> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://docs.lpp-minduniverse.org/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://docs.lpp-minduniverse.org/lingua-pactum-protocol-lpp-documentation/13.-reference-and-governance/13.-reference-and-governance.md).

# 13. Reference & Governance

This chapter defines the canonical public vocabulary, notation, version boundaries, disclosure rules, licensing principles, citation practices, and historical-document treatment used across LPP × Mind Universe Public Documentation v2.0.

Its purpose is to prevent semantic drift inside the documentation itself.

LPP has evolved through:

* constitutional documents,
* white papers,
* protocol specifications,
* research papers,
* subsystem specifications,
* executable prototypes,
* and public documentation.

These artifacts do not all have the same authority, purpose, or version lineage.

A newer research-paper version does not automatically replace the Constitution.

A Jarvis version does not replace the LPP Protocol version.

An MVP software version does not replace a formal paper.

A public artifact does not automatically define commercial-use rights.

And a historical term does not remain canonical merely because it appeared in an earlier document.

The governing documentation rule is:

```
Current Canonical Definition
takes precedence for current public interpretation.

Historical Material
remains part of the record
but does not override the current definition.
```

The Constitution remains the supreme normative layer.

Published research retains authority for its own formal claims and paper-specific notation.

GitBook v2.0 defines the current canonical **public interpretation and terminology map** across those materials.

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