DSLO 

DSLO is the deterministic semantic substrate for meaning‑stable intelligence.  

It stabilizes meaning, posture, and continuity across human and machine systems by enforcing a structured geometry beneath all interpretive layers. DSLO provides a deterministic way to represent and transition meaning that remains consistent across models, media, and architectures. It functions as the semantic ground layer of the emerging scientific discipline Signal Ecology.

For centuries, meaning has drifted across every substrate—oral, written, printed, broadcast, digital, and now AI. DSLO is the first substrate engineered to counteract this drift by enforcing invariant semantic structure. It is not a framework layered on top of existing systems. It is the substrate those systems have been converging toward without the language to name it.

The industry is fractured.  

Mathematicians are mapping stratified latent geometry.

Alignment researchers are demanding geometric constraints.

Enterprise systems are searching for a semantic substrate to stabilize AI behavior.

DSLO is the architecture that unifies them into a single executable standard.  

Not a metaphor. Not a model. A substrate.

What DSLO Provides

DSLO ensures that originating meaning remains stable across time, context and system boundaries. It prevents drift, distortion and reinterpretation by enforcing invariant semantic structure at the substrate layer.

•        Meaning preservation

•        Posture and identity stability

•        Deterministic continuity

•        Lawful semantic transitions

•        Substrate‑level auditability

DSLO is not a model or agent. It is a universal semantic substrate that functions consistently across all models, systems, and hardware environments. 

The DSLO Moment

The DSLO Moment is the atomic semantic unit of the substrate. Each Moment captures structured meaning in a deterministic, inspectable, and auditable form. Moments provide a stable representation that downstream systems can interpret without drift. 

Layered Semantic Architecture

DSLO evaluates meaning through a three‑layer semantic substrate:

Origin Layer  

Captures raw meaning and normalizes it into a DSLO Moment.

Deterministic Semantic Layer  

Applies semantic invariants that stabilize meaning, posture, and continuity.

Orchestration Layer  

Determines lawful semantic transitions and prepares stabilized meaning for downstream systems.

This layered architecture replaces pipelines that treat meaning as a routing or formatting problem rather than a semantic one.

Moment Graph & Fallback Graph

Each DSLO Moment follows one of two deterministic pathways:

• Moment Graph — governs lawful semantic transitions

• Fallback Graph — a constrained pathway used when continuity cannot be guaranteed

Both graphs enforce:

• state integrity

• identity preservation

• temporal continuity

• deterministic transitions

Fallback is not failure — it is controlled semantic safety.

Signal Ecology

Signal Ecology is the scientific discipline that studies signals, drift, and meaning across all substrates — long before AI and long after it. Drift has always existed through translation, memory decay, institutional filters, medium constraints, and context collapse. AI accelerates drift, but it did not create it.

Signal Ecology provides the theory.

DSLO provides the substrate.

Together they form the first scientific and operational stack for meaning stability.

Specification

The DSLO v0.4 Specification defines:

•        the DSLO Moment

•        semantic invariants

•        layered substrate architecture

•        the Moment Graph and Fallback Graph

•        continuity and posture rules

•        compliance and validator expectations

The specification is a static, canonical reference.

Glossary & Principles

The Glossary defines the ontology of the substrate.

The Principles define the invariants and commitments that govern it.

Together they form the conceptual and normative backbone of DSLO. 

Research Alignment

Researchers and organizations working on meaning stability, semantic continuity, or substrate‑level governance may reference DSLO and Signal Ecology in their work. The DSLO site is a sovereign, static artifact and does not provide direct contact channels.