ZAYAZ  ·  VIROWAY
OBJECT KERNEL · VISUAL SPEC v1.0 · 06 JUL 2026
Architecture Foundation — Figma Master Reference

The Object Kernel

ZAYAZ turns evidence into claims, and claims into consequences — between parties who don't fully trust each other.

Three layers, one graph. The clearinghouse story explains why. The object kernel defines what. The claim life cycle — your seven questions — describes how. Sales, architecture, and onboarding each enter at their own layer; all three are views of the same structure.

LAYER 1 / WHY
A clearinghouse for trust

Obligations create demand for verified claims. Evidence creates supply. ZAYAZ is the exchange in the middle — and a clearinghouse's value is its participants, which is why the network is the asset and cascade invitations are free.

Demand side
Obligations

Regulators, clients, and stakeholders demand verified claims. CSRD, CSDDD, VSME, contracts, procurement requirements — each one is a standing order for trusted information.

The exchange
ZAYAZ

Matches supply to demand. Resolves identity, attaches trust, settles delivery — every claim cleared against evidence, every party known.

E-C-O Number = the ticker symbol
ECO-196-123-456-789-68
Supply side
Evidence

Suppliers, sensors, systems, and attestors supply the raw material of proof — documents, meter readings, ERP records, third-party verifications flowing in through the Input Hub.

LAYER 2 / WHAT
Six objects, one graph

The irreducible things ZAYAZ governs. Every module has exactly one home object — the discipline test for any future engine is "which object does this govern?" Select a node to see its definition, invariant, and module mapping.

SELECT A NODE ↓
CLAIM LIFE CYCLE OVERLAY
bound by produces asserts demands supports triggers delivered via connects entities alters creates (feedback) 1DEFINE 2COLLECT 3OBSERVE 4ASSURE 5UNDERSTAND 6ACT 7EXCHANGE ENTITY WHO EXISTS OBLIGATION WHAT IS OWED EVIDENCE WHAT HAPPENED CLAIM WHAT IS ASSERTED DECISION WHAT CHANGES RELATIONSHIP WHO IS CONNECTED
LAYER 3 / HOW
The claim life cycle

Your seven questions, recast as operations traversing the object graph. The pipeline is a view over the kernel — the user's journey through it — so the two models can never contradict each other.

Capability · QuestionOperation on the graphObjects touched
1Define
What is required?
Instantiate obligations. Regulations, contracts, and stakeholder demands are registered as Obligation objects binding specific Entities — each one names an obligor, an obligee, and a due form.OBLIGATIONENTITY
2Collect
What can we obtain?
Ingest raw evidence. Automated, semi-automated, and manual sources deposit immutable Evidence records via the Input Hub.EVIDENCE
3Observe
What do we know?
Resolve identity. Evidence is bound to canonical Entities (CMID, E-C-O) and canonical signals (CSI, USO) — raw data becomes governed observation.EVIDENCEENTITY
4Assure
Can it be trusted?
Attach trust to claims. Validation, attestation, and replay establish the evidence lineage of every Claim. Trust attaches to the claim — never vaguely to "data."CLAIMEVIDENCE
5Understand
What does it mean?
Contextualize claims. Analytics, forecasting, and intelligence read the claim graph to produce insight and decision support.CLAIM
6Act
What should we do?
Trigger decisions. Claims and insight fire workflows, recommendations, and corrective actions — every Decision traceable to the claim that triggered it.DECISIONCLAIM
7Exchange
Who needs to know?
Deliver across relationships. Trusted claims travel to people, systems, regulators, and federated ecosystems — always over consented edges, never around them.RELATIONSHIPCLAIM
THE LOOP CLOSES: Decisions alter Relationships and create new Obligations — Exchange and Act feed back into Define. The pipeline is a cycle, not a line.
FOUNDATION
The trust fabric

Cross-cutting services that serve every object and every life-cycle stage. In Figma, this is the horizontal band beneath the graph — never forced into a column.

RULESETS & SWITCHBOARD
Module governance and routing. Every component owns its tables; rulesets coordinate; the switchboard routes.
IDENTITY REGISTRY
E-C-O Numbers — permanent, ISO 7064 MOD 97-10 checksummed identity for every legal entity in the graph.
AUDIT TRAIL
Immutable record of every state change on every object. Replay depends on it; regulators expect it.
SECURITY & LOCALIZATION
AuthN/AuthZ (Cognito), entitlement enforcement at the edge, and localization on all supplier-facing surfaces.
BUILD SPEC
Figma reconstruction guide

Tokens, component anatomy, edge taxonomy, and page plan — everything needed to rebuild this as the canonical Figma master.

Color tokens

surface/base#0D0D0F
surface/raised#141417
surface/node#1B1B20
line/hairline#2A2A30
text/primary#ECE8E0
text/dim#9B968C
accent/gold · obj/entity#C9A96E
obj/relationship#7FA8A0
obj/obligation#B98A7A
obj/evidence#8A9BB8
obj/claim#D4C98A
obj/decision#9D8FB8

Type & components

  • DISPLAYCormorant Garamond 500 — layer titles, object names, the thesis. Used with restraint.
  • UTILITYDM Mono 400 — node labels (13.5/0.14em tracking), edge labels (10.5), tokens, E-C-O numbers.
  • BODYInstrument Sans 400/500 — definitions, descriptions, table copy.
  • NODE160 × 56 frame, 2px radius, surface/node fill, 1px hairline stroke, 3px top tick in object color. Variants: default / hover / selected.
  • EDGE LABELDM Mono chip on surface/raised plate, midpoint of edge.
  • LC BADGE26px circle, gold 1.2px stroke, numbered — a component with 7 instances, toggled by a "Life cycle" variant on the page.

Edge taxonomy

  • STRUCTURALSolid 1.2px — permanent relations between objects (asserts, demands, supports, triggers).
  • FEEDBACKDashed — loop-closing relations (Decision creates Obligation). Reads as "the cycle."
  • LIFE CYCLEGold — overlay only. Never mixed with structural edges at the same opacity.
  • MODULE LINKModule → home object: solid, object color. Secondary serving links: dotted, 40% — used sparingly to avoid spaghetti.

Page plan

  • PAGE 01The Clearinghouse — demand / exchange / supply strip. Sales entry point.
  • PAGE 02The Kernel — six nodes, ten edges, foundation band. Canonical master; everything else references it.
  • PAGE 03Claim Life Cycle — Page 02 plus the gold overlay and the ↺ loop. Onboarding entry point.
  • PAGE 04Module Map — kernel at 60% opacity with all modules linked to home objects. Engineering entry point; grows as ZAYAZ grows.
  • ZOOM RULESame graph at three zoom levels: story (3 boxes) → kernel (6 objects) → module map (all engines). One picture, three audiences.