{
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "$id": "https://vnwo.com/schemas/application-profile.schema.json",
  "title": "VNWO Application Profile",
  "description": "Describes a bounded application of VNWO observatory patterns without changing the canonical VNWO identity or implying runtime, certification, legal, labor-policy, biological, or standards authority.",
  "type": "object",
  "additionalProperties": false,
  "required": [
    "schema_version",
    "id",
    "version",
    "last_reviewed_utc",
    "title",
    "status",
    "active_branding",
    "purpose",
    "intended_users",
    "required_outputs",
    "boundaries",
    "source_routing",
    "claim_boundary_note"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "schema_version": {
      "type": "string",
      "const": "3.0.8",
      "description": "VNWO schema release version."
    },
    "id": {
      "type": "string",
      "pattern": "^[a-z0-9][a-z0-9-]+$"
    },
    "version": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "last_reviewed_utc": {
      "type": "string",
      "format": "date-time"
    },
    "title": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "status": {
      "type": "string",
      "enum": [
        "proposed",
        "experimental",
        "reviewed",
        "reference",
        "deprecated"
      ]
    },
    "active_branding": {
      "type": "boolean"
    },
    "former_identity_source": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "purpose": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "intended_users": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "string"
      },
      "minItems": 1
    },
    "observatory_surfaces": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "string"
      }
    },
    "required_outputs": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "string"
      },
      "minItems": 1
    },
    "boundaries": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "string"
      },
      "minItems": 1
    },
    "source_routing": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "string"
      },
      "minItems": 1
    },
    "human_review_required": {
      "type": "boolean"
    },
    "human_page": {
      "type": "string",
      "format": "uri"
    },
    "machine_readable_equivalent": {
      "type": "string",
      "format": "uri"
    },
    "claim_boundary_note": {
      "type": "string"
    }
  },
  "examples": [
    {
      "schema_version": "3.0.8",
      "id": "virtual-networks-without-overreach",
      "version": "3.0.8",
      "last_reviewed_utc": "2026-06-20T17:20:17Z",
      "title": "Virtual Networks Without Overreach",
      "status": "reference",
      "active_branding": false,
      "former_identity_source": "Former VNWO expanded name used before v3.0.0.",
      "purpose": "Apply VNWO observatory patterns to AI-assisted communities and virtual networks through visible rules, actor disclosure, bounded authority, reviewable decisions, memory controls, repair paths, and exit rights.",
      "intended_users": [
        "AI-assisted community operators",
        "AI agent builders",
        "moderation reviewers",
        "memory stewards",
        "participants evaluating exit and repair"
      ],
      "observatory_surfaces": [
        "actor surface",
        "authority surface",
        "memory surface",
        "endpoint surface",
        "decision surface",
        "repair surface",
        "exit surface"
      ],
      "required_outputs": [
        "public charter",
        "actor disclosure statement",
        "authority envelope",
        "memory consent notice",
        "decision receipt",
        "repair and appeal path",
        "exit packet"
      ],
      "boundaries": [
        "Not a second current VNWO expanded name.",
        "Does not certify a virtual network.",
        "Does not execute agents or authorize endpoints.",
        "Does not import files or synchronize memory.",
        "Does not guarantee legal compliance, safety, privacy, deletion, or fairness."
      ],
      "source_routing": [
        "Route theory claims to Teleodynamic.",
        "Route file-memory package standards to UAIX.",
        "Route endpoint capability and authorization boundaries to LocalEndpoint and the implementing system.",
        "Route incidents and recovery evidence to the implementing incident process or ErrorNotifier lane."
      ],
      "human_review_required": true,
      "human_page": "https://vnwo.com/about/#name-disambiguation",
      "machine_readable_equivalent": "https://vnwo.com/examples/virtual-networks-without-overreach-application-profile.json",
      "claim_boundary_note": "VNWO publishes static public observatory guidance. It does not execute agents, import files, synchronize memory, collect private telemetry, validate credentials, authorize endpoints, certify systems, provide legal advice, prove consciousness, or override Teleodynamic or UAIX."
    },
    {
      "schema_version": "3.0.8",
      "id": "ai-mediated-work-systems",
      "version": "3.0.8",
      "last_reviewed_utc": "2026-06-20T17:20:17Z",
      "title": "AI-Mediated Work Systems",
      "status": "experimental",
      "active_branding": false,
      "purpose": "Apply VNWO observatory patterns to algorithmic assistance and consequential work decisions so actor identity, authority, evidence, memory use, review, repair, disconnection, and exit remain inspectable.",
      "intended_users": [
        "platform operators",
        "worker representatives",
        "software vendors",
        "procurement reviewers",
        "governance reviewers"
      ],
      "observatory_surfaces": [
        "actor disclosure",
        "delegated authority",
        "work observation",
        "memory and retention",
        "human review",
        "no-op decision",
        "repair and appeal",
        "revocation and exit"
      ],
      "required_outputs": [
        "actor disclosure record",
        "authority envelope",
        "work observation receipt",
        "memory disposition notice",
        "no-op receipt",
        "appeal and repair path",
        "exit or offboarding packet"
      ],
      "boundaries": [
        "Does not monitor workers or collect workplace telemetry.",
        "Does not infer burnout, productivity, employability, or worker trustworthiness.",
        "Does not decide compensation, discipline, termination, or labor policy.",
        "Does not provide legal advice or certify employment-law compliance.",
        "Does not replace collective bargaining, human review, or jurisdiction-specific obligations."
      ],
      "source_routing": [
        "Route labor and employment obligations to qualified jurisdiction-specific review.",
        "Route memory standards to UAIX.",
        "Route theory claims to Teleodynamic.",
        "Route endpoint authorization to the implementing system and LocalEndpoint context.",
        "Route incidents to the implementing incident process or ErrorNotifier lane."
      ],
      "human_review_required": true,
      "human_page": "https://vnwo.com/ai-mediated-work/",
      "machine_readable_equivalent": "https://vnwo.com/examples/ai-mediated-work-application-profile.json",
      "claim_boundary_note": "VNWO publishes static public observatory guidance. It does not execute agents, import files, synchronize memory, collect private telemetry, validate credentials, authorize endpoints, certify systems, provide legal advice, prove consciousness, or override Teleodynamic or UAIX."
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "3.0.8",
  "last_reviewed_utc": "2026-06-20T17:20:17Z",
  "artifact_maturity": "reviewed",
  "claim_boundary_note": "VNWO publishes static public observatory guidance and templates. It does not certify safety or viability, provide legal advice, execute agents, import files, synchronize memory, collect private telemetry, validate credentials, authorize endpoints, prove consciousness, or override Teleodynamic or UAIX.",
  "source_routing_note": "Name the source domain for every imported concept. Preserve implementation authority with the implementing organization. Use no-op or human review when authority, evidence, or version state is ambiguous."
}