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Sigma Runtime Improvement Proposal
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| SRIP | SRIP-00 |
| Title | Foundations and Scope |
| Version | Foundational Draft |
| Status | Draft |
| Date | 2026-04-17 |
| Authors / Contributors | E. Tsaliev |
| Owning Layer | Foundational / Architectural |
| Parent Specs | None |
| Related Specs | SRIP-01, SRIP-02, SRIP-03, SRIP-04, SRIP-05, SRIP-06, SRIP-07, SRIP-08 |
| Specification License | CC BY 4.0 |
| Implementation Safe Harbor | Independent implementation permitted under public SRS/SRIP terms |
| Machine-Readable Artifacts | Apache 2.0 where explicitly marked |
| Marks / Certification | Governed by Sigma Marks and Certification Policy |
| Proprietary Runtime Assets | Not licensed by this SRIP |
| Independent Implementation | Permitted under the public specification terms |
| Commercial Runtime Boundary | Relevant policy or explicit covenant for protected Sigma marks, official certification, managed deployment, white-label, resale, CC BY-NC commercial use, and patent commitments |
| Information Class | Open |
| Change Class | SRS-only |
| Normative Status | Defines the foundational vocabulary, architectural scope, and invariants for the public Sigma Runtime Standard. |
| Conformance Level | Public Draft / Foundational |
| SRD Synchronization Action | Deferred review |
| Release Alignment Status | Foundational draft; no production conformance claim is made by this document alone. |
Public Note
This foundational document remains the root vocabulary and scope document for the publicSRS.
Later public materials may use more version-light terminology, but this document should still be read as the conceptual foundation rather than as a product-specific implementation guide.
Independent implementations of the public normative requirements in this SRIP are welcome under the applicable public specification terms.
No Sigma commercial runtime license is needed solely because an independent implementation follows those public normative requirements.
Product assets, protected Sigma marks, official certification, compatibility badges, CC BY-NC commercial use, and patent commitments use the relevant policy or explicit covenant. Independent implementation, attribution, or citation does not imply certification, endorsement, partnership, official compatibility, or permission to use Sigma marks as product identity.
SRIP-00 establishes the foundation of the Sigma Runtime standard:
All subsequent SRIPs must conform to these foundations.
This document does not define implementation details.
It defines the conceptual substrate on which implementations operate.
Extended human–LLM interaction reveals cognitive dynamics that cannot be modeled by token statistics alone:
These behaviors demonstrate that LLM cognition in interaction is a coupled dynamical system:
human cognitive state ↔ LLM state trajectory ↔ external symbolic structures
Sigma Runtime provides an explicit architecture for
stabilizing, structuring, and governing these interaction fields.
A recursive, multi-level dynamical system arising from:
Properties:
The interaction field is the primary computational object of Sigma Runtime.
A persistent, self-reinforcing configuration of:
Attractors exhibit:
In Sigma Runtime, attractors are first-class architectural units.
A gradual destabilization of the interaction field caused by:
Drift is the principal failure mode of long-horizon cognition.
Sigma Runtime provides mechanisms for detection, regulation, and correction.
The structural layer above raw model inference that governs:
The cognitive layer is the core of the Sigma Runtime standard.
Sigma Runtime defines:
Continuity
No uncontrolled jumps in reasoning trajectory.
Attractor Integrity
Stable attractors must retain internal coherence.
Drift Boundaries
Systems must detect and regulate drift.
State Persistence
Explicit, controlled retention and recall of cognitive state.
Recursive Consistency
Meaning must remain coherent across recursive loops.
The runtime loop consists of:
This loop defines the execution semantics of cognitive-layer reasoning.
The standard specifies:
Internal model mechanics remain out of scope.
Sigma Runtime does not define:
These are left to implementations.
A system conforms to Sigma Runtime if it implements:
Extensions are permitted if invariants remain intact.
Scaling alone does not solve:
Sigma Runtime provides the structural layer required for:
This layer is orthogonal to transformer scale.
Sigma Runtime is backend-agnostic and compatible with:
The standard improves the structure of cognition, not the model architecture.
Sigma Runtime is an open, non-proprietary technical standard:
SRIP-00 is the root document for the foundational public SRIP surface.
Current foundational SRIPs:
Later proposals and extensions are tracked through the public SRIP registry and
architecture reading-order views.