Four Core Principles

Core Principles v2.0

Version 2.0 · · Governance 2.0 public evidence surface

Governance 2.0 Overview

This page is part of the starnum public Governance 2.0 surface and uses the same evidence layer as the system card, data governance, transparency report, use policy, and security policy.

Governance Summary

This page states the operating principles that govern product, content, AI assistance, and public disclosure.

Scope

Cultural respect, autonomy, transparency, privacy, safety, accessibility, and evidence-backed release discipline.

Implementation Status

Version 2.0 turns the principles into a navigation hub connected to the same evidence layer as the policy pages.

This is the operating framework of starnum.com.tw. Every principle maps to a concrete technical implementation — not just a statement.
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Principle 01
Public & Transparent
Open by Default
All information affecting a reader's judgment is publicly accessible; limitations and uncertainty are actively disclosed.
Principle 02
Verifiable
Independently Verifiable
Every claim has a technical basis that a third party can independently verify — no reliance on pure trust.
Principle 03
Authoritative
Evidence-Based
Claims are backed by reliable literature, technical, or academic sources, reviewed by a qualified researcher.
Principle 04
Sustainable
Sustainable by Design
The system sustains high quality long-term with low human input — via automated closed loops, not manual labor.
P1
Public & Transparent
Open by Default
All information that affects a reader's judgment should be public, accessible, and unhidden — knowledge sources, school of thought, known limits, quality-review workflow, and every version change. We disclose flaws instead of covering them up.

Implemented Technical Practices

P2
Verifiable
Independently Verifiable
Every claim has a technical basis that third parties can independently verify. Anyone can reproduce our calculations with public tools; you do not need to take our word for it.

Implemented Technical Practices

P3
Authoritative
Evidence-Based
Every claim is backed by reliable literature, technical, or academic sources. We publish no ungrounded metaphysics claims — each assertion has a traceable knowledge source, and consistency is gate-kept by a qualified researcher.

Implemented Technical Practices

P4
Sustainable
Sustainable by Design
The system maintains high quality long-term with low human input. It does not depend on human memory or intensive manual work each cycle; rule-based closed loops and automation keep it improving and maintainable.

Implemented Technical Practices

How We Resolve Principle Conflicts

When the four principles conflict, we prioritize in this order:

P3 Authoritative > P1 Public & Transparent > P2 Verifiable > P4 Sustainable

In other words: any feature that reduces content accuracy (P3) will not ship — even if it improves transparency (P1) or efficiency (P4).

Resolution Examples

Feature × Principle Matrix

Every core feature must map to at least 2 principles; otherwise its necessity is re-evaluated.

Feature P1 Transparent P2 Verifiable P3 Authoritative P4 Sustainable
SHA256 content hash
Claim-Evidence citation system
multi-provider governance audit
Lu Binzhao knowledge base (KB)
117 metaphysics hard rules
iztro open-source chart engine
Automated quality workflows
Public benchmark (eval-set)
Rule lifecycle management

Related Transparency Resources

These resources show how the four principles are implemented at every layer:

External standards and primary sources

These primary sources inform this page. They are benchmarks, not third-party endorsements of this site.

Current Machine Audit Snapshot

This block uses only traceable local audit data. No unsupported metrics or model claims are added.

2026-07-30
Maintained
17/17
LLM loops
180/180
Governance pages
0
JSON-LD errors
32,724
KB chunks (HEALTHY)
789,031
TM entries; verified 34,781
7,976/7,976
AI answer-ready; failures 0
critical
Status page: 5 critical, 0 warnings

Content Maintenance And Update Decision

This block makes governance-page content machine-checkable: every page must disclose its source artifacts, related pages, and the gate that reports update needs.

Update Decision

This is not static copy. When source artifacts, related policies, public metrics, or generators change, AI Ops reports evidence and an AI agent decides whether the page needs edits.

Human Boundary

Systems detect, report, and preserve machine-readable evidence. Codex/Claude agents perform final judgment and repair.

Verification Command

node scripts/verify-trust-pages.js --check

Verifiable Evidence Layer

This block is not a narrative claim. Each core assertion has a claim id, source JSON, hash, and a repeatable verification command. Public pages disclose governance evidence without exposing source code, secrets, private data, or exploitable attack details.

