UCV Formal Specification v0.1.0

Preamble

This document is the formal specification of the Universal Constitutional Viewport (UCV) — a constitutional layer providing the model of observation across all of ICore. UCV answers the question: "How is constitutional computing made visible, understandable, and auditable?"

UCV does not implement any specific visualization engine, rendering library, or analytics framework. UCV is the constitutional model of observation — it defines what a viewport means, what it means to observe constitutional state, what it means to reason about constitutional processes, and what it means to detect anomalies. Any conforming visualization implementation must satisfy UCV's axioms and invariants, but UCV itself specifies no rendering engine, no chart type, no display technology.

Without UCV, constitutional computing is invisible — correct, sovereign, but opaque. With UCV, constitutional computing becomes transparent: every trust chain, every provenance record, every attestation, every delegation, every revocation can be seen, understood, and verified by the humans it governs.

This specification answers the constitutional question: How is meaning observed? It defines the invariants that observation must satisfy — the properties that hold true regardless of rendering engine, display technology, or visualization method. UCV specifies no renderer; it specifies what any conforming renderer must guarantee.

Reference Systems (L5) → UCV (constitutional observation model)

Section 1: Foundational Axioms

1.1 The Seven Observation Axioms

1.2 Axiom Sufficiency

Section 2: The Viewport Model

2.1 Definitions

2.2 The Constitutional Viewport Stack

┌═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════┐
║  CONSTITUTIONAL VIEWPORT STACK                                    ║
║                                                                   ║
║  ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐  ║
║  │                    OBSERVATION LAYER                         │  ║
║  │  Trust Chain View  │  Provenance View  │  Attestation View  │  ║
║  │  Delegation View   │  Key Lifecycle    │  Anomaly View      │  ║
║  └──────────────────────────┬──────────────────────────────────┘  ║
║                             │                                     ║
║  ┌──────────────────────────┴──────────────────────────────────┐  ║
║  │                 CONSTITUTIONAL VIEWPORT                      │  ║
║  │    Rendering → Observation → Temporal → Anomaly Detection   │  ║
║  └──────────────────────────┬──────────────────────────────────┘  ║
║                             │                                     ║
║  ┌──────────────────────────┴──────────────────────────────────┐  ║
║  │                   VIEWPORT ADAPTERS                          │  ║
║  │  Canvas │ WebGL │ SVG │ Terminal │ AR/VR │ [Future]         │  ║
║  └──────────────────────────┬──────────────────────────────────┘  ║
║                             │                                     ║
║  ┌──────────────────────────┴──────────────────────────────────┐  ║
║  │                CONSTITUTIONAL STATE (UCS)                    │  ║
║  │  Trust │ Provenance │ Attestation │ Delegation │ Keys       │  ║
║  └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘  ║
║                                                                   ║
└═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════┘

2.3 The Viewport Interface

Every conforming viewport adapter MUST implement:

interface UCVViewport {
  // Core lifecycle
  init(state: UCSInterface) → Promise<void>
  render(frame: ObservationFrame) → Promise<RenderResult>
  destroy() → void
// Observation targets
  observe(target: ObservationTarget) → ObservationHandle
  unobserve(handle: ObservationHandle) → void
  listObservations() → ObservationTarget[]
// Temporal
  setFrame(frame: ObservationFrame) → void
  getCurrentFrame() → ObservationFrame
  getAvailableFrames() → ObservationFrame[]
// Anomaly detection
  onAnomaly(callback: (signal: AnomalySignal) → void) → void
  clearAnomalies() → void
  getAnomalies() → AnomalySignal[]
// Rendering
  resize(width: number, height: number) → void
  export(format: 'png' | 'svg' | 'json') → Promise<ExportResult>
}

Section 3: Observation Targets

3.1 The Seven Observation Targets

3.2 Observation Priority

Anomalies (VA5) always render at highest priority. Within normal state:

