The overarching standards that ensure every IPLS vessel, base, colony, and future infrastructure remains fully interoperable and upgradable for centuries.
The requirement cards on this page govern. Entanglement is not a link. Create a single, open, and future-proof standard set so that all components built over the next 500+ years can seamlessly work together, preventing fragmentation as the civilisation expands.
These standards are enforced from the first probe and remain the binding contract for every future IPLS asset. They are the “constitution” that keeps the entire solar-system civilisation coherent as it grows exponentially.
Requirement: The identifier and member list of the standard set are unset. Mechanical, power, and fluid interfaces follow Section 3.2. Data hardpoints follow UMP-DATA-001. The 3.1.19 network is the set of nodes that implement IPLS-3.1.19-004. A command node follows IPLS-3.1.1-005. The node list is unset. PIS-v1 is an upgrade path. Dependence on PGEDS-v1 follows IPLS-3.1.6.1-001. The interoperability test set and pass criterion are unset. Who adopts and amends the standard set is unset. ASI analysis is advisory under IPLS-5.1-002.
Rationale: Prevents fragmentation and vendor lock-in as the solar-system civilisation expands.
Open Questions: None at v0.7
Requirement: What counts as a major version, and whether the three include the current version, are unset. Whether this window or the UMP-VERSION-001 rule governs UMP hardpoints is unset. Treatment of an asset older than the window is unset. Approval of a new major version follows the IPLS-5.1-002 chart. Whether publishing a major version, or withdrawing support for one, is a supersession under IPLS-5.1-002 is unset. TSP-v1 readiness criteria are undefined.
Rationale: Keeps assets interoperable within the compatibility window.
Requirement: Entanglement is not a link and carries no command or telemetry. Port-level readiness follows IPLS-3.1.12-003. Which network nodes, relays, and asset classes carry a ready port, and from which phase, are unset. The readiness test pass criterion is unset. Activation follows IPLS-3.1.12-003.
Rationale: Keeps an upgrade path open. Hardware replacement is not assured.
Requirement: The stack identifier, its layers, the data formats, and the command structure are unset. The cipher suite and the authentication scheme are unset. Relay is at light delay. Relay protocol and store-and-forward behaviour follow IPLS-3.1.12-004. Processing latency per node is unset. Key custody follows IPLS-3.1.12-005. A seized credential is not consent. Authentication can block a command and cannot grant authority. A stack fault is a loss of link. Life-preserving functions continue inside the IPLS-5.1-002 envelope. The IPLS-3.1-014 hold applies to other actions. T is unset. The number of independent stack implementations is unset. Changes to the stack follow IPLS-3.1.19-002.
Rationale: Eliminates translation layers and supports consistent communication.
Requirement: The protocol identifier, carrier, message format, and beacon identity scheme are unset. Automatic activation on any vessel, base, or probe follows IPLS-3.1.12-006. Beacon separation follows IPLS-3.1.12-006. N for beacon power is unset. Priority routing shall not block the IPLS-3.1.19-007 veto path. Precedence between distress traffic and command traffic is unset. Whether distress signals are encrypted follows IPLS-3.1.12-005 and is unset. Whether they are authenticated is unset. A response that moves an asset follows IPLS-5.1-002. Relay is at light delay. Range, duration, and the vessel and probe classes carried are unset.
Rationale: Supports detection and response in a failure scenario.
Requirement: The ledger protocol, record schema, signature scheme, and access-control model are unset. Records are append-only. A correction is a new entry. The record store, its node count and location, and which copy governs during loss of link are unset. Who may grant, change, or revoke access is unset. Whether access control can block the operator is unset. A seized credential is not consent. Stake and equity rules follow IPLS-3.1.11-002. The enforcement test pass criterion is unset.
Rationale: Protects intellectual property, privacy, and equity in a distributed, multi-century civilisation.
Requirement: Use of a physical override follows IPLS-3.1.4-007. The digital veto is held on the IPLS-5.1-002 chart. A seized credential is not consent. How a physical override is authenticated is unset. The list of network functions with a physical override is unset. The veto path shall not depend on the function it overrides. N for the veto path is unset. A remote veto travels at light delay. Veto latency and reliability floor are unset. On loss of link, life-preserving functions continue inside the IPLS-5.1-002 envelope. The IPLS-3.1-014 hold applies to other actions. T is unset. Whether a veto can stop a life-preserving action already running is unset.
Rationale: Keeps command with the operator under IPLS-5.1-002.
Requirement: Backward compatibility follows IPLS-3.1.19-002. Supersession waits for operator consent under IPLS-5.1-002. TSP-v1 readiness criteria are undefined. On degradation, life-preserving functions continue inside the IPLS-5.1-002 envelope. Degradation order and the long-term simulation pass criterion are unset.
Rationale: Keeps the entire solar-system network interoperable and upgradable across centuries.