docs: mint scope statement and canonical spec (owner confirmation 2026-10-04) by hyperpolymath · Pull Request #4 · hyperpolymath/secret-types

hyperpolymath · 2026-10-04T07:35:01Z

Mints the standalone repository in scope: a real scope statement, canonical spec, and decision record. Owner confirmation 2026-10-04 selects this repository as the home of the work, superseding the fold-into-epistemic-types#32 alternative and resolving the origin note's "no new repository yet" gate.

Changes

docs/secret-types.adoc — canonical scope statement: question, boundary, decision record (D153, D154, 2026-10-04), the first two-level Public ⊑ Secret model, explicit non-claims, consumers/neighbours. Ported with provenance from epistemic-types docs/secret-types.adoc (blob 583017cfd5fa).
README.adoc — real project README (question, boundary, honest status).
docs/decisions/0004-standalone-repo-and-scope.adoc — the placement decision (ADR).

Honesty notes (kept explicit in the files)

Specification only. No Secret type, no IFC calculus, no declassification rule, no noninterference theorem, no cross-repository import, no CI proof gate.
No consumer selected. The possible RMO key-provisioning / disclosure use stays an inference recorded in valence-shell docs/THEORY-FEED.adoc; valence-shell#92 is the nearest frontier item by name only and is not selected. No RMO claim is made.
Progress grades stay honest. A documentation link is not a mechanised dependency; an integration may only be claimed after a real import builds in CI.
Scaffolding sweep pending. just repo-init has not been run across the tree, so other files still carry template text; tracked in secret-types#2. This PR mints scope, not scaffolding.

Coordination updates are prepared but blocked: this session's GitHub token has pull_requests=write but not issues=write, so every issue comment/body edit returns 403 Forbidden (the same denial blocks transferring epistemic-types#32 here). Ready-to-post texts: secret-types#2, nextgen-typing#118, valence-shell#210, and the transferred-issue provenance note. They will be posted after an Arena GitHub reconnect with issue-write access.

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- Added project-specific documentation defining a two-level Public ⊑ Secret confidentiality model and its termination-insensitive noninterference target.
- Clarified the model’s assumptions and limits, including the absence of declassification, implementation, proof, runtime enforcement and side-channel protection.
- Recorded the project’s standalone status, scope, review considerations and relationship to neighbouring projects. No consumer or integration dependency is selected.

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The pull request replaces the template README and adds a scope statement and an accepted architecture decision record. The documents describe the proposed confidentiality-label model, its limits, and the standalone repository’s scope.

Changes

Secret Types scope and repository placement

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Standalone repository decision `docs/decisions/0004-standalone-repo-and-scope.adoc`	The accepted decision record identifies `secret-types` as the project home, records earlier placement decisions, and lists outstanding review and cross-link updates.
Confidentiality model and project summary `docs/secret-types.adoc`, `README.adoc`	The scope statement sets out the two-level label model, noninterference target, assumptions, and exclusions. The README summarises the model, project status, ownership, and neighbouring projects.

Priority: ⬇️ Low

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Change: Other

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to ee8ef

Readers may infer that the repository contains no code or proofs. Qualifying the statements as limited to Secret/IFC work corrects this localized issue; the PR remains mergeable with that bounded risk noted.

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Changed systems: docs, README.adoc

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observed — docs (service) was modified; 2 changed files map to changed impact.
observed — README.adoc (service) was modified; 1 changed file maps to changed impact.

Before / after behavior

observed — Modified behavior in README.adoc: The template copyright metadata is replaced with a 2026 project-specific copyright line, and the placeholder title becomes Secret Types.
observed — Modified behavior in README.adoc: The template’s standard, quality-gate, provenance, and ecosystem badges and generic project description are replaced by a specification-only status badge and a concise description of the project’s confidentiality-label focus.
observed — Modified behavior in README.adoc: Generic template-project claims are replaced with the model’s question and scope: Secret ℓ A classifies values under a two-level Public ⊑ Secret order, targeting termination-insensitive noninterference in a pure, total calculus. The text states the limits of labels, that the baseline permits no declassification, and that no consumer or frontier item is selected; it points to the canonical specification and records its stated decisions.
observed — Modified behavior in README.adoc: A project status section replaces template onboarding guidance. It states that no type, calculus, declassification rule, theorem, or cross-repository import exists; identifies the README and scope statement as in-scope content while the placeholder sweep remains pending under issue #2; and says a documentation link alone does not establish a mechanised dependency or integration.

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Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly identifies the main changes: a scope statement and canonical specification for the standalone repository. The owner-confirmation date adds context without obscuring the purpose.
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