Integration model

Interoperability without absorption.

OIM is designed to remain externally callable, bounded, deterministic, and independently attributable. It can interoperate with runtime governance systems without becoming runtime cognition.

OIM owns

Structural admissibilityPacket validationFingerprintingReplay reproducibilityExternal attestation

Runtime layer owns

Runtime legitimacyState recomputationAuthority freshnessContinuity monitoringEscalation enforcement
1

Workflow or AI runtime assembles packet

The handoff remains explicit. No hidden authority transfer. No boundary collapse.

2

POST /oim/evaluate

The handoff remains explicit. No hidden authority transfer. No boundary collapse.

3

OIM returns structural artifact

The handoff remains explicit. No hidden authority transfer. No boundary collapse.

4

Runtime anchors artifact

The handoff remains explicit. No hidden authority transfer. No boundary collapse.

5

Runtime governs changed conditions over time

The handoff remains explicit. No hidden authority transfer. No boundary collapse.