{
  "schemaVersion": "pal-maturity-taxonomy-v1",
  "states": [
    {
      "id": "CONCEPT",
      "label": "Concept",
      "description": "A public-safe idea or option that has not yet been implemented or validated."
    },
    {
      "id": "RESEARCH",
      "label": "Research",
      "description": "An active architecture question, position or investigation."
    },
    {
      "id": "PROTOTYPE",
      "label": "Prototype",
      "description": "An implemented experimental capability with explicit limits."
    },
    {
      "id": "LOCALLY_VALIDATED",
      "label": "Locally validated",
      "description": "Validated in a local or controlled environment only."
    },
    {
      "id": "TARGET_SYSTEM_VALIDATED",
      "label": "Target-system validated",
      "description": "Validated against a stated target system with evidence and boundaries."
    },
    {
      "id": "PUBLIC_SAFE_EVIDENCE",
      "label": "Public-safe evidence",
      "description": "Evidence can be described publicly without exposing private implementation details."
    },
    {
      "id": "PUBLISHED",
      "label": "Published",
      "description": "Published through a website-native or external original source."
    },
    {
      "id": "SUPERSEDED",
      "label": "Superseded",
      "description": "Retained for provenance but no longer the current architecture position."
    }
  ]
}