Cross-reference glossary for README.adoc, EXPLAINME.adoc, and the MAA Framework wiki.
- Mutually Assured Accountability (MAA)
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A paradigm where accountability between system participants is symmetric: each party can verify the other’s compliance, and no party is above audit. Named by analogy to Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD), but with accountability replacing destruction as the enforcement mechanism. Classification: project-specific (paradigm definition).
- Symmetric accountability
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The core property of MAA: for any participants A and B, A can audit B and B can audit A. No participant holds a privileged audit position. Classification: project-specific.
- Aletheia
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The MAA microkernel implementation (Rust). Named after the Greek concept of truth as unconcealment. Currently: builds, passes 29 unit tests, zero dependencies. CLI surface is unbuilt (#124). Classification: project-specific.
- Oblíbený
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The reference language designed for the MAA framework. Named from Czech ("favourite" / "beloved"). Currently at specification stage with no in-tree implementation. Classification: project-specific.
- CNO submodule (
absolute-zero/) -
A git submodule pointer to the
absolute-zerorepository, which formalises Certified Null Operations and Observational Null Disclosure. Development happens upstream; this pointer is bumped deliberately. Classification: project-specific (integration point).
- Hub-and-spoke mirroring
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The repository mirroring pattern: GitHub (canonical) → GitLab, Codeberg, Bitbucket. Automated via CI workflows. Classification: standard (repository management).
- CRG Tier-C test suite
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The estate’s test suite classification covering unit, E2E, property, aspect, and benchmark tests. Classification: project-specific (estate standard).
- Inert workflows
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GitHub Actions workflow files located inside a subdirectory (e.g.,
aletheia/.github/workflows/) that GitHub Actions never reads, because it only scans.github/workflows/at the repository root. These files exist but have never executed. Classification: standard (GitHub Actions behaviour), surfaced as a project-specific gotcha.