Auditable Flourishing v6.2

Status: Master specification frozen; publication-integrity and provenance closure complete; Phase 0 design-ready; external validation open.

Auditable Flourishing is a non-compensatory assurance protocol for evaluating frameworks that claim to support flourishing. This master package contains the canonical reference work, journal-facing methods article, all normative companions, figures, the hardened aggregation workbook, reproducibility materials, release records, canonical registry, provenance, official-source fact verification, and independent verification tools.

Start here

• START_HERE.md for the shortest route through the package.
• publication/Auditable_Flourishing_v6_2_Core_Protocol.pdf for immediate reading.
• publication/Auditable_Flourishing_v6_2_Core_Protocol.docx for the navigable Word edition.
• release/AF_CANONICAL_REGISTRY_v6_2.json for exact canonical identifiers and precedence.
• reproducibility/AF_v6_2_External_Pilot_Aggregation_Workbook.xlsx for the controlled aggregation instrument.
• release/VALIDATION_STATUS_v6_2.pdf for the exact evidence boundary.
• HOW_TO_VERIFY.md and verify_release_v6_2.py for package verification.

v6.2 change boundary

Version 6.2 is a publication-integrity, provenance, verification, and deposit-readiness release. It does not alter C0-C5, Stage A precedence, AF-SB12-v5.6, the stable AF-SB-RELATION-v6.0 component, Stage B relation semantics, or the authority boundary.

AF v6.2 does not establish empirical reliability, plural constitutional legitimacy, legal conformity, moral approval, community consent, certification, due diligence, foreseeability, procurement approval, or deployment authorization.