feat(ffp): form-fill provenance standard — marker, detection, print-path record (D189) - #1142
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…ath record (D189)
Ruling D189 (2026-09-30, presswerk#118; surface standards#787 comment
5913118060) answered blocky-writer's question — a machine-filled form must be
distinguishable from a hand-completed one in the print path — and scoped the
*recording* to presswerk. The *marker* and the *detection rules* are a
cross-repository contract, and a contract with one signatory is not one, so the
normative text lands here and both implementations follow it.
New spec: 1-formats/sub-specs/form-fill-provenance/ (FFP v1.0.0, foundation)
README.adoc classification lattice, precedence, honesty rule. Six
classifications: no-form / blank-form / machine-filled /
machine-filled-suspected / filled-unknown / unreadable.
spec/MARKER.adoc declared marker in XMP (catalog /Metadata), namespace
.../form-fill-provenance/1.0/, property ffp:filledBy; only
`machine` is defined — `human` is deliberately NOT a value,
because no producer can evidence it.
spec/DETECTION.adoc the algorithm: fillable terminal fields (Tx/Ch/Btn minus
pushbuttons, /FT //Ff //V inheritance), meaningful-value
rules, /AP normal-appearance detection, evidence codes.
spec/PRINT-PATH.adoc obligations P1-P7 for a print-path consumer: classify at
intake, persist with the job and the audit trail, surface it,
never silently normalise, and record the blank-print hazard
(values written, appearance streams absent) rather than
printing it invisibly.
spec/conformance/ 14 vectors + reference probe (awk) + runner; a product
detector is tested with FFP_DETECTOR=<command>.
Wiring: registry row + regenerated REGISTRY.a2ml/TOPOLOGY.adoc, a scorecard with
two honest fail rows (M3 presswerk, M4 blocky-writer — neither implements its
side yet), a `just ffp-conformance` recipe, and an FFP step in dyadt-verify.yml.
Verification (all run here, this tree): just ffp-conformance 14/14; registry-check
in sync (34 specs); build-scorecards.sh --check --strict in sync and all four
pass-row checks green (--verify needs xmllint, absent in this sandbox);
check-standards-map GATE D PASSED; run-mustfile 16 passed; check-licence-consistency,
check-docs-presence, check-inline-python, check-canonical-names all green.
Not verified here: no Rust toolchain and no crates.io access in this sandbox, so
the consumer-side patch (presswerk) and the producer-side patch (blocky-writer)
are filed as issues with the spec as their acceptance criteria, not merged.
Ref: hyperpolymath/presswerk#118, hyperpolymath/blocky-writer/pull/73
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WalkthroughThis change adds a Form-Fill Provenance specification for interactive PDF AcroForms, covering marker declarations, detection and print-path handling. It also adds a 14-vector conformance suite, integrates the suite with CI and Just, and registers the specification in repository records. ChangesForm-Fill Provenance
Priority: ➖ Normal Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes Change: Other Suggested reviewers: Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to The registry check will report drift until the registry is regenerated. The normative DETECTION example also contradicts the precedence rules and could mislead implementers. Both are cheap to fix before merging. Security Architecture ReviewSecurity architecture risk: 🔵 Low · up to No concrete security regression was established. The standard separates declarations from verified identity and defines preservation and retention controls, but production adoption and failure handling remain unverified. Retained concerns Security review detailsSecurity Blast Radius
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Review comments at @.machine_readable/REGISTRY.a2ml:
- Line 291: Update the source_hash entry in REGISTRY.a2ml so it reflects the
tracked FFP files rather than the SHA-256 hash of empty input; regenerate the
registry after those files are staged.
Review comments at
@1-formats/sub-specs/form-fill-provenance/spec/conformance/probe.awk:
- Around line 296-297: Update the `/Ff` parsing that assigns `fnum` to convert
the full bare integer value directly; do not strip its first digit. Preserve the
pushbutton flag check using `int(fnum / 65536) % 2` so pushbuttons are excluded
from fillable-field counts.
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@1-formats/sub-specs/form-fill-provenance/spec/DETECTION.adoc:
- Around line 88-90: Update the Btn rule near `/V` in the detection
specification to refer to an on-state: `/V` must match a non-`Off` key in `/AP
/N` of at least one widget kid. Keep the existing optional nature of this
additional check and the behavior when no match is found.
