Sal-Meter Open Competition Charter v1.0

This record publishes the canonical governance Charter for the Sal-Meter Open Competition v1.0. This Charter defines participation rules, track structure (A/B/C), governance separation, and non-derogable CAIS compliance boundaries. It does not prescribe implementations and does not replace or modify any DOI-registered technical definitions. For technical structure, participation orientation, and implementation context, refer to the associated snapshot documents on Figshare and the non-canonical GitHub coordination hub. In case of any perceived inconsistency:DOI-registered canonical records take precedence.Snapshot documents provide context, not rule changes.GitHub materials are non-authoritative by design. Author: Dr. Jinho Lee (Dr. Jino) Issuing Institution: Salpida Institute of Consciousness Science (SICS) Canonical Archive: https://salpida.foundation Companion Canonical Documents (February 2026 Update) This document is constitutionally and non-derogably bound to the followingDOI-registered canonical records, which together define the completeSal-Meter / CAIS constitutional, technical, and governance framework: - Sal-Meter Canonical Definition v1.0 DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.18452075 — Defines what constitutes a valid Sal-Meter device - CAIS Compliance Boundary v1.0 — Non-Derogable Standard DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.18452269 — Specifies mandatory versus optional technical constraints - Sal-Meter Open Competition Charter v1.0 DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.18452453 — Establishes multi-team development governance and validation protocols - Sal-Meter Negative Definition v1.0 DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.18452694 — Defines exclusionary boundaries and prevents misuse These records collectively constitute the authoritative and irreversiblereference set for CAIS-compatible consciousness measurement systems. Implementation & Open Development Index (Non-Authoritative) For open development, competition participation, and non-authoritativeimplementation references only, see the public index repository below: https://github.com/salpida-foundation/sal-meter-competition This repository functions strictly as an implementation index andcoordination layer. It does not carry canonical, constitutional, orinterpretive authority, which remains fixed exclusively in theDOI-registered records listed above.