The Current Four-Repository System

The current research loop works because four repositories have different authority. Treating one website or service as the whole system would blur protocol truth, runtime behavior, operational policy, and public explanation.

The IoV Spec is the protocol source of truth. It defines what the trace and expression grammar mean. The checker is authoritative for the behavior of its released scoring contract. Word Wallet Web is authoritative for the current expression registry and operating controls. The Internet of Value Research Foundation website explains and exposes the public experience; it does not redefine the protocol.

The request path follows the same separation:

1. A visitor submits bounded text through the Foundation expression page.
2. Word Wallet Web resolves the expression and applies access, origin, and rate controls.
3. The private checker receives only the execution fields required by its contract.
4. The checker returns deterministic analysis without persistence.
5. Word Wallet Web returns the result; anonymous analysis remains transient.
6. A verified participant may separately consent to author a personal response and may separately choose to save its sanitized form.

The checker must not receive private identity values. Authentication does not change the content score. This boundary makes it possible to evolve identity and research participation without silently changing the instrument.

The architecture also makes correction possible. Scoring behavior can be versioned in the analysis engine, grammar in the Spec, and retention policy in the operating service. Each claim has a source and each source has a bounded responsibility.