chore: retire the A2ML spec registry and its gates (#1161)

.githooks/pre-commit

@@ -124,9 +124,8 @@ run_validator "Bot directives" "validate-bot-directives.sh" "staged"
 # It demanded that every commit stage .machine_readable/REGISTRY.a2ml, a generated
 # TOML-shaped artefact -- i.e. a specimen of the record dialect the owner ruled
 # SUPERSEDED on 2026-09-08. Staging it then tripped the A2ML gate above, so the
-# two gates deadlocked each other. The registry itself is UNCHANGED (R-H4);
-# reshaping scripts/build-registry.sh is a separate, deliberate job.
-# Drift is still caught in CI by .github/workflows/registry-verify.yml.
+# two gates deadlocked each other. The registry, its generator and its CI
+# check (registry-verify.yml) were retired on 2026-10-09; see REGISTRY.adoc.
 
 # Canonical names guard
 if [ -f "$REPO_ROOT/scripts/check-canonical-names.sh" ]; then

.github/workflows/actions.lock

@@ -123,8 +123,6 @@ workflows:
     '.github/workflows/readme-derive-reusable.yml':
         - 'actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1'
     '.github/workflows/readme-derive.yml': []
-    '.github/workflows/registry-verify.yml':
-        - 'actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1'
     '.github/workflows/rust-ci-reusable.yml':
         - 'actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1'
         - 'dtolnay/rust-toolchain@7e38f4b43b4db5c8dd498af069a4f6196df1d067'

.github/workflows/self-test.yml

@@ -43,13 +43,12 @@ jobs:
           fetch-depth: 0
 
       # The secret-scanner canary reads YAML with yq (preinstalled on the
-      # runner; YAML-POLICY Y-1) -- no Python. The scorecard
-      # grounding tests execute the same checks as registry-verify, including
-      # checks that require ripgrep and xmllint.
+      # runner; YAML-POLICY Y-1) -- no Python. Shell tests use ripgrep
+      # (wave9-session-detritus-test.sh); the Ruby tests need minitest.
       - name: Install test dependencies
         run: |
           sudo apt-get update -qq
-          sudo apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends ripgrep libxml2-utils ruby ruby-minitest
+          sudo apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends ripgrep ruby ruby-minitest
 
       # scripts/tests/check-ijson-jcs-test.sh needs the real tool; it exits 2
       # without it. Same pin as ijson-jcs.yml (JSON-POLICY §3).

