// editorial protocol
Claims need grammar
l0g separates observed facts, estimates, inferences and scenarios. The point is not stylistic neatness: it prevents a model output from becoming a fact, a hypothesis from becoming a conclusion, or a scenario from being misquoted as a forecast.
l0g Editorial Protocol 1.0
Version 1.0.0, released 2026-07-16, is the stable normative reference. This page is explanatory. The repository release contains the specification, JSON schemas, a complete example, its evidence pack, conformance tests, checksums, licenses and citation metadata.
Normative requirements
Source before narrative
Critical factual claims point to an identifiable source, with primary material preferred when available.
Dated verification
Evidence retains retrieval, publication and observation dates whenever they are known.
Typed claims
Claims use fact, estimate, inference or scenario, and one kind is never presented as another.
Exact locator
Direct evidence identifies a section, table, series, page, filing accession or reproducible calculation.
Claim-to-evidence link
Every structured claim references an existing evidence record. Facts require direct proof or reproduction.
Explicit limits
Coverage gaps, delays, revisions, missing data and unresolved uncertainty remain visible.
Attribution and license
Editorial text, data and evidence packs use CC BY 4.0. Code, tests and schemas use MIT.
Visible corrections
Material corrections are dated and exposed rather than hidden in silent rewriting.
Release integrity
Stable distributions carry a version, date, status, checksums and failing conformance tests.
Observed fact
A directly observed data point, filing, rule, vote, release, price, date or statement.
Estimate
A number derived by a model, provider, survey, nowcast or reconstruction.
Inference
A conclusion drawn from several facts. It must be labeled as reasoning, not as a raw fact.
Scenario
A conditional path, not a forecast. Scenarios should keep assumptions visible.
Uncategorized assertion
A claim not yet typed with sufficient confidence. It should not be overused as evidence.
Correction policy
Corrections should be explicit, dated and traceable. When a material claim changes, the change should not be hidden behind silent rewriting. The machine-readable changefeed and integrity hashes exist so agents and readers can detect meaningful revisions.
Attribution and citation
A reusable claim should retain its source URL, canonical page, date, type and confidence level. If a generated answer cites l0g without preserving the source chain, it has already degraded the evidence.
Editorial text, public data and evidence artifacts are licensed under CC BY 4.0. Code, tests, workflows and schemas are licensed under MIT. Third-party material remains subject to its original rights. Citation metadata is published in CITATION.cff.
What conformance proves
A conformant package has valid schemas, resolvable claim and evidence identifiers, explicit Sources and Limits sections, correct licenses and matching checksums. It is not an independent factual audit and cannot guarantee that a source remains current.
No investment advice
l0g analyzes public information, risk regimes and market plumbing. It does not provide personalized investment advice, trading signals or suitability assessments.