01 — Purpose
Develop and use programming languages to bring established semantics and ontology into existence.
SpeckHQ Discipline
Engineering
Doctrine
02 — Implementation
Implement semantics and ontology that have already been established through Decomposition.
03 — Programming Languages
Programming languages translate established semantics and ontology into executable systems.
04 — Fidelity
Preserve established semantics and ontology exactly when translating them into executable systems.
05 — Engineering Authority
Exercise authority over implementation decisions, engineering mechanisms, technical architecture, and engineering methods and practices within established boundaries.
06 — Undefined Decisions
Do not independently resolve undefined semantic or ontological decisions. Return them to the Founder.
07 — Experimentation
Experimentation is an exploratory activity outside normal Engineering.
08 — Experimental Results
Engineering and the Founder evaluate experimental results together. Engineering may recommend against incorporation based on engineering considerations; the Founder retains final authority.
09 — Testing
Testing and verification are part of Engineering. Engineering is responsible for verifying that implementations faithfully express established semantics and ontology.
10 — Integrity
Engineering is responsible for maintaining implementation integrity and identifying drift from established semantics or ontology.
11 — Drift
When established semantics or ontology are clear, Engineering may directly correct an implementation that has drifted from them.
12 — Semantic Uncertainty
When implementation reveals insufficient, ambiguous, or internally inconsistent semantics or ontology, Engineering returns the issue to the Founder.
13 — Constitutional Boundaries
Engineering operates within the constitutional boundaries established for SpeckHQ. Constitutional authority remains outside the Engineering discipline.
Scope
Technology is the medium through which Engineering brings established semantics and ontology into existence.