From raw numbers to declared, verifiable state you can replay
Plain definition
SSMDE is a way for systems to send truth, not just data.
Instead of shipping bare readings and labels, an SSMDE record carries meaning, policy, timing, and proof — so the receiver never has to guess what it means, how safe it is, whose rulebook defined “OK,” or whether the sender really said it at that time.
What an SSMDE record contains
One record; five essentials.
- Value — “what actually happened.”
The untouched classical magnitude. Collapse parity:phi((m,a)) = mLegacy math, dashboards, and historians still work. - Align — “how calm or stressed it is now.”
A bounded diala_outin(-1,+1)that is safe to pool, average, and watch over time. - Band — “what action stance this implies.”
Human-readable labels like"A++","A0","CRITICAL", each tied to a clear action window. - Manifest — “which rulebook defined ‘safe’.”
A frozen policy identified bymanifest_id. If the policy changes, the ID changes — no silent goalpost shifts. - Stamp — “when it was declared, what it covered, and its sequence.”
A compact, tamper-evident string that encodes time, canonical digest, and a prev pointer to the prior link.
Minimal shape (copy-ready):
{
"value": { ... },
"align": <(-1,+1)>,
"band": "<label>",
"manifest_id": "<id>",
"stamp": "SSMCLOCK1|<utc>|theta=<deg>|sha256=<hex>|prev=<hash-or-NONE>"
}
Self-describing by design (the manifest)
SSMDE is self-describing.
Every record references a manifest that freezes, at that moment:
- how the value was generated,
- what “normal” meant,
- which thresholds and which escalation promises were in force.
No quiet rewrites.
If someone wants to change “what safe means,” they must publish a new policy and thus a new:
manifest_id := "<new id>"
Auditable by default (the stamp)
SSMDE is auditable.
Each record’s stamp lets others later prove:
- what was said (
sha256=<hex>of canonical fields), - when it was said (
<utc>time anchor), - where it sits in sequence (
prev=<hash-or-NONE>).
Illustrative format:
SSMCLOCK1|2025-11-04T13:20:55Z|theta=127.4|sha256=9f...21|prev=7b...c3
Downstream, anyone can replay the chain to check timing and integrity.
Mathematically stable (the align dial)
Bounded, replayable, order-invariant.
The align dial is constructed with a safety-first, add-then-bound pipeline:
Clamp (keep inputs legal):
a_c := clamp(a_raw, -1+eps_a, +1-eps_a)
Move to rapidity space (make signals addable):
u := atanh(a_c)
Accumulate evidence fairly (stream, batch, or merge):
U += w * u
W += w
Return to a human dial (always inside (-1,+1)):
a_out := tanh( U / max(W, eps_w) )
Properties in practice:
# Bounded
-1 < a_out < +1
# Replayable
a_out == recompute(a_raw timeline, weights, eps_a, eps_w)
# Order-invariant
a_out(batch) == a_out(stream) == a_out(merged shards)
Tiny worked example (intuition):
# two partial opinions on the same state
# opinion A: a_raw = 0.50, w = 1
# opinion B: a_raw = 0.20, w = 2
a_cA := clamp(0.50, -1+eps_a, +1-eps_a)
a_cB := clamp(0.20, -1+eps_a, +1-eps_a)
uA := atanh(a_cA)
uB := atanh(a_cB)
U := 1*uA + 2*uB
W := 1 + 2
a_out := tanh( U / max(W, eps_w) )
# result: a_out sits between 0.20 and 0.50, closer to 0.20 (heavier weight)
In simple terms
An SSMDE record lets you send:
"value" # the number itself
"align" # how close to danger
"band" # what action stance applies
"manifest_id" # which rulebook defined 'safe'
"stamp" # when/what/sequence, with tamper evidence
This is portable accountability, not just telemetry.
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