# Canonical Data

> Normalize incoming data into a canonical schema, validate types and semantics, preserve one source of truth, and translate at system boundaries only.

Record: `algorithms:canonical-data`
Kind: algorithm
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/algorithms#algorithms-canonical-data
Closure: https://banes-lab.com/json/records/algorithms/canonical-data/closure

Listed in [Algorithm contracts](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/algorithms.md), after [Substitutability](https://banes-lab.com/records/algorithms/substitutability.md) and before [Domain Boundary](https://banes-lab.com/records/algorithms/domain-boundary.md).

## Domain

- [Architecture](https://banes-lab.com/records/algorithms-domain/architecture.md)

## Tier

- [leaf](https://banes-lab.com/records/vocabulary/domain-tier-leaf.md)

## Composed by

- [Seed Composition](https://banes-lab.com/records/algorithms/seed-composition.md)
- [Canonical Config Resolution](https://banes-lab.com/records/algorithms/canonical-config-resolution.md)
- [Composed Turn Contract](https://banes-lab.com/records/algorithms/composed-turn-contract.md)
- [<Mode-Driven Response Schema>](https://banes-lab.com/records/algorithms/mode-driven-response-schema.md)
- [Token Source-of-Truth](https://banes-lab.com/records/algorithms/token-source-of-truth.md)
- [Type-Keyed Appearance](https://banes-lab.com/records/algorithms/type-keyed-appearance.md)

## Math type

- [Set Theory](https://banes-lab.com/records/reasoning/math-type-set-theory.md)

## Force

- [Correctness verification](https://banes-lab.com/records/force/correctness-verification.md)
- [Model governance](https://banes-lab.com/records/force/model-governance.md)
- [Modularity](https://banes-lab.com/records/force/modularity.md)
- [Semantic consistency](https://banes-lab.com/records/force/semantic-consistency.md)

## Linked from

- [Living profile](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/algorithms/algorithms-domain-living-profile.md)
- [Quality engine](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/algorithms/algorithms-domain-quality-engine.md)
- [Mode-driven response schema](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/algorithms/algorithms-domain-mode-driven-response-schema.md)
- [CSS cascade](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/algorithms/algorithms-domain-css-cascade.md)
- [The mathematics](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/reasoning/the-mathematics.md)
- [Domain tiers](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/schema/the-vocabulary-domain-tier.md)
- [The forces](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/schema/the-forces.md)