Canonization Protocol (The Three Seals)

You can seal Markdown artifacts as immutable sovereign nodes by applying a canonization protocol that validates OMEGA v15.0 structural compliance, aligns semantic metadata to a YAML registry, and anchors a SHA256 integrity hash into the artifact's Omni-Anchor block.

Artifact canonization is a formal process that locks versions and prevents accidental post-approval edits. You need it for workspace governance workflows when producing rules, protocols, or skills that require registry discoverability and immutable protection.

SHA256 integrity hashing for YAML registry artifacts computes a cryptographic hash over the artifact content excluding the Omni-Anchor section, then writes that hash into the Omni-Anchor block to record the canonical state and ensure immutability.

Yes, the canonization process performs atomic registry updates to the GVRN.Master.Registry.yaml, writing finalized artifact metadata, version, domain, relations, and content hash while transitioning the artifact across Draft, Active, or Finalized lifecycle states.

Yes, the canonization protocol requires the YAML dependency to parse and update the GVRN.Master.Registry.yaml, ensuring semantic metadata alignment and structural compliance with the expected v15.0 Block Map requirements during the sealing process.

If an artifact fails OMEGA v15.0 structural compliance, the canonization protocol will not seal it. The structural seal verifies conformity to Block Map requirements before computing the SHA256 hash and anchoring the Omni-Anchor block.