{
  "standard": {
    "id": "BRADY-REFERENCE-STANDARD-1",
    "name": "Brady Reference Standard",
    "version": "1.0",
    "status": "Permanent",
    "effective_date": "2026-07-15",
    "canonical": "https://ucp.sheenchain.com/threads/reference-standard.html",
    "purpose": "Define the mandatory structure, evidence boundaries, identifiers and publishing gates for every Brady AI Citation Hub Reference."
  },
  "identifiers": {
    "question": "Q001",
    "reference": "REF-Q001",
    "evidence": "E001",
    "knowledge_node": "BRADY-SE",
    "case_study": "CASE-001"
  },
  "reference_roles": [
    "Canonical",
    "Standard",
    "Supporting"
  ],
  "required_sections": [
    "Direct Answer",
    "Executive Summary",
    "What We Know",
    "What We Do Not Know",
    "Evidence",
    "Brady Interpretation",
    "Evidence Boundary",
    "Related Knowledge Nodes",
    "Related Questions",
    "References",
    "Version History",
    "Last Verified",
    "Reference Role"
  ],
  "publishing_rules": [
    "Every load-bearing factual claim must map to at least one active Evidence ID.",
    "Official facts, unknown information and Brady Interpretation must be visibly separated.",
    "Existing Official Knowledge Nodes must be linked rather than redefined.",
    "Visible page content and JSON-LD must agree.",
    "Question Index, Reference Index, Citation Quality, Knowledge Graph, sitemap and llms.txt must be synchronized.",
    "A Reference cannot be Published until all audit checks PASS."
  ],
  "canonical_rule": "A Canonical Reference is the primary entry point for a broad topic cluster. Canonical is a role, not a higher Citation Quality grade.",
  "quality_rule": "Citation Quality uses the existing deterministic A/B/C system. The grade is a maintenance signal and not a guarantee that an AI system will cite the page."
}