# SLBIT v3 Meaning Observatory Packet
Status: draft implemented in slbit 3.1.0.
Schema:
```text
slbit/viz-packet/v3
```
SLBIT v3 turns verified proof memory into inspectable meaning. It does not
verify proof-system soundness and does not change Power House `.pha`,
Rootprint, replay, or Memory Capsule identity.
## Core Sections
- `claim`: human-readable claim bound to a Memory Capsule, Rootprint branch, and
replay fingerprint.
- `transcript`: ordered semantic rounds.
- `semantic_dag`: typed nodes and directed edges.
- `views`: local UI view hints.
- `explanation_constraints`: deterministic limits for local explanation.
## Node Types
Supported node types:
```text
claim evidence round artifact branch merge fork digest warning explanation external_note failure
```
Supported authorities:
```text
core sidecar semantic display generated external
```
UI layers must show authority. A generated or semantic answer is not proof.
## Local Ask Engine
`MeaningPacket::ask()` supports deterministic questions:
```text
what-is-this
what-did-it-prove
what-is-core
what-is-semantic
what-changed
what-depends-on
show-lineage
show-replay
show-failure-boundary
compare-branches
show-shortest-valid-explanation
show-mutation-results
export-llm-context
```
Answers include:
- answer text,
- authority,
- support IDs,
- `not_proven_by_this_answer: true`.
The ask engine is a packet/query engine, not an unconstrained chatbot.
## Inspection Report
`MeaningPacket::inspect()` verifies the packet first, then emits a
deterministic truth-boundary report containing:
- packet and core binding identifiers;
- transcript, node, and edge counts;
- node authority distribution;
- unbound semantic node IDs;
- warning and failure node IDs;
- transcript node coverage;
- `semantic_changes_affect_core: false`;
- generated-text authority status.
The report is for semantic inspection. It does not verify external proof
soundness or make Rootprint, `.pha`, or Memory Capsule claims true.
## Graph Inspection
`MeaningPacket::dependency_chain(node_id)` returns a deterministic upstream
semantic chain ending at `node_id`.
`MeaningPacket::shortest_explanation_path(from, to)` returns the shortest
deterministic directed semantic path between two DAG nodes.
## Digest Rule
`packet_digest` is computed over the deterministic packet JSON with the digest
field excluded. Semantic mutation changes the digest and must be rejected by
`MeaningPacket::verify()`.