Point
The independent reader proves consumer agreement
A separately implemented read-only processor produces the same normalized model for valid fixtures and the Meta-Atlas without importing reference-validator code.
- Posture
- asserted
- Lifecycle
- active
The repository contains a second processor built from the normative schemas and valid examples without importing or naming the reference validator implementation. Interoperability tests compare its normalized model byte-for-structure with reference output for every valid fixture and this self-hosting Atlas.
That agreement is evidence for read-only consumer interoperability and preservation of Point provenance. It is not evidence that the independent reader conforms as a validator, because it does not reproduce every required invalid-fixture outcome and standard diagnostic.
Conformance evidenceAgreement from a separately implemented reader is evidence that the contract is reproducible outside reference code.
Normalized modelExact comparison tests provenance, ordering, Area explanations, relation notes, and indexes as consumer-visible output.
Implementation independence is protected by a source-level import boundary and exact model comparison in the release gate.
Repository checks reject reference-validator imports or names inside the independent reader, and tests execute both implementations against the same sources. Exact deep comparison catches missing extensions, changed ordering, flattened records, and divergent derived indexes.
Independent processingA no-import source boundary separates the second reader's implementation from the reference validator.
Repository gatesExact release-gate comparison turns that source separation into executable interoperability evidence.