Authority note for convention documents authored in the v1 working tree.
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AEON Conventions
Conventions define shared interpretation rules layered on top of AEON Core. They do not change core syntax, but they give cooperating systems a way to agree on document metadata, context labels, security envelopes, and related semantic handshakes.
This section includes both general guidance and draft convention definitions. Draft items are labeled explicitly in their titles.
Start here
Read the conventions overview first, then the general-purpose convention documents if you need shared metadata or context rules. Use the security documents when you need envelopes, hashing, signatures, or secure document flows.
Convention Overview
AEON Quick Mental Model
DraftHigh-level mental model of the AEON stack across structure, meaning, policy, and processing behavior.
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Overview of what conventions are, how they relate to core syntax, and how documents declare them.
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General-Purpose Conventions
AEON GP Convention v1
DraftDraft convention-authoring template for creating focused AEON general-purpose conventions.
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AEON Context v1
DraftDraft soft context annotation convention for descriptive metadata such as domain, role, audience, intent, source, confidence, sensitivity, and advisory instruction comments.
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AEON GP Document v1
DraftDraft document metadata convention for identity, authorship, lifecycle, classification, namespaces, representation formats, and handling hints in the AEON header.
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AEON GP Assertion v1
DraftGeneral-purpose convention for interpreting typed AEON triples as semantic assertions.
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AEON GP Collection v1
DraftDraft general-purpose convention for describing collection intent, ordering, uniqueness, addressing, and materialization hints without extending AEON Core containers.
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AEON GP Measurement v1
DraftDraft general-purpose measurement convention for units, measurement systems, precision, and currency.
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AEON GP Temporal v1
DraftDraft temporal convention for interpreting Core temporal and WTC literals with explicit reference, timezone database, calendar, ambiguity, and conflict policy.
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Informative Convention Appendices
Informative note on using compound unit labels such as m/s and kg/m^3 as opaque identifiers in conventions.
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Informative reference for common unit and measurement-system labels used alongside convention attributes.
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Security Conventions
Architecture-level explanation of integrity, signatures, encryption, and the role of conventions in secure AEON documents.
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Draft security-envelope convention defining placement, sections, and field structure for secure AEON documents.
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AEON GP Integrity v1
DraftDraft integrity convention defining deterministic canonical hashing for AEON documents.
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AEON GP Signature v1
DraftDraft signature convention defining signature metadata and structure for AEON security envelopes.
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AEON GP Encryption v1
DraftDraft encryption convention defining encrypted payload structures for AEON security envelopes.
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Draft security profiles defining algorithm sets and usage policies for AEON security conventions.
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Walkthrough of authoring, hashing, signing, encryption, transport, verification, and decryption for secured AEON documents.
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Informative guidance on subtree hashing, tamper-evident histories, and related integrity patterns built on AEON structure.
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