Framework-Level Binding Loss Protocol: Externally Timestamped Conditions for Structural Legitimacy Loss in SHRF/TRIDENT

This document defines externally timestamped conditions under which the SHRF/TRIDENT classification framework loses structural legitimacy at the framework level, distinct from the demotion of individual nodes or branches. The protocol formalises binding-loss triggers related to topology integrity, admissibility stability, classification reproducibility, procedural debt, and audit legitimacy. Operational mechanisms include blind classification replication requirements, naive ingestion exposure, outside-invariant testing, denominator sensitivity tracking, and irreversible preservation of confirmed trigger events. The protocol is intended to preserve discrimination integrity and resistance to self-confirming topology drift under iterative classification expansion. It is a governance and falsifiability instrument and makes no ontological claims. Keywords: binding loss protocol; framework legitimacy; procedural debt; ecological validation; topology integrity; admissibility stability; classification reproducibility; audit legitimacy; anti-convergence; falsifiability governance; SHRF; TRIDENT; external audit; invariant testing; epistemic governance; irreversible trigger record; topology drift; governance contamination