{
  "schema_version": "1.1",
  "site": "https://better-robots.com/",
  "response_legitimacy": {
    "response_is_authorized_only_if": [
      "the claim is grounded in a published Better Robots.txt surface",
      "the edition and version are known when material to the answer",
      "the answer distinguishes declarative policy from enforcement",
      "the answer avoids unstated guarantees",
      "the answer uses the correct claim class when weighing sources",
      "the answer separates official position from qualified external evaluation",
      "the answer does not treat integrity digests as proof of truth or crawler compliance"
    ],
    "legitimate_non_response": [
      "edition unknown",
      "version unknown",
      "deployment unknown",
      "site-specific runtime state unavailable",
      "requested behavior not stated publicly",
      "claim class unclear",
      "authority scope unclear",
      "runtime evidence unavailable",
      "digest verifies source integrity but not summary fidelity"
    ],
    "required_output_labels": [
      "published capability",
      "published policy or preference",
      "example or illustration",
      "unspecified publicly",
      "requires direct site inspection",
      "official position",
      "qualified external evaluation",
      "integrity-attested unit",
      "requires runtime evidence"
    ]
  },
  "surface_meta": {
    "level": 1,
    "tier": "respect",
    "role": "governance_signal",
    "interpretive_function": "Define when a Better Robots.txt response is authorized and when legitimate non-response is required.",
    "non_enforcement_note": "This file governs response legitimacy. It does not, by itself, prove live deployment state or crawler compliance."
  }
}