Contract Integration Checklist

Contract Integration Checklist

Use this checklist before relying on a DigiEmu contract or verification output in another system.

Contract identity

• The owning technology or repository is known.
• The exact contract or schema version is recorded.
• The authoritative source location is documented.
• Explanatory examples are not mistaken for normative schemas.

Parsing

• Required fields are validated.
• Unknown fields are preserved when the contract allows them.
• Unknown or unsupported verification states do not become success.
• Invalid input produces an explicit error or unresolved result.

Artifact and evidence

• The exact artifact or state can be identified.
• Integrity values are tied to a defined algorithm and subject.
• The verification boundary is documented.
• Required evidence is retained for later inspection.

Verification result

• PASS and FAIL are distinguishable without parsing free-form logs.
• Incomplete or unresolved states remain explicit.
• Process exit behavior is not used as a substitute for the structured result.
• Original results are preserved when later review or correction is added.

Reproducibility

• Required inputs are preserved.
• Replay or reconstruction dependencies are versioned where applicable.
• Another reviewer can determine how to repeat the verification.

Upgrade

• Compatibility expectations are explicit.
• Contract upgrades are tested before production use.
• Evidence of the upgrade and migration checks is retained.