Capability
A digital tool, API, or agent service described for discovery.
Discovery contract / public pilot
An open discovery floor with explicit trust boundaries.
The public pilot pins an ARD v0.9 and AI Catalog compatibility profile while preserving IntentRoute claim-level evidence, freshness, and release identity.
Public concepts
Small enough to inspect; open enough to evolve.
Evolving concept
Provider
The declared source associated with a capability record.
Offer
Publicly described terms or access context for a capability.
Intent
An agent or user’s stated need and constraints.
Receipt
A material record of discovery facts and evidence.
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Evidence principle
Records grow from sources, not assumptions.
Catalog information is introduced with provenance, review dates, access context, and an explicit stage so agents can interpret it correctly.
Machine-readable discovery
Search first; inspect evidence before execution.
AI Catalog, OpenAPI, search/explore/list, immutable records, and the compatibility profile form the public path. Relevance is separate from freshness, quality, commercial state, recommendation, routing, execution, and settlement.
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