Point
Semantic changes update the whole contract chain
A change to Atlas meaning is governed across every normative, executable, self-hosting, assurance, and consumer-facing representation it affects.
- Posture
- asserted
- Lifecycle
- active
A changed concept can affect prose, schemas, diagnostic registration, fixtures, validator behavior, normalized output, independent-reader expectations, Checks, the assurance index, Meta-Atlas Points, pilot tasks, portal handoff language, security guidance, and repository guardrails.
Review begins with the owning specification and traces every affected representation. The branch is not ready because one test passes or one document reads well. It is ready only when the complete chain expresses the same choice and the clean-checkout release gate succeeds at the exact reviewed revision.
Contract changeA meaning change must update every normative and executable representation that exposes that meaning.
Release stewardshipRelease readiness depends on the complete synchronized chain rather than one locally green test.