EGF Documents
Canonical Document Registry

This page lists the official, citable documents of the Entropic Governance Framework (EGF). File paths and identifiers are stable and intended for long-term reference.

New readers: If you are approaching the Entropic Governance Framework for the first time, you may wish to begin with Start here: A practitioner-oriented introduction, which provides context and suggested reading paths.

Core Reference

• EGF–W1 — The Entropic Governance Framework (Whitepaper)
  Conceptual overview and synthesis of EGF, including scope, orientation, and safeguards.
  EGF–W1 — Pre-Standard Whitepaper
  Canonical scholarly version archived on OSF · DOI: 10.17605/OSF.IO/NYM37

Normative Core

• EGF–A1 — The Axioms of Entropic Governance
  Foundational axioms defining the non-negotiable constraints of EGF.

Normative Support

• EGF–D1 — Definitions & Glossary
  Canonical terminology and scope clarifications, with illustrative examples.

Methodological and Operational Documents

The following documents support testing, interpretation, and practical engagement with the Entropic Governance Framework without altering its core normative position.

• EGF–A4: AI-Assisted Adversarial Stress Testing (Protocol)
  Defines a reproducible, non-normative protocol for stress-testing the Entropic Governance Framework using AI as a heuristic adversarial tool.
• EGF–G1: Entropic Decision Gates (Concept Note)
  Introduces Entropic Decision Gates as a lightweight, repeatable mechanism for embedding irreversibility-aware reasoning into governance workflows.

Informative Appendices

• EGF–N1 — Clarifications & Scope
  Clarifications intended to prevent recurring misinterpretations of EGF.
• EGF–A6 — Interpretive Clarifications Arising from Adversarial Stress Testing
  Interpretive clarifications arising from adversarial stress testing under EGF–A4, derived from A5-C1 findings.
• EGF–R1 — Research Agenda
  Research priorities, open questions, and exploratory directions for EGF development.
• EGF–AN1 — Author’s Note
  Author context note: intent, scope boundaries, and publication framing.
• EGF–A2 — Post-Labour, Identity, and Energy-Based Economies
  Context appendix on post-labour conditions and value/identity signals under constraint.
• EGF–A3 — Failure Modes of Energy- and Identity-Based Allocation Systems
  Risk appendix analysing predictable failure patterns when constraint and legibility fail.

Stability & Versioning

EGF documents use stable URLs. Version identifiers appear within documents rather than in filenames.

Revisions (if any) are published explicitly with change logs. Superseded documents remain accessible for archival citation.

Correspondence
Comments, critique, and inquiries regarding the Entropic Governance Framework (EGF) may be directed to:

egf@entropicgovernance.org