Claim IDVerifiable valueStatusOwnerSource and verification
claim.public-url-manifest.indexable-count
Public URL and canonical inventory
38,965 indexable URLs verified sitewide node scripts/generate-public-evidence-manifest.js --dry
claim.trust-pages.audit-pass-rate
Trust page machine audit
180/180 pass verified sitewide node scripts/verify-trust-pages.js --check
claim.discovery-surface.zero-errors
AI discovery surface audit
{"errors":0,"warnings":0} verified sitewide node scripts/verify-discovery-surface.js
claim.structured-data.jsonld-errors
JSON-LD / structured data audit
{"structured_data_invalid_files":0,"breadcrumb_count":28274,"faq_count":27506,"dataset_count":30,"article_count":27406} verified sitewide node scripts/site-machine-audit.js
claim.status.sla-state
Status page SLA source
critical / 5 critical, 0 warnings verified sitewide node scripts/generate-status-page.js
claim.provider-alignment.openai-anthropic-gemini
OpenAI / Anthropic / Google Gemini benchmark alignment
benchmark alignment only unless code/config evidence exists verified sitewide node scripts/verify-public-evidence.js --check
claim.transparency-report.sha256
Transparency report SHA-256 anchor
{"report":"transparency/report-2026-Q3.json","sha256":"47b09e2ca4e8b8fe9dffdfaccef3b11212de9ee3a8a14badca8044e2481203c5"} verified sitewide node scripts/update-transparency-current-data.js
claim.release-integrity.gpg-signing
GPG signing status
GPG signing configured locally; GitHub verification pending github_verification_pending sitewide gpg --list-secret-keys --keyid-format=long && git log -1 --show-signature

System Card V2.0: Technical Transparency Layer

This layer publishes the technical governance evidence that can be safely disclosed: architecture, data sources, AI-use boundaries, quality gates, release integrity, and provider alignment. Source code, secrets, exploitable attack details, and private data remain out of scope.

Public architecture

Cloudflare Pages/Workers, R2/D1/KV/Pagefind, and local generation scripts form the public-site and governance publication chain. Public pages disclose behavior, state, and traceable sources, not secrets or internal permissions.

AI-use disclosure

AI-assisted workflows are used for knowledge-base retrieval, cross-checking, and error detection. Governance documents are benchmarked against OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google Gemini public frameworks. Production model usage is disclosed only when code/config evidence exists.

Quality and safety gates

Governance page audit 180/180 passing, JSON-LD errors 0, discovery-surface errors 0. Status pages report critical / 5 critical, 0 warnings as-is.

Data traceability

Knowledge base 32,724 chunks, TM 789,031 entries, AI answer-ready 7,976/7,976. Public metrics trace to data/state-machine/*, data/*audit*.json, and transparency reports.

Governance areaOpenAIAnthropicGoogle GeminiStarnum implementation evidence
Model/system-card disclosureOpenAI models + safety docsClaude model docs + system/model cardsGemini model docs + safety settingssystem-card, model-card, methodology, benchmark, transparency-log
Safety evaluation and use boundariesSafety best practices / deployment checklistResponsible Scaling / safety policyGemini safety controls / policyAI safety, acceptable-use, ethics, risk-boundary copy, crawler policy audit
Data governanceData controls / privacy controlsprivacy and data handling docsGemini API data governance referencesprivacy, ai-data-governance, KB/TM source tracking, SHA-256 hashes
Monitoring and releaseproduction checklist / eval disciplinesystem-card transparency disciplinemodel/version documentation disciplinedeploy.js, status.html, SLA report, trust-pages-machine-audit, sitemap/hreflang audits

The V2.0 goal is not more claims; it separates implemented controls from planned controls. Production usage, benchmark alignment, status exceptions, GPG signing, and SLA breaches are disclosed from source data.

Release Integrity And GPG

GPG signing configured locally. signingkey=0934DFA0EDA6363A. GitHub verification pending until the public key upload and Verified badge are confirmed.

OpenAI / Anthropic / Google Gemini Alignment

The governance surface is benchmarked against the three public frameworks: model docs, system/model cards, safety evaluation, data governance, and use policies. This is benchmark alignment, not a claim that every provider is active in production inference. Official docs checked: 2026-07-30

ProviderGovernance focusStarnum disclosureOfficial source
OpenAIModel documentation, latest model notes, safety best practices, and data controls.No verifiable production model setting was found in the production code scan; providers are listed as governance benchmarks.https://platform.openai.com/docs/models
AnthropicClaude model documentation, system/model cards, Responsible Scaling, and safety policy.No verifiable production model setting was found in the production code scan; providers are listed as governance benchmarks.https://docs.anthropic.com/en/docs/about-claude/models
Google GeminiGemini API model documentation, safety settings, data governance, and platform policy.No verifiable production model setting was found in the production code scan; providers are listed as governance benchmarks.https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/models