From a0c3f9f573b00a9819366d30cef1f66cbfe825b0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bruno Baumgartner <bruno@brainbloom.ch>
Date: Thu, 7 May 2026 19:10:32 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] docs: link conformance declaration v0.9

---
 README.md                              |  1 +
 docs/CHANGELOG_STANDARDIZATION_v0.9.md | 32 ++++++++++++++++++++++++--
 docs/SPEC_INDEX_v1.0.md                |  1 +
 3 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index bfd37fd..7ff536c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ DigiEmu Core is moving toward a public standard structure for deterministic AI d
 - [DigiEmu Core Specification v0.9](docs/DIGIEMU_CORE_SPEC_v0.9.md)
 - [Test Vectors v0.9](docs/TEST_VECTORS_v0.9.md)
 - [Conformance v0.9](docs/CONFORMANCE_v0.9.md)
+- [Conformance Declaration v0.9](docs/CONFORMANCE_DECLARATION_v0.9.md)
 - [Verify Report Examples v0.9](docs/VERIFY_REPORT_EXAMPLES_v0.9.md)
 
 ### Specification index and implementation contracts
diff --git a/docs/CHANGELOG_STANDARDIZATION_v0.9.md b/docs/CHANGELOG_STANDARDIZATION_v0.9.md
index 6fe536a..7a59928 100644
--- a/docs/CHANGELOG_STANDARDIZATION_v0.9.md
+++ b/docs/CHANGELOG_STANDARDIZATION_v0.9.md
@@ -22,8 +22,7 @@ DigiEmu Core is being structured as an emerging public standard for deterministi
 The current public standard structure is:
 
 ```text
-Specification → Test Vectors → Conformance → Verify Report Examples → Verify Report Schema
-```
+Specification → Test Vectors → Conformance → Conformance Declaration → Verify Report Examples → Verify Report Schema```
 
 Meaning:
 
@@ -124,6 +123,35 @@ ERROR
 
 ---
 
+---
+
+### DigiEmu Core Conformance Declaration v0.9
+
+File:
+
+```text
+docs/CONFORMANCE_DECLARATION_v0.9.md
+```
+
+Purpose:
+
+Defines how implementations can declare claimed DigiEmu Core conformance levels.
+
+It supports:
+
+- implementation identification
+- declared conformance levels
+- supported capabilities
+- supported test vectors
+- known limitations
+- declaration status
+- relationship to Conformance v0.9
+- relationship to Verify Report Schema v0.9
+
+This gives implementers a reviewable way to state which DigiEmu Core conformance level they claim to support.
+
+---
+
 ### DigiEmu Core Verify Report Examples v0.9
 
 File:
diff --git a/docs/SPEC_INDEX_v1.0.md b/docs/SPEC_INDEX_v1.0.md
index 247f9f0..9f6a914 100644
--- a/docs/SPEC_INDEX_v1.0.md
+++ b/docs/SPEC_INDEX_v1.0.md
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ These documents define the emerging public standard structure for DigiEmu Core.
 - `docs/DIGIEMU_CORE_SPEC_v0.9.md`
 - `docs/TEST_VECTORS_v0.9.md`
 - `docs/CONFORMANCE_v0.9.md`
+- `docs/CONFORMANCE_DECLARATION_v0.9.md`
 - `docs/VERIFY_REPORT_EXAMPLES_v0.9.md`
 - `docs/VERIFY_REPORT_SCHEMA_v0.9.json`