v1.0.0 — Initial Public Release

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Technical Evidence Package (TEP) — Open Specification v1.0.0

The first public release of the TEP Open Specification — a structured,
verifiable format for packaging authorship evidence in AI-assisted media
production pipelines.

What's Included

Core Specification

• CONSTITUTION.md — Normative authorship evidence standard (5 conditions,
  8 exclusions, 3 evidence types)
• spec/TEP_FORMAT.md — Full package format spec (schema v1.9.0)
• spec/HITL_EVIDENCE_TAXONOMY.md — Human-in-the-Loop evidence taxonomy
• spec/EVIDENCE_TYPES.md — Evidence type reference
• spec/EXCLUSION_TAXONOMY.md — Explicit exclusion definitions
• spec/CINEMATIC_DECLARATIONS.md — Cinematic parameter declaration schema
• spec/CAMERA_GAP.md — Architectural rationale for external provenance storage
• spec/VES_VOCABULARY_ALIGNMENT.md — Field mapping to VES, OpenTrackIO,
  ASC FDL, MovieLabs OMC v2.8

Schema

• schema/manifest.schema.json — JSON Schema for MANIFEST.json
• schema/metadata.schema.json — JSON Schema for per-asset metadata.json

Tool Registry

• registry/TOOL_REGISTRY.md — Open registry, 18+ detectors
• registry/tools/ — JSON definitions for ComfyUI, Runway, and more

Examples & Quickstarts

• examples/ai_only_project/ — Complete worked TEP example
• Quickstart guides for pipeline supervisors, legal professionals,
  researchers, and tool developers

Who This Is For

Pipeline supervisors, VFX producers, legal teams, and tool developers
working in AI-assisted media production who need a standardized,
auditable evidence format for authorship claims.

Compatibility

TEP v1.0.0 packages are valid against schema v1.9.0.

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