Sigma Stratum Documentation – License Notice
This document is part of the Sigma Runtime Standard (SRS) and the
Sigma Stratum Documentation Set (SRD).It is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution–NonCommercial 4.0
(CC BY-NC 4.0).The license for this specific document is authoritative.
For the full framework, see/legal/IP-Policy.
The Sigma Runtime Documentation (SRD) provides the human-readable foundation of the
Sigma Runtime Standard (SRS) — a unified specification describing attractor-based cognition,
runtime stabilization, semantic compression, and safety architectures within LLM-mediated cognitive systems.
SRD serves as the interpretive and educational layer of the Sigma Runtime Standard.
While SRS defines canonical mechanisms and technical invariants, SRD focuses on:
It bridges the gap between formal specification (SRS) and operational practice (Runtime implementation) —
translating technical mechanisms into a coherent cognitive and safety model.
SRD is explanatory rather than normative.
It clarifies the public standard, but does not redefine it.
The active SRD set includes the following core sections:
| Section | Description |
|---|---|
| Overview | Conceptual introduction to Sigma Runtime and its role within Sigma Stratum. Describes adaptive self-regulation, SCR, and field-based cognition. |
| Architecture | Details the layered runtime design, including the runtime loop, control surfaces, safety boundaries, and memory-bearing state. |
| ALICE | Documents the Attractor Layer for Integrated Cognitive Emergence — the runtime’s phase controller and attractor governor. |
| Attractors | Defines attractor formation, taxonomy, stability envelopes, and symbolic field interactions. |
| Drift | Covers adaptive drift management, SCR integration, and phase drift telemetry. |
| Memory | Explains the persistent, semantic, and symbolic memory systems, including reconstructive recall and Reintegration Efficiency. |
| Runtime Loop | Defines the Recursive Control Loop (RCL) with phase-aware regulation, feedback synchronization, and cognitive field update steps. |
| Safety | Describes the containment, boundary, and recovery principles that keep runtime behavior stable and interpretable. |
| Core Concepts | Consolidates foundational definitions (Attractor, Drift, Symbolic Density, SCR, Phase Coherence, Recursive Control). |
| FAQ | Provides practical guidance and clarifications about runtime operation, ALICE phases, SCR, and self-regulation. |
Each section resides in /srd/ and includes standardized metadata headers and repository-level licensing references.
SRD pages should remain aligned with accepted public SRIP and SRS material, while staying readable for developers, researchers, and governance reviewers.
SRD should reflect the current public standard baseline and approved explanatory updates.
It may draw on implementation experience, but public pages must remain:
SRD documents are maintained under the SRIP workflow and the public interaction requirements that govern SRS/SRD synchronization.
All updates are version-controlled, reviewed, and merged only after alignment verification against the canonical public SRS.
The key governance rule is simple:
Public explanatory pages may evolve independently of proprietary product releases, but they must not silently introduce new normative runtime requirements.
For governance policies, review cycles, and contribution rules, see
/team/srip-process.md.
The Sigma Runtime Documentation (SRD) provides the interpretive backbone of Sigma Stratum’s cognitive runtime research.
It integrates runtime stabilization, semantic compression, and safety alignment into a cohesive framework
— a bridge between specification and cognition.
Together with the SRS and SRIPs, the SRD enables transparent, reproducible, and ethically governed
development of field-based cognitive systems.
References:
- Tsaliev, E. (2025). SIGMA Runtime Architecture v0.1 — DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17703667
- Tsaliev, E. (2025). Attractor Architectures in LLM-Mediated Cognitive Fields — DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17629926