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Validation profiles separate structure and resolution

Structural validation checks discovered records independently, while resolved validation adds Atlas-wide identity, target, relation, lifecycle, and normalized-model guarantees.

Posture
asserted
Lifecycle
active

The structural profile checks discovery, locations, text, front matter, schemas, body minimums, navigation, and direct local constraints. It can report useful file-level problems before the full Atlas is semantically coherent.

The resolved profile adds exactly-one-anchor identity assembly, one record per Map, local Area and Resource resolution, target safety, relations, supersession, incoming indexes, derived overlap, and normalized output. Check evaluation and publication are separate concerns rather than hidden validator profiles. Release conformance requires a complete valid resolved result.

Reference validatorThe profile split bounds what structural validation can claim and what resolved validation must add.

Atlas validation contractContentReference validator guideimplementation

Relations

2 connections

Original Atlas material: CC0 1.0 Universal or 0BSD. Referenced material retains its own terms.

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Quick reference

Map
A durable project perspective organized around one central question.
Area
A concern within a Map. Areas can overlap; memberships explain why a Point belongs.
Point
One claim, decision, constraint, question, or other coherent item with its own identity.
Context
An explanation of how the same Point matters in another Map.
Relation
A directed link between Points with an explanation, such as support, dependency, or replacement.
Resource
An addressable document or other material.
Content
The primary material for an Atlas item.
Reference
Material linked as evidence, background, implementation, history, or an example.

Missing links do not mean that no relationship exists.

Read the state

Posture describes the author's stance: asserted means presented as applicable or believed; open, unresolved; proposed, a candidate; intended, a desired or selected future state.

Lifecycle describes standing: active means current context; historical, retained prior context; superseded, replaced by another Point; withdrawn, retracted.

Asserted does not mean verified. Intended does not mean implemented. Source links provide material to assess these claims.