.hypatia-baseline.json

@@ -851,150 +851,6 @@
   "expires_at": "2026-11-29",
   "tracking_issue": "hyperpolymath/standards#687"
  },
- {
-  "severity": "medium",
-  "rule_module": "implementation_inside_canon",
-  "type": "HYP-S009",
-  "file": "2-protocols/axel/CNAME",
-  "note": "TEMPORARY ARCHITECTURE BASELINE (2026-08-29): decide extraction or an explicit co-location carve-out for AXEL deployment metadata.",
-  "expires_at": "2026-11-29",
-  "tracking_issue": "hyperpolymath/standards#687"
- },
- {
-  "severity": "medium",
-  "rule_module": "implementation_inside_canon",
-  "type": "HYP-S009",
-  "file": "2-protocols/axel/Containerfile",
-  "note": "TEMPORARY ARCHITECTURE BASELINE (2026-08-29): decide extraction or an explicit co-location carve-out for the AXEL implementation.",
-  "expires_at": "2026-11-29",
-  "tracking_issue": "hyperpolymath/standards#687"
- },
- {
-  "severity": "medium",
-  "rule_module": "implementation_inside_canon",
-  "type": "HYP-S009",
-  "file": "2-protocols/axel/ads.txt",
-  "note": "TEMPORARY ARCHITECTURE BASELINE (2026-08-29): decide extraction or an explicit co-location carve-out for AXEL deployment metadata.",
-  "expires_at": "2026-11-29",
-  "tracking_issue": "hyperpolymath/standards#687"
- },
- {
-  "severity": "medium",
-  "rule_module": "implementation_inside_canon",
-  "type": "HYP-S009",
-  "file": "2-protocols/axel/docs/CNAME",
-  "note": "TEMPORARY ARCHITECTURE BASELINE (2026-08-29): decide extraction or an explicit co-location carve-out for AXEL documentation deployment metadata.",
-  "expires_at": "2026-11-29",
-  "tracking_issue": "hyperpolymath/standards#687"
- },
- {
-  "severity": "medium",
-  "rule_module": "implementation_inside_canon",
-  "type": "HYP-S009",
-  "file": "2-protocols/axel/docs/ads.txt",
-  "note": "TEMPORARY ARCHITECTURE BASELINE (2026-08-29): decide extraction or an explicit co-location carve-out for AXEL documentation deployment metadata.",
-  "expires_at": "2026-11-29",
-  "tracking_issue": "hyperpolymath/standards#687"
- },
- {
-  "severity": "medium",
-  "rule_module": "implementation_inside_canon",
-  "type": "HYP-S009",
-  "file": "2-protocols/axel/public/CNAME",
-  "note": "TEMPORARY ARCHITECTURE BASELINE (2026-08-29): decide extraction or an explicit co-location carve-out for AXEL public deployment metadata.",
-  "expires_at": "2026-11-29",
-  "tracking_issue": "hyperpolymath/standards#687"
- },
- {
-  "severity": "medium",
-  "rule_module": "implementation_inside_canon",
-  "type": "HYP-S009",
-  "file": "2-protocols/axel/public/ads.txt",
-  "note": "TEMPORARY ARCHITECTURE BASELINE (2026-08-29): decide extraction or an explicit co-location carve-out for AXEL public deployment metadata.",
-  "expires_at": "2026-11-29",
-  "tracking_issue": "hyperpolymath/standards#687"
- },
- {
-  "severity": "medium",
-  "rule_module": "implementation_inside_canon",
-  "type": "HYP-S009",
-  "file": "2-protocols/k9-coordination/tools/k9-init/Cargo.toml",
-  "note": "TEMPORARY ARCHITECTURE BASELINE (2026-08-29): decide whether k9-init belongs beside the protocol or must be extracted.",
-  "expires_at": "2026-11-29",
-  "tracking_issue": "hyperpolymath/standards#687"
- },
- {
-  "severity": "medium",
-  "rule_module": "implementation_inside_canon",
-  "type": "HYP-S009",
-  "file": "rhodium-standard-repositories/satellites/cccp/satellites/nextgen-languages/7-tentacles/package.json",
-  "note": "TEMPORARY ARCHITECTURE BASELINE (2026-08-29): classify nested satellite implementation ownership before extraction or carve-out.",
-  "expires_at": "2026-11-29",
-  "tracking_issue": "hyperpolymath/standards#687"
- },
- {
-  "severity": "medium",
-  "rule_module": "implementation_inside_canon",
-  "type": "HYP-S009",
-  "file": "rhodium-standard-repositories/satellites/palimpsest-license/Containerfile",
-  "note": "TEMPORARY ARCHITECTURE BASELINE (2026-08-29): classify satellite implementation ownership before extraction or carve-out.",
-  "expires_at": "2026-11-29",
-  "tracking_issue": "hyperpolymath/standards#687"
- },
- {
-  "severity": "medium",
-  "rule_module": "implementation_inside_canon",
-  "type": "HYP-S009",
-  "file": "rhodium-standard-repositories/satellites/rsr-certifier/Cargo.toml",
-  "note": "TEMPORARY ARCHITECTURE BASELINE (2026-08-29): review the RSR certifier workspace's placement under the canonical home.",
-  "expires_at": "2026-11-29",
-  "tracking_issue": "hyperpolymath/standards#687"
- },
- {
-  "severity": "medium",
-  "rule_module": "implementation_inside_canon",
-  "type": "HYP-S009",
-  "file": "rhodium-standard-repositories/satellites/rsr-certifier/container/Containerfile",
-  "note": "TEMPORARY ARCHITECTURE BASELINE (2026-08-29): review the RSR certifier container's placement under the canonical home.",
-  "expires_at": "2026-11-29",
-  "tracking_issue": "hyperpolymath/standards#687"
- },
- {
-  "severity": "medium",
-  "rule_module": "implementation_inside_canon",
-  "type": "HYP-S009",
-  "file": "rhodium-standard-repositories/satellites/rsr-certifier/engine/Cargo.toml",
-  "note": "TEMPORARY ARCHITECTURE BASELINE (2026-08-29): review the RSR certifier engine's placement under the canonical home.",
-  "expires_at": "2026-11-29",
-  "tracking_issue": "hyperpolymath/standards#687"
- },
- {
-  "severity": "medium",
-  "rule_module": "implementation_inside_canon",
-  "type": "HYP-S009",
-  "file": "rhodium-standard-repositories/satellites/rsr-certifier/extensions/vscode/package.json",
-  "note": "TEMPORARY ARCHITECTURE BASELINE (2026-08-29): review the RSR certifier editor extension's placement under the canonical home.",
-  "expires_at": "2026-11-29",
-  "tracking_issue": "hyperpolymath/standards#687"
- },
- {
-  "severity": "medium",
-  "rule_module": "implementation_inside_canon",
-  "type": "HYP-S009",
-  "file": "rhodium-standard-repositories/satellites/rsr-certifier/lsp/Cargo.toml",
-  "note": "TEMPORARY ARCHITECTURE BASELINE (2026-08-29): review the RSR certifier LSP's placement under the canonical home.",
-  "expires_at": "2026-11-29",
-  "tracking_issue": "hyperpolymath/standards#687"
- },
- {
-  "severity": "medium",
-  "rule_module": "implementation_inside_canon",
-  "type": "HYP-S009",
-  "file": "rhodium-standard-repositories/satellites/state.scm/Containerfile",
-  "note": "TEMPORARY ARCHITECTURE BASELINE (2026-08-29): classify satellite implementation ownership before extraction or carve-out.",
-  "expires_at": "2026-11-29",
-  "tracking_issue": "hyperpolymath/standards#687"
- },
  {
   "severity": "critical",
   "rule_module": "cicd_rules",

.machine_readable/MUST.contractile

@@ -100,10 +100,7 @@
     ; --- CI / workflow hardening ---
     (must "every workflow job declares timeout-minutes, EXCEPT reusable-workflow caller jobs (uses: ./...)")
     (must "secret-consuming action steps are gated with `if: secrets.X != ''`")
-    (must "any ossf/scorecard-action publish job contains only `uses:` steps — no `run:` in the publish job")
-
-    ; --- Registry ---
-    (must "REGISTRY.a2ml is GENERATED — regenerate with scripts/build-registry.sh; never hand-edit"))
+    (must "any ossf/scorecard-action publish job contains only `uses:` steps — no `run:` in the publish job"))
 
   ; === Cross-Repo Musts (owned elsewhere — listed for traceability only) ===
   ; These were established this session but belong in the named repo's own