@cs-object/core 0.1.0 → 1.0.0

package/README.md

@@ -14,9 +14,18 @@ are optional and checked separately. See [verification](src/verification/verify.
 [numeric policy](src/verification/numeric.ts) and [CLI semantics](../../packages/cso-cli/README.md).
 
 The [contracts](src/contracts/) define execution, references, prepared documents
-and reports. New Python captures use protocol v2; core also reads v1 without
+and reports. Pure Python captures use protocols 2/3; Core also reads version 1 without
 inventing output observations. CSO presentation data retains its separate schema.
 
+External captures use protocol 4 and retain explicit call/result evidence. Core
+checks that boundary and uses its numeric authorities for downstream formulas;
+it does not evaluate the external algorithm. `externalReferenceBindingFrom`
+creates a source/input/environment identity for scoped `externalOutputs`
+reference cases, separate from the exact-capture binding used by documents and
+reports. Uncovered external outputs remain pending. External CSO cannot be
+converted to math-only sheets or generated Python without losing evidence, so
+those conversion routes reject it.
+
 This package provides ESM, CommonJS and TypeScript declarations. Build/test
 commands and archive contents are declared in [package.json](package.json).
 [Local installation](../../docs/development.md#local-package-consumers) uses npm