Ecosystem / Shared foundations
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Machine & runtime layer

AERIF Runtime

Provider readiness and lifecycle, with explicit ownership.

The foundation

A distinct responsibility.

Runtime owns provider/model lifecycle, readiness, ownership and resources. Provider identity, model identity and operational state remain separate. Observing an already-running provider does not grant permission to stop it. Provider-specific Frankenstein implementation stays adapter-local.

Implemented

Observed provider readiness

Healthy, fresh and ready are operational observations. Selecting a model or profile does not imply started or loaded.

Implemented

Explicit lifecycle ownership

External-running and Runtime-managed ownership are distinct. Logical authority release leaves an external provider running.

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Core, Runtime and Graph have different responsibilities. Their accepted implementation baselines do not imply consumer downloads or suite-wide adoption.

Architecture