- Around line 154-169: Update the normative record example’s classification to
machine-filled, consistent with its FFP-E-DECL-MACHINE evidence and the Step 6
precedence table. Locate the example by its ffp field and preserve its other
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Three vectors (viewer-filled, filled-with-ap-need-appearances,
machine-filled-declared-generated) and one partially (machine-filled-suspected-
mixed-ap) wrote the widget appearance as
5 0 obj
<< /Type /Annot /Subtype /Widget ... >> /AP << /N 10 0 R >>
endobj
Two objects in one indirect object. The reference probe passes them because
dget() matches text without respecting dictionary boundaries, so the suite
looked green — but no conforming PDF parser can see that /AP: lopdf, pdf.js and
the rest parse the first object and stop. A real product detector would report
appearances=incomplete on vectors whose expected line says appearances=generated:
exactly the "MUST still pass this suite" promise in this directory's README,
broken for the detectors the suite exists to test.
- make-fixtures.sh: new field_tx_ap helper puts /AP inside the widget dict; the
four affected builders use it. `make-fixtures.sh --check` clean afterwards.
- vectors/: the four affected PDFs regenerated byte-for-byte from the generator.
- README.adoc: a "Vector validity" note so the spelling is not lost on the next
vector edit.
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- probe suite: 14 passed, 0 failed, 0 orphan expectation(s)
- an independent transliteration of the presswerk Rust detector over the
regenerated vectors: 14/14 (before this fix: 11/14, failing exactly the three
vectors above)
- every indirect object in every vector parsed standalone: one object, no
trailing tokens
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What this is
Ruling D189 (2026-09-30,
scope: repo, applied-unless-struck; surface standards#787 comment) answered presswerk#118 — "Yes: record machine-filled provenance as metadata in the print path so audit/routing can distinguish it."That ruling names presswerk's obligation. But "distinguishable" is a property of two sides: blocky-writer writes the document, presswerk reads it, and neither can unilaterally define the marker the other must honour. So the contract lands here, and the two implementations follow it. This PR is the contract; the implementations are filed as the two consumer issues.
New spec —
1-formats/sub-specs/form-fill-provenance/(FFP v1.0.0, foundation)README.adocno-form/blank-form/machine-filled/machine-filled-suspected/filled-unknown/unreadable), precedence, and the honesty rulespec/MARKER.adoc/Metadata, namespacehttps://hyperpolymath.dev/ns/form-fill-provenance/1.0/,ffp:filledBy. Onlymachineis defined —humanis deliberately not a value, because no producer can evidence itspec/DETECTION.adoc/FT/Ff/Vinheritance, meaningful-value rules,/APnormal-appearance detection, the eight evidence codes, the record shapespec/PRINT-PATH.adocspec/conformance/FFP_DETECTOR=<command>Two design choices worth a reviewer's attention:
machine-filled-suspectedexists and is distinct frommachine-filled. The structural signature (NeedAppearances=true+ values + no appearance streams) is exactly whatfill_blocksemits today. A print path should not have to choose between calling that "machine-filled" (unproven) and staying silent (useless), so the vocabulary names the strength of the evidence.blank-formis never promoted. A form with zero meaningful values stays blank regardless of flags, andunreadableis never defaulted toblank-form. Both have vectors (blank-form-need-appearances,unreadable).Wiring
.machine_readable/REGISTRY.a2mlandTOPOLOGY.adoc(34 specs)checksjust ffp-conformancerecipedyadt-verify.yml— same runner, no new action refs, so the actions.lock gate is untouchedVerification (this tree)
Not verified here: this sandbox has no Rust toolchain and no crates.io access, so neither the presswerk patch nor the blocky-writer patch has been compiled. Both are filed as issues carrying the vectors as acceptance criteria.
Reviewer notes
.gitattributesmakes the diff show them as binary;catshows the structure).probe.awkis explicitly not a PDF parser — its limits are named inspec/conformance/README.adoc, and the spec requires product detectors to use a real library while still passing the suite.machine-filled-suspectedis intended to be treat conservatively; whether presswerk should hold such jobs for confirmation is FFP/3 P5 (SHOULD), left to the implementation.Ref:
hyperpolymath/presswerk#118