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CarbonStream Nexus — Compute Accountability Infrastructure

Resources

Reference

The vocabulary and labelling systems used across this site, plus a consolidated view of what has been built.

Labelling

Truth states

Applied to every capability, protocol element and page section.

  • Prototype — functional

    Built and working in the CSN browser prototype. Not a production deployment and not independently verified.

  • Specified

    Defined in writing. Not implemented in software.

  • In development

    Partially built or actively being worked on.

  • Research / future

    Under research. No commitment, no implementation.

Labelling

Provenance tags

Applied inline to every numeric or factual value the demonstrator and record viewer render.

  • Simulated

    Produced by the demonstrator's calculation, not measured from infrastructure.

  • Declared input

    Supplied by the person using the demonstrator. Does not establish measurement or workload occurrence; not independently verified.

  • Assumed

    Demonstrator default used because no declared or measured value was supplied.

  • Scenario value

    Fixed value from a controlled demonstration scenario. Not live grid data.

Vocabulary

Glossary

Compute accountability
The practice of making digital compute measurable, attributable and legible to governance processes.
Compute Accountability Record (CAR)
A structured artefact carrying subject, measurement, context, attribution method and governance status, with provenance on every value.
CAPS-Core
The protocol foundation CSN is developing for compute accountability. Specified in writing; not implemented in this application.
Attribution
Assignment of measured, contextualised impact to a responsible subject via a stated, inspectable method.
Provenance
The declared origin of a value: declared input, assumed default, scenario value, or simulated output.
Governance-legible
Expressed such that an institutional reader can determine what is claimed, on what basis, and with what uncertainty.

Status

Capability register

  • Compute Accountability Demonstrator

    Prototype — functional

    A working six-step, browser-based workflow that turns declared workload inputs into a timestamped structured record with a fully visible calculation trace.

  • CAR artefact generation (structural)

    Prototype — functional

    Human-readable and machine-readable views of a timestamped demonstration record, with copy, download and structural validation.

  • Provenance and truth-state labelling

    Prototype — functional

    Every value carries its origin — declared, assumed, scenario or simulated — and every capability carries its build state.

  • CAPS-Core protocol foundation

    Specified

    The protocol layer is being defined in writing. The authoritative specification governs; this site does not implement it.

  • Authoritative CAR schema

    In development

    CAR Technical Specification RC1 is technical review only, not ratified, and is normative over CAR Overview for technical conflicts. The prototype uses a non-authoritative demonstration schema and claims no RC1 conformance; technical source text is not incorporated here.

  • CSN attribution method

    In development

    The prototype runs the CSN Demonstration Calculation Engine, whose arithmetic is fully visible. The authoritative production calculation specification is pending.

  • Telemetry ingestion and measurement APIs

    Research / future

    No telemetry is ingested. No infrastructure is instrumented. No live data of any kind reaches this application.

  • Verification and attestation

    Research / future

    Third-party verification, signing and registry mechanics are research topics, not implemented functionality.

CAR Technical Specification RC1 is for technical review only, not ratified. It is normative over CAR Overview for technical conflicts, without implying RC1 ratification or prototype conformance. The prototype uses a non-authoritative demonstration schema; technical source text is not incorporated here. See the RC1 specification, technical review window and comment instructions and the CAR Overview and Adoption Guide.