Do it now”

Sender:

emit({
  "value": { "reading": 36.9, "unit": "C" },
  "align": 0.03,
  "band":  "A0",
  "manifest_id": "M1",
  "stamp": "SSMCLOCK1|2025-11-04T13:20:55Z|theta=127.4|sha256=9f...21|prev=7b...c3"
})

Receiver:

verify_stamp_chain()     # timing + prev link integrity
recompute_align()        # parity with clamp→atanh→fuse→tanh
apply_band_policy()      # action window per manifest

Result: numbers become defensible declarations.

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