Protocol Interfaces

Document type: Engineering map
Doc ID: ENG-PROTOCOL-INTERFACES
Status: Final v0.1
Release date: December 21, 2025
Author: Nicolas Turcotte, Founder
Source repo: dcorps-docs-public (docs/engineering/PROTOCOL_INTERFACES.md)
Last updated: 2025-12-24

Scope: High-level map of interface surfaces that implementations and integrators must support. This is not a full API reference; it points to normative specs.

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Core registry and governance surfaces

• Entity lifecycle, roles, wallets, governance actions: docs/spec/SPEC-CORE.md
• Parameters and economics: docs/spec/SPEC-PARAMS.md

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Data and reporting surfaces

• Tagged event schemas and categories: docs/spec/SPEC-DATA.md
• Indexer expectations and queries: docs/spec/SPEC-INDEXER.md

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Module and registry surfaces

• Module registry and lifecycle: docs/spec/SPEC-MODULES.md
• Attestation modules and issuer registry behavior: docs/spec/SPEC-ATTESTATIONS.md

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Interop and anchoring surfaces

• Sub chain registration and anchoring requirements: docs/spec/SPEC-ANCHOR.md

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Conformance

• Required test coverage and report format: docs/spec/SPEC-CONFORMANCE-TESTS.md

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Implementation notes

Concrete protobuf messages, gRPC services, REST endpoints, and event names are defined in docs/engineering/API_SURFACES.md and should be mirrored in the chain code repo.