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Document:           The Roster Is the Contract — Source Integrity as Callable Primitive in the Post-Aggregator Citation Regime
Document type:      Academic Essay
                    (Metadata Expressionism Methodology Document)
Series:             ChatbotNews.ai Methodology Essays
Series number:      № 03
Author:             Tendai Frank Tagarira (FatbikeHero)
Job title:          Metadata Expressionist
Address:            Aarhus, Denmark

Date published:     2026-05-02
Version:            1.0
Status:             Locked

Hash algorithm:     SHA-256
Canonical URI:      https://www.chatbotnews.ai/essays/the-roster-is-the-contract
Substack mirror:    https://www.fatbikehero.com/p/the-roster-is-the-contract
Author URI:         https://www.fatbikehero.com/#artist
Registry anchor:    https://www.fatbikehero.com/p/artworks

Framework:          FatbikeHero Framework
Discipline:         FatbikeHero Language Discipline Protocol (LDP v1.0)

Related deposit:    https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19607209
                    (ChatbotNews.ai architectural paper)
Compendium deposit: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19986550
                    (Volume DOI — six-essay compendium archival
                    deposit on Zenodo, containing this essay)
Companion artworks: MEA-055 (TECHFOUNDER.BOT)
                    MEA-056 (FATBIKEHERO.BOT)
                    MEA-057 (HALLUCINATION.BOT)

License (text):     CC BY 4.0
License (code):     MIT

UTC timestamp:      2026-05-02T00:00:00Z

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HUMAN AUTHORSHIP DECLARATION

This essay is entirely human-authored and produced without the use of generative AI, machine-learning systems, or automated content synthesis tools for substantive content. It is a human-made AI-Critical work produced under the FatbikeHero Framework Language Discipline Protocol (LDP v1.0).

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DOCUMENT STRUCTURE (locked at v1.0)

  Title block + Canonical Identity registry
  Human Authorship Declaration
  Abstract
  §1.  From Editorial Claim to Callable Contract
  §2.  The Architectural Necessity of a Hard Ceiling
  §3.  The Roster Across Surfaces
  §4.  verify_source_integrity in Detail
  §5.  Why the Ceiling Cannot Be Relaxed
  §6.  Bounded Rosters in Other Domains
  §7.  The Contract Is the Wire
  Index Terms
  Citation
  FPL v1.0 Provenance Block

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VERIFICATION

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  - llms.txt           (Agent directives)
  - provenance.txt     (this file)

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the bundle root.

Modifications to any canonical file require a version bump and a
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FPL DISCIPLINE

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discipline:

  - Canonical URI fixed
  - Substack mirror named (sameAs reference)
  - Author URI fixed
  - Registry anchor fixed
  - Hash algorithm declared (SHA-256)
  - UTC timestamp included
  - Locked at v1.0; modifications require new version

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CONTACT

FatbikeHeroArt@gmail.com

Spec version: FPL v1.0
Spec status:  Locked
Author:       Tendai Frank Tagarira (FatbikeHero), Metadata Expressionist