Section 4: Invariants

4.1 The Twelve Viewport Invariants

Section 5: Visual Taxonomy

5.1 The Constitutional Color Schema

5.2 Visual Severity Levels

Section 6: Temporal Observation

6.1 The Time Model

UCV supports three temporal modes:

6.2 Temporal Invariants

Section 7: Anomaly Detection

7.1 The Anomaly Framework

UCV defines anomaly detection as a constitutional requirement, not an optional feature:

7.2 Anomaly Response Protocol

Anomaly Detected → Classify Severity → Render Salient Signal → 
→ Log Anomaly → Notify Observer → If Emergency: Halt Affected Operations

Section 8: Adapter Specification

8.1 Adapter Contract

Each adapter MUST declare:

8.2 Required Adapters

8.3 Adapter Auto-Detection

UCV.autoDetect() → UCVAdapter

The viewport automatically selects the best available adapter:

1. Check for WebGL → use UCVWebGL if available
2. Check for Canvas → use UCVCanvas if available
3. Check for SVG → use UCVSVG if available
4. Default → use UCVTerminal (always available)

Section 9: Constitutional Requirements

9.1 MUST Requirements (23 total)

9.2 SHOULD Requirements (8 total)

Section 10: Conformance

10.1 Conformance Levels

10.2 Conformance Test

UCV.validateConformance(adapter) → {
  conforms: boolean,
  score: number,       // 0-100%
  level: 'L0'|'L1'|'L2',
  missing: string[],   // Unmet requirement IDs
  warnings: string[]   // SHOULD requirements not met
}

Appendix A: Implementation Notes

A.1 Browser Implementation

For browser-based viewports:

// UCV Canvas Adapter
class UCVCanvas {
  constructor(canvasElement) {
    this.canvas = canvasElement;
    this.ctx = canvasElement.getContext('2d');
  }
  
  async render(frame) {
    // Clear canvas
    this.ctx.clearRect(0, 0, this.canvas.width, this.canvas.height);
    
    // Render trust chains
    for (const chain of frame.trustChains) {
      this.renderTrustChain(chain);
    }
    
    // Render anomalies (highest priority - always on top)
    for (const anomaly of frame.anomalies) {
      this.renderAnomaly(anomaly);
    }
  }
  
  renderTrustChain(chain) {
    // Draw nodes and edges
    // Apply visual taxonomy colors
    // Flag chain breaks
  }
  
  renderAnomaly(anomaly) {
    // Render with severity-based styling
    // Ensure salience (VA5)
  }
}

A.2 Terminal Implementation

For terminal-based viewports:

// UCV Terminal Adapter
class UCVTerminal {
  async render(frame) {
    // ASCII art trust chain visualization
    // Color-coded anomaly indicators
    // Text-based observation output
  }
  
  renderTrustChain(chain) {
    // Tree structure using box-drawing characters
    // Color codes for anomaly detection
  }
}

A.3 JSON Export

// UCV Export Adapter
class UCVExport {
  async exportJSON(frame) {
    return {
      timestamp: frame.timestamp,
      trustChains: frame.trustChains,
      anomalies: frame.anomalies,
      provenance: frame.provenance,
      attestations: frame.attestations,
      metadata: {
        exportedAt: new Date().toISOString(),
        version: UCV.VERSION,
        conforms: 'L2'
      }
    };
  }
}

Appendix B: Dependency Graph

UCV (Universal Constitutional Viewport)
├── UCS (Universal Constitutional Storage)
│   ├── Trust state
│   ├── Provenance state
│   ├── Attestation state
│   └── Delegation state
├── Reference Systems (L5)
│   ├── Data systems
│   └── Communication systems
└── Downstream dependents
    ├── USR/CoreFab (runtimes need observation)
    ├── UCA (adapters bridge to renderers)
    └── P3: Life (agents must be auditable)

Appendix C: Relationship to Existing Specs

Appendix D: Formal Properties

D.1 Safety Properties

D.1 Liveness Properties