Versioning

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Versioning

This page establishes how The Sovereign Games tracks changes and communicates the reliability of its conceptual instruments. This page is the canonical source for `instrument_grade` values — if a different list appears elsewhere, that page is stale and should be corrected to match this one.

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Versioning

Type	Meta & Framework
Functional Layer
Application Layer	Framework Infrastructure
Category	Meta & Framework
Version	0.3
Maturity	Confirmed
Last Calibration	2026-07-13
Status	Permanent Beta
Description	This page defines the versioning and instrument grading standards used across The Sovereign Games to maintain traceability, clarity, and honest communication about the maturity and reliability of every module and page.

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Core Principles

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Related

• One-Way Nature of the Sovereign Games
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• The Royal Cubit Civilization (Strategy)

Two-Axis Model

• Document Version — Tracks content revisions ("Which revision am I looking at?")
• instrument_grade — Communicates current calibration trustworthiness ("How reliable is this instrument right now?")

Both are recorded in the

template on every page.

Calibration Cycle

Calibration Cycle tracks how many times a page has actually been reviewed and calibrated — distinct from both Document Version (content revision) and instrument_grade (current trustworthiness).

A page can be:

• Reviewed multiple times with no version change (refinements within the same version), or
• Have its version bumped several times between reviews.

There is no separate cycle-count field. The Talk page’s Calibration Reports log serves as the authoritative cycle record.

See Template:Admin Page Status/doc for the full explanation of how cycles, versions, and instrument_grade interact.

Versioning Scheme

• 0.x → Early development (frequent changes expected)
• 1.x → Stable working version
• 2.0+ → Major revision

instrument_grade Levels

• Experimental — Very early, high uncertainty, frequent changes
• Development — Actively being refined, moderate stability
• Confirmed — Self-assessed + reviewed by at least one other calibrator
• Field Validated — Tested in real-world use with supporting evidence
• Reference Standard Candidate — High confidence, suitable for broad reliance

These levels are implemented via the `instrument_grade` field in Template:Admin Page Status, and via the `Maturity` field in Template:GameModule (public-facing counterpart, same scale — see Template:GameModule/doc for the relationship between the two).

Changelog Practice

Every page should maintain a short Calibration History section (usually in its Calibration Log) that records meaningful changes as calibration events.

Example:

• 0.1 (2026-07-12) — Initial draft
• 0.2 (2026-07-12) — Added instrument_grade levels
• 0.3 (2026-07-13) — Resolved canonical-source conflict with Admin Page Status doc, cross-referenced Calibration Cycle distinction

Calibration References

This page is calibrated against the following core standards and reference materials:

• The Sovereign Games Framework — Overall framework philosophy and operating principles
• Permanent Beta — Core maintenance and continuous improvement standard
• Reference Standards — Principles for traceable, confirmed standards
• Calibrating Conceptual Instruments — Methodology for evaluating and refining pages
• Civilizational Traceability Hierarchy — How standards should connect to reality across levels
• Diagnostic Inversion Test — Mandatory self-application standard
• Reality Game — Foundational reality-alignment tool
• Reality Override Game — Standing discipline against protecting an existing model rather than updating it
• Observable Behavior Rule — Standing principle that diagnostics evaluate observable actions, mechanisms, and consequences, not internal motive, belief, or intent
• One-Way Nature of the Sovereign Games — Anti-capture design principles
• The Royal Cubit Civilization (Strategy) — Long-term civilizational vision and metrology metaphor
• Conceptual Instruments — Overall direction and metrology metaphor
• Breadcrumb Philosophy — Standing discipline for making unresolved questions and provisional decisions explicit
• Calibration Dependencies: Standards and Process — Rule that visible and hidden dependency lists must match, and that dependencies describe genuine reliance

Calibration Dependent

Pages that list this page as a load-bearing dependency:

Page	Priority	Instrument Grade	Last Updated	Cycle Status	Drift Status
Template:GameModule/doc	Core	Development	2026-07-13	Current	None open
Template:Admin Page Status/doc	Core	Development	2026-07-13	Current	None open
Calibration Debt	Core	Development	2026-07-27	Current	Breadcrumb-Open
Seed to Fruit Development	Core	Development	2026-07-27	Current	Breadcrumb-Open
Versioning/Calibration Log	Supporting	Development	2026-07-14	Current	None open

If this page is edited substantively, review the list above per the Ripple Review rule — see Calibration Dependencies: Standards and Process#Rule: Core-Priority Changes Trigger Mandatory Ripple Review.

Calibration Dependencies

Pages this page relies on as load-bearing dependencies: , Template:Admin Page Status/doc • Template:GameModule/doc If incorrect, edit the `depends_on` field in Admin Page Status — do not edit this section directly, it is auto-generated.

Page Transparency & Calibration

• Maintenance & Calibration Log — Full history of reviews, version changes, and calibration decisions for this page.
• Decision Records — Governance reasoning behind structural decisions made on this page, if any exist. (If this link is red, no Decision Record has been created for this page yet — see Decision Records: Governance Memory.)
• View Current Page History — Complete edit history.
• Discussion / Open Questions — Public discussion channel for this page.

This page is under continuous calibration in line with the Permanent Beta principle.

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Public Discussion Welcome

Questions, suggestions, feedback, disagreement, and proposed improvements are welcome on the Talk page.

Light rules:

• Prefer evidence and concrete examples over slogans.
• Apply Diagnostic Inversion Test when criticizing — the same standard to this page that you would apply elsewhere.
• Distinguish observation from conclusion.
• Use the Calibration Log and Decision Records subpages for maintenance history; use Talk for public discussion.
• This framework remains in Permanent Beta. Better calibration is always in scope.

Note: The `instrument_grade` scale is still relatively new. It may be refined based on real-world usage and additional calibration passes. Future updates to the scale itself will be tracked on this page's Decision Records subpage.

See the Game. Refuse the Game. Build Better.

Page Reference

Title	Versioning
URL	https://www.thesovereigngames.com/wiki/Versioning
Description	Defines the versioning and instrument grading standards used across The Sovereign Games to maintain traceability, clarity, and honest communication about the maturity and reliability of every module and page.
Category	Meta & Framework