FPF Reference

    A.6.C:5.3 — Show (Episteme archetypes)

    Preface node heading:a-6-c-5-3-show-episteme-archetypes:12039

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    (C) Multiparty protocol boundary (behavioural and session-type motif)

    Draft wording: “The protocol guarantees progress. Participants must follow the sequence.”

    Unpack + classify:

    • Description/publication: protocol description (could be a type spec or protocol spec plus explanatory views).
    • L: safety and progress properties as laws over the protocol model (truth-conditional, within the theory).
    • A: admissibility: when an interaction trace is considered valid or admissible (e.g., runtime checks; compilation checks; gating conditions for entering a session).
    • D: the protocol description carries generic prescriptions for covered implementers or operators: implement the protocol, do not send messages outside the state machine, and publish conformance records when required. It asserts no individual commitment occurrence.
    • E: evidence: message trace carriers, conformance test-run records, and audit trails for disputed interactions.

    (D) Socio-technical “SLA + audit trail” boundary

    Draft wording: “Provider shall respond within 4 hours for Severity‑1 incidents. Only Severity‑1 is covered. Evidence is provided by ticket logs.”

    Unpack + classify:

    • Promise content (service promise clause): responsiveness promise for a defined incident class and window.
    • Description/publication: SLA publication (and its views for different audiences).
    • A: admissibility predicate for the promise: ticket qualifies iff severity classification meets stated conditions.
    • D: the SLA clause is first a generic prescription for covered providers, clients, and auditors. Claim that actual provider ProviderSystem-A bears the four-hour duty only after the SLA's individualizing rule and required actual basis establish one exact A.2.8 commitment; otherwise keep the clause generic.
    • E: evidence: ticket carriers, timestamps, classification records, and the measurement procedure binding “4 hours” to a time window and clock source.

    Last Updated: 2026-09-03 — upstream FPF commit b999972c (github.com/ailev/FPF)