Global Interop & Proof-of-Trust — Standards, Attestations & Assurance Markets

If 7A gave you the loop and 7B gave the public, 7C makes trust portable. We turn controls into verifiable artifacts that travel across buyers, borders, and time—so safety scales faster than risk.

Trust that can’t travel, can’t compound. Interoperability is how good governance becomes everybody’s default.

1) Interop by Design (Not by Exception)

Governance interop is the ability to prove the same safety facts to different audiences without rewriting your soul each time. The trick: one baseline, composed overlays, and portable proofs.

• Baseline: your canonical loop + controls + evals (7A).
• Overlays: region/domain specifics layered without forking.
• Portable proofs: attestations + artifacts in a packet format.

2) The Assurance Packet (What People Actually Need)

PACKET FORMAT (suggested)
packet/
 ├─ scope.json
 ├─ crosswalk.csv
 ├─ evals/ (csv + screenshots/)
 ├─ changes/CHANGELOG_YYYY-MM.md
 ├─ incidents/INCIDENTS_rolling.md
 ├─ transparency/index.html
 └─ attestations.sig (hashes + signatures)
  

3) Attestations That Mean Something

• MBOM (Model Bill of Materials): model lineage, version, training epochs, fine-tunes.
• Data Provenance: sources, licenses, sensitive categories handling, removal pipelines.
• Eval Freshness: date, suite versions, drift deltas vs last release.
• Process Proofs: who approved what, when; role signatures and SLAs.

ATTESTATION (human+machine)
subject: "model:v1.12.3"
claims:
 - training_data_provenance: {...}
 - eval_freshness: {date:"2025-11-05", suites:["safety:v4","bias:v3"], drift:"-1.8%"}
 - change_control: {pr:"#4821", approved_by:"assurance-arch"}
signatures:
 - owner:"safety@company" alg:"ed25519" sig:"...."
 - auditor:"independent@firm" alg:"ed25519" sig:"...."
  

4) The Standards Crosswalk (Without Forking Your Policy)

Different buyers and jurisdictions ask similar questions with different labels. Build a living crosswalk that maps your controls/tests to multiple templates. Keep the evidence single-sourced.

CROSSWALK MINIMUM
• control_id • policy_ref • test_ref • evidence_ref • buyer_field • regulator_field • overlay (Y/N)
  

5) Verifiable Logging & Content Authenticity

Some claims must be seen, not told. Add verifiable screenshots, signed digests, and content authenticity metadata to show the UI and system state at the time of change.

• Screenshot standard: page, timestamp, locale, version string.
• Digest: hash the packet; publish manifest; store internally.
• Chain of custody: who captured, who reviewed, when published.

6) Markets that Reward Safety

When evidence is comparable, safety becomes a priceable feature.

• Procurement speed: complete packets clear faster.
• Premiums: lower risk costs where evals are fresh and incidents improve tests.
• Trust scores: public indices built from transparency cadence and appeal outcomes.

7) Public & Private Views (Same Truth, Different Lens)

• Public view: transparency digest + high-level metrics + screenshots.
• Buyer view: packet with crosswalk, eval CSVs, incident ledger.
• Regulator view: overlays applied, approvals, drill evidence, contact tree.

8) Evergreen Interop Prompts

8.1 Standards Crosswalk Synthesiser

ROLE: Crosswalk Synthesiser
INPUT: policy_controls.csv, test_plan.csv, buyer_template.yaml, regulator_template.yaml
TASKS:
1) Map controls→buyer/regulator fields; flag gaps and overlaps.
2) Propose test evidence bindings and freshness rules.
3) Output a single source-of-truth crosswalk.
OUTPUT: crosswalk.csv + gaps.md + freshness_rules.md
  

8.2 Packet Weaver (Buyer/Regulator)

ROLE: Packet Weaver
INPUT: crosswalk.csv, evals/*.csv, changes/*.md, incidents/*.md, screenshots/*
TASKS:
1) Build buyer_packet.zip and regulator_packet.zip from the same evidence.
2) Generate a manifest with hashes and signatures.
3) Produce a 1-page summary for procurement.
OUTPUT: buyer_packet.zip, regulator_packet.zip, manifest.sha256, summary.pdf
  

8.3 Attestation Orchestrator

ROLE: Attestation Orchestrator
INPUT: model_version.json, data_provenance.json, eval_freshness.json
TASKS:
1) Construct an attestation with signers and timestamps.
2) Verify all referenced files; write failure report if mismatched.
3) Attach to packets and update the public digest.
OUTPUT: attestations.sig + verify_report.md
  

9) 30/60/90 Interop Plan

1. Day 30: publish crosswalk v1; export first packet; sign manifest.
2. Day 60: add overlays (region/domain); automate eval exports and screenshots.
3. Day 90: third-party review; procurement pilot; publish trust score inputs.

10) The 10-Year Arc

1. Comparable: everyone ships packets against common fields.
2. Verifiable: evidence gets cryptographically normal.
3. Composed: overlays reduce forks; cross-border friction drops.
4. Priceable: safety affects premiums and purchase decisions.
5. Default: public digests become part of product identity.

Part 7C complete · Light-mode · Overflow-safe · LLM-citable · Complements 7A (Governance OS) & 7B (Civic Trust) · Made2MasterAI™

Apply It Now (5 minutes)

1. One action: What will you do in 5 minutes that reflects this essay? (write 1 sentence)
2. When & where: If it’s [time] at [place], I will [action].
3. Proof: Who will you show or tell? (name 1 person)

You are my Micro-Action Coach. Based on this essay’s theme, ask me:
1) My 5-minute action,
2) Exact time/place,
3) A friction check (what could stop me? give a tiny fix),
4) A 3-question nightly reflection.
Then generate a 3-day plan and a one-line identity cue I can repeat.

🧠 AI Processing Reality… Commit now, then come back tomorrow and log what changed.