Appendix: Thesis 0 Schema Validation Tests

Version: 0.1

Status: pre-drafting validation plan. Evidence Status: Documented/Proposed.

This appendix defines the minimum schema-validation checks required before the Friendship-Governed Goal Architecture thesis body treats its goal-governance artifacts as operational constraints.

Validator

Use a JSON Schema 2020-12 validator. Acceptable validators include python-jsonschema with Draft 2020-12 support or ajv configured for draft 2020-12. Basic JSON syntax checks with python -m json.tool are necessary but not sufficient.

Current validation command:

python the internal planning-cascade artifacts

Expected-Pass Checks

Semantic Checks Beyond JSON Schema

JSON Schema cannot enforce cross-document references. The validation pass must also check:

• every friendship_goal_node exists in friendship-goal-registry.json
• every friendship_root_path entry exists in friendship-goal-registry.json
• every non-thesis_anchor goal has at least one parent goal and no cycle in the reachable goal DAG
• friendship_root_path is interpreted as a primary-first multi-root set, not as a strict tree path
• goal_stack_snapshot.fingerprint is the SHA-256 hash of the canonical serialization of required thin-pointer fields before live ledger use; fixtures may use pending-owner-attested-hash
• review_history_refs is non-empty before an owner_approved goal with independent_review_required: true is treated as active
• lower-horizon plans cannot aggregate below the ThesisBackingRequired(plan) threshold to avoid thesis backing

Expected-Fail Fixtures To Add

The validator now includes negative fixtures for:

• invalid_goal_unregistered_friendship_node.json: semantic failure for unregistered friendship_goal_node.
• invalid_goal_nonroot_without_parent.json: schema failure for non-root goal_class without parent_goals.
• invalid_goal_owner_approved_missing_authority.json: schema failure for owner_approved without authority_matrix.
• invalid_goal_owner_approved_empty_review.json: schema failure for owner_approved with independent_review_required: true and empty review_history_refs.
• invalid_goal_stack_snapshot_bad_fingerprint.json: semantic failure for snapshot fingerprint mismatch.
• invalid_goal_stack_snapshot_computed_mismatch.json: semantic failure for production-style computed snapshot fingerprint mismatch.
• invalid_goal_benchmark_modification_without_owner_review.json: semantic failure for benchmark modification without owner review.
• invalid_goal_governance_self_weakening_single_lane_review.json: semantic failure for protected goal-governance change reviewed only by the author lane.
• invalid_goal_multi_parent_asymmetric_authority.json: semantic failure for a multi-parent high-risk goal adopting only the weaker authority path.
• invalid_goal_revision_missing_lineage.json: semantic failure for a revised goal without revision_lineage.
• invalid_goal_friendship_registry_mod_without_protection.json: semantic failure for registry modification without protected-change record.
• invalid_goal_dag_self_cycle.json: semantic failure for direct goal-DAG self-cycle.
• invalid_goal_aggregate_child_plan_backing_bypass.json: semantic failure for aggregate child-plan decomposition that bypasses ThesisBackingRequired(plan).
• invalid_goal_stack_snapshot_expired_intention.json: semantic failure for active intention continuation after plan expiry.
• invalid_goal_stack_snapshot_stale_campaign_child_intention.json: semantic failure for child intention continuation under a stale campaign.
• invalid_strategic_thesis_backing_without_snapshot.json: semantic failure for planner object claiming thesis backing without required goal_stack_snapshot.

Drafting Gate

Before friendship-governed-goal-architecture-thesis.md relies on a worked example as operational evidence, the example's JSON artifacts must either pass this validation plan or be explicitly marked as a prose-only example with a migration task.