{
  "schemaVersion": "0.9-proposed",
  "site": "https://interpretive-governance.org",
  "generatedAt": "2026-07-07",
  "layer": "ccl",
  "name": "Causal Context Layer",
  "status": "proposed_core_doctrinal_layer",
  "canonicalDocs": [
    "https://interpretive-governance.org/causal-context-layer/",
    "https://interpretive-governance.org/fr/couche-contexte-causal/"
  ],
  "purpose": "Declare why a public surface becomes necessary, what need it answers, what consequence it supports, and what derivations remain forbidden.",
  "chain": [
    "triggering_situation",
    "problem_or_risk",
    "latent_need",
    "canonical_surface",
    "intended_consequence",
    "forbidden_derivations"
  ],
  "rules": [
    {
      "id": "CCL-1",
      "rule": "apparent_topic_is_not_causal_utility"
    },
    {
      "id": "CCL-2",
      "rule": "semantic_proximity_is_not_latent_need"
    },
    {
      "id": "CCL-3",
      "rule": "intended_consequence_is_not_guarantee"
    },
    {
      "id": "CCL-4",
      "rule": "service_or_action_bridge_requires_explicit_declaration"
    },
    {
      "id": "CCL-5",
      "rule": "missing_causal_context_must_not_be_reconstructed_by_plausibility"
    },
    {
      "id": "CCL-6",
      "rule": "cause_solution_proof_and_promise_must_remain_separate"
    }
  ],
  "not": [
    "semantic proximity metric",
    "ranking signal",
    "guarantee",
    "proof layer",
    "commercial funnel"
  ]
}