Reference Edition 2026.08

Manifest

projection_code_version

reference_edition_manifest_v1

canonical_encoding

{'allow_nan': False, 'array_order': 'producer-declared total order; the encoder does not reorder arrays', 'digest': 'sha256', 'digest_reference_form': 'sha256:<64 lowercase hex>', 'encoding_id': 'volroc-canonical-encoding-v1', 'ensure_ascii': False, 'float_values': 'prohibited', 'item_separator': ',', 'key_separator': ':', 'object_key_order': 'codepoint ascending, applied recursively', 'presence_semantics': 'absent != empty; absent keys are omitted, never null-filled', 'serialization': 'json', 'sort_keys': True, 'text_encoding': 'utf-8', 'unicode_normalization': 'none'}

coverage

53 criteria records (kalshi 25, polymarket 28); bound at 2026-07-08T23:00:00Z, 2026-08-03T21:05:05+00:00; venues: kalshi, polymarket

Known gaps

• criteria_cross_venue_capture_skew (criteria_gap) — Within the World Cup family, the two venues were captured at distinct instants within one hour: Kalshi at 2026-07-08 03:00:05.404686+00:00 (24 records) and Polymarket at 2026-07-08T03:15:03+00:00 (28 records), a 15-minute cross-venue capture skew. Each venue's native snapshot_at_utc format is preserved verbatim and never blended (OC-5). No single capture instant is asserted for the World Cup family. The Anthropic IPO Timing family was captured separately, at 2026-07-31T15:24:01+00:00, and is not implicated in this cross-venue skew, having only one venue.
• criteria_version_chain_absent (criteria_gap) — wc_scorer_criteria_2026-08-04 is a sealed cumulative criteria capture, not a B2 version chain. snapshot_hash, criteria_version, effective_from and effective_to are absent from all 53 records (measured 0/53) -- the 52 carried-forward World Cup records and the 1 new Anthropic IPO record alike. Ruling A4: the Edition pins the sealed criteria artifact by content_hash and declares the absent version chain rather than fabricating it. B2-BUILD does not block this Edition.
• outcome_space_not_exhaustive:prop:ipo:anthropic:date26aug01 (binding_gap) — Only one of the nine captured KXIPOANTHROPIC ladder legs has been adjudicated and bound. This proposition does not claim exhaustive coverage of the series.
• outcome_space_not_exhaustive:prop:wc2026:golden_boot:nation (binding_gap) — exhaustive_claimed is false in the sealed binding edition. The 28 bound legs are not asserted to exhaust the outcome space.
• outcome_space_not_exhaustive:prop:wc2026:golden_boot:player (binding_gap) — exhaustive_claimed is false in the sealed binding edition. The 24 bound legs are not asserted to exhaust the outcome space.
• resolution_authority_ambiguity_recorded_not_adjudicated (criteria_gap) — Where the two World Cup venues' criteria texts defer to FIFA as the resolution authority, the divergence between them is recorded as observed and is not adjudicated by this Edition. No settlement state is asserted anywhere in this Edition.