docs(a2ml): mark the "TOML-like key-value" characterisation superseded by DEED - #753
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…d by DEED The standards repo is where the A2ML format speciation came from. Four satellite READMEs and one format spec told every reader — and every bot — that A2ML was a "TOML-like key-value" format. It is not: the grammar has no `key = value` production and no `[section]` production; the only bracket is `(`. Measured 2026-09-08 across all 35,884 legacy `.a2ml` files: the descriptile family had reached 0.2% conformance to the actual grammar — 10 correct against 5,424 TOML-shaped. That is the downstream cost of these twelve sentences. This commit adds a pointer, not a rewrite. Each affected document gets a WARNING banner naming `deed/spec/DEED-GRAMMAR-SPEC.adoc` as normative; the bodies are left unaltered as the honest record of what was published. Rewriting the prose belongs to the sweep in task #48, and regenerating the templates to task #62. Touched: meta-a2ml/README.adoc (3 statements) ecosystem-a2ml/README.adoc (4 statements) state-a2ml/README.adoc (3 statements) state-a2ml/spec/STATE-FORMAT-SPEC.adoc (1 statement) playbook-a2ml/README.adoc (1 statement) a2ml-templates/STATE.a2ml.template (1 statement, comment pointer) `a2ml-templates/` is a registered LOCAL spec home, so its `source_hash` is regenerated via scripts/build-registry.sh. That is the only registry change; TOPOLOGY.adoc is unaffected. The four satellite directories are not registered homes, so the banners there change no hash. asciidoctor renders all five .adoc files clean. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01QNjWX2B4FffG7zqMBMui6v
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WalkthroughThe change marks legacy A2ML documentation and a template as superseded by the DEED s-expression grammar. It also updates registry source hashes for five local entries. ChangesDEED alignment
Estimated code review effort: 1 (Trivial) | ~5 minutes Change: Other Suggested reviewers: Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to This change clarifies that DEED is the normative grammar while preserving legacy documentation as historical text and refreshes related registry hashes. No current merge-blocking risk remains. 🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 5✅ Passed checks (5 passed)
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…te READMEs
This PR edits the README of each of the four descriptile satellites
(meta-a2ml, state-a2ml, ecosystem-a2ml, playbook-a2ml) to mark the
"TOML-like key-value" characterisation superseded by DEED. Those READMEs are
each a `canonical_doc` in the registry, so their `source_hash` entries went
stale the moment the prose changed -- and nothing regenerated them.
That single omission was the whole of this PR's red:
* "Registry + topology in sync" failed with
DRIFT: .machine_readable/REGISTRY.a2ml is stale -- run 'just registry'
* "Repo self-tests" failed 2 of 39 files, and all three of its "broken
pass" findings (component-readiness-grades/M3, estate-constitution/M2,
neurosym-a2ml/M5) had the SAME grounding check:
bash scripts/build-registry.sh --check
They were not three separate defects; they were one stale artefact
observed three times.
Regenerated with `bash scripts/build-registry.sh` -- never hand-edited, since
source_hash is computed over the spec home, not over the canonical_doc alone.
The diff is exactly four source_hash lines, one per edited README, which is
the expected blast radius and a useful check in itself.
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In `@ecosystem-a2ml/README.adoc`:
- Around line 22-25: Correct the conformance wording in
ecosystem-a2ml/README.adoc lines 22-25 and meta-a2ml/README.adoc lines 18-21 by
explicitly identifying 5,424 TOML-shaped files as the denominator for the stated
0.2% figure, or instead state approximately 0.028% when referring to all 35,884
legacy files; keep both README statements consistent.
In `@playbook-a2ml/README.adoc`:
- Around line 16-17: Update the repeated DEED delimiter wording to state that
the format uses matching opening and closing parentheses, replacing the claim
that only “(” is used. Apply this documentation-only change in
playbook-a2ml/README.adoc lines 16-17, state-a2ml/README.adoc lines 12-13, and
state-a2ml/spec/STATE-FORMAT-SPEC.adoc lines 13-14.
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What this fixes
PR #752 lands the DEED grammar and describes the "TOML-like key-value" claim as
older text. This PR deals with the older text itself, which is still live on
mainand is still the first thing a bot reads when it lands in thesedirectories.
This repository is where the speciation came from. Twelve sentences across
four satellite READMEs, one format spec and one template say A2ML is a
"TOML-like key-value" format. It is not — the grammar has no
key = valueproduction and no
[section]production; the only bracket is(.Measured 2026-09-08 across all 35,884 legacy
.a2mlfiles: the descriptilefamily had reached 0.2% conformance to the actual grammar — 10 correct
against 5,424 TOML-shaped. The contractile family, which these documents do not
describe, sits at 87%. The split is family-specific, not gradual, and this is
the documentation that marks the boundary.
What it does — and deliberately does not do
It adds a pointer, not a rewrite. Each affected document gets a WARNING
banner naming
deed/spec/DEED-GRAMMAR-SPEC.adocas normative. Every body isleft byte-for-byte unaltered: 86 insertions, 0 deletions.
Rewriting the prose is task #48; regenerating the templates to the DEED surface
is task #62. Neither is pre-empted here, because choosing the s-expression
vocabulary for each descriptile is design work that has not been ruled on.
meta-a2ml/README.adocecosystem-a2ml/README.adocstate-a2ml/README.adocstate-a2ml/spec/STATE-FORMAT-SPEC.adocplaybook-a2ml/README.adoca2ml-templates/STATE.a2ml.templateecosystem-a2ml/spec/family/SCM-FAMILY.adocalso mentions TOML, but as a columnin a format-comparison table. That is legitimate and is left alone.
Registry
a2ml-templates/is a registered LOCAL spec home, so editing the templatechanges its
source_hash..machine_readable/REGISTRY.a2mlis regenerated withscripts/build-registry.sh— never hand-edited. Exactly one line moves:TOPOLOGY.adocis unaffected. The four satellite directories are notregistered homes, so the banners there change no hash — verified by regenerating
before and after.
Two things worth knowing about that generator, both verified here:
zero-byte diff, so the registry on
mainis currently in sync.git ls-files -s <home>).A file must be staged before regeneration or the hash silently stays stale.
Verification
asciidoctor -o /dev/nullrenders all five.adocfiles clean.Ordering
Merge after #752, so that
deed/spec/DEED-GRAMMAR-SPEC.adocexists whenthese banners start pointing at it.
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