Machine-readable before human-readable.
This principle remains part of the current Digital Karma direction.
Digital Karma Updates & Changelog
A public timeline of how the Digital Karma Constellation has evolved, what changed in each release, and which ideas are now considered canonical.
specs/federation-spec-v7.md
Current Direction
Decentralized operation with an optional registry hub.
This principle remains part of the current Digital Karma direction.
Transparent public scoring and clear upgrade paths.
This principle remains part of the current Digital Karma direction.
Static-first, portable, agent-friendly implementation patterns.
This principle remains part of the current Digital Karma direction.
Constellation Audit
Apply the latest release to a real site
The changelog explains what changed. The constellation audit shows how those changes affect a live public implementation right now.
Release Timeline
Constellation model introduced -- a public-facing reframe of how connected digital assets are understood by AI systems. Underlying federation architecture unchanged.
- Public copy transitions from Federation to Constellation terminology.
- Individual sites are Stars. Groups are Clusters. Cross-site links are Alignments.
- Machine-readable endpoints are Signals. The global index is the Constellation Map.
- The federated architecture powering the system remains fully intact.
Portable installer release that tightened root discovery rules and made agent-led upgrades repeatable across the portfolio.
- Formalized that robots.txt must live at /robots.txt.
- Formalized that sitemap.xml must live at /sitemap.xml.
- Clarified that root sitemap.xml is canonical and /ai/sitemap.json is optional only.
- Established v7.1-DigitalKarma.md as the portable installer brief for repo-to-repo upgrades.
Major constellation revision that expanded the required machine-readable surface and introduced structured topology patterns.
- Expanded the required artifacts from 4 to 6 by adding federation.json and llm.txt.
- Renamed the entry badge from Karma Bronze to Karma Certified.
- Introduced formal Starter, Certified, Pro, and Elite compliance tiers.
- Added the 4-stage constellation mapping pattern and entity file conventions.
Pre-constellation structured AI endpoint baseline used across the early portfolio sites.
- Established the original four-file endpoint pattern.
- Used looser, less formal network relationship metadata.
- Did not yet require llm.txt or constellation topology documents.
Public Ledger
A shorter public-facing ledger lives here. The more complete running ledger is also available as a knowledge-base article.
v8.0 Constellation terminology rollout
Public copy across all pages, meta titles, audit reports, PDFs, emails, and deployment kits updated to use Constellation language. Federation architecture and technical schema keys unchanged.
Public-facing v7.1 compliance content refreshed
Aligned the public standards, developer docs, registry copy, and machine-readable indexes so the live site now consistently reflects the v7.1 root discovery rules and current constellation version.
Constellation audit application introduced on DigitalKarmaWeb.com
Added a public validator and upgrade planner that can audit remote public sites against the latest standard, generate action plans, and export upgrade packages.
v7.1 portable installer published
Published v7.1-DigitalKarma.md as the portable installer brief and aligned README and authority docs around the new root placement rules.
Root discovery rule tightened
Clarified that robots.txt and sitemap.xml belong at the root and should not be relocated into /ai/.
v7.0 constellation baseline shipped
Introduced the 6 required artifacts, formal compliance tiers, constellation mapping, and the modern Digital Karma badge naming.
Entity and diagnostics patterns documented
Added /entities/ JSON-LD conventions and /ai/diagnostics.json as part of the higher-tier maturity path.
v6.1 endpoint baseline stabilized
Four core AI endpoints formed the original structured baseline before the dedicated constellation layer existed.