Point
The reference validator is the executable baseline
The reference validator implements the standard profiles, diagnostics, output states, fixture runner, and normalized model for release 0.8.0.
- Posture
- asserted
- Lifecycle
- active
The repository’s reference validator discovers local Atlas structures, parses the strict text and JSON profile, applies authored-data schemas, resolves cross-record constraints, emits deterministic diagnostics, and produces normalized output only for complete valid resolved input. Its command-line and fixture modes use the versioned public output contracts.
The implementation is a reference point for observable behavior, not the source of semantic authority. Normative prose has precedence, packaged schemas must remain byte-identical with specification schemas, and fixtures expose behavior that another processor can reproduce without importing this code.
Reference validatorThis is the shipped executable that defines standard profile behavior, diagnostics, fixture execution, and normalized output.