The Visual Embedding Record
One normative document, one normative annex that corrects it, and one draft that is not yet a standard.
The 1.0.0 text and the 1.0.1 annex are one normative pair. Where they disagree, the annex governs.
VER 1.0 — The Visual Embedding Record
A Metadata-Resilient Standard for Image Embeddings
15 sectionsVER 1.1 — draft
The unratified 1.1 draft: registry, lineage, model bundle manifests, redaction commitments, size limits and the revised wire profile.
18 sectionsVER 1.0.1 errata annex
Normative corrections E1–E29 and editorial notes N1–N6. Governs where it and the 1.0.0 text disagree.
6 sectionsEvery section of VER 1.0
Fifteen sections, from the critique the standard answers to its relationship with the standards it sits beside.
- §0Critique of the Source Thesis
- §1Scope
- §2Terminology and Requirement Levels
- §3Architecture
- §4Layer 0 — Canonical Pixel Normalization Pipeline (CPNP-1)
- §5Identity Model
- §6Layer 1 — Canonical Visual Embeddings and Embedding Space Descriptors
- §7Layer 2 — Metadata Preservation, Reconciliation, Trust, and Privacy
- §8Layer 3 — Contextual Embeddings
- §9Provenance, Acquisition Chain, and C2PA Binding
- §10Record Serialization
- §11Conformance Levels
- §12Security Considerations
- §13Versioning and Extensibility
- §14Relationship to Existing Standards
What each release publishes
A release is a directory of files with recorded digests, not a document alone.
VER 1.0.0
The first published artifact set, frozen with its defects. Nothing in the directory may be modified.
VER 1.0.1
A corrective release over the 1.0.0 artifact set: three schema constraints, five example edits, and the normative errata annex.
VER 1.1
Unratified. Adds the registry, lineage, model bundle manifests and redaction commitments. Producers must not emit 1.1 records to third parties.