Implement canon conformance and maintenance optimizations

Assistant: codex
Assistant-Model: gpt-6-astra
Assistant-Session: 01a06e82-3e08-7042-a79d-438ac6eed8db

infospace/artifacts/index.yaml

@@ -1193,3 +1193,73 @@ artifacts:
         target: small-saas/control/namespace-per-tenant
       - type: evidenced_by
         target: small-saas/evidence/access-review-2026-05
+  - id: standard/emission-cadence
+    path: standards/emission-cadence/InfoTechCanonEmissionCadenceStandard.md
+    kind: standard
+    title: InfoTechCanon Emission Cadence Standard
+    provenance:
+      source_path: infospace/assimilation/emission-cadence/source/EmissionCadenceDeclaration.md
+      placement: adapted
+      placement_workplan: ITC-WP-0018
+      assimilation: assimilation/emission-cadence
+    relationships:
+      - type: conforms_to
+        target: kernel/itc-core
+      - type: imports
+        target: model/observability
+      - type: imports
+        target: model/governance
+      - type: related_to
+        target: model/security
+      - type: derived_from
+        target: assimilation/emission-cadence
+  - id: assimilation/emission-cadence
+    path: assimilation/emission-cadence/ASSIMILATION.md
+    kind: assimilation
+    title: Assimilation — EmissionCadenceDeclaration handover
+    provenance:
+      source_path: infospace/assimilation/emission-cadence/source/EmissionCadenceDeclaration.md
+      disposition: adapt
+      placement_workplan: ITC-WP-0018
+    relationships:
+      - type: conforms_to
+        target: kernel/itc-core
+  - id: mapping/emission-cadence-handover
+    path: assimilation/emission-cadence/mappings.yaml
+    kind: mapping
+    title: Emission cadence handover mappings
+    provenance:
+      source_path: infospace/assimilation/emission-cadence/source/EmissionCadenceDeclaration.md
+      placement_workplan: ITC-WP-0018
+    relationships:
+      - type: maps
+        target: standard/emission-cadence
+      - type: maps
+        target: model/observability
+      - type: maps
+        target: model/governance
+  - id: example/emission-cadence/qonto-assistant
+    path: standards/emission-cadence/examples/qonto-assistant.yaml
+    kind: example
+    title: Qonto Assistant Emission Cadence Worked Example
+    provenance:
+      source_path: infospace/assimilation/emission-cadence/source/EmissionCadenceDeclaration.md
+      placement: adapted-example
+      placement_workplan: ITC-WP-0018
+    relationships:
+      - type: conforms_to
+        target: standard/emission-cadence
+  - id: small-saas/capability-requirements/production
+    path: profiles/small-saas/artifacts/capability-requirements.yaml
+    kind: profile-artifact
+    title: Small SaaS Production Capability Requirements
+    provenance:
+      profile: small-saas
+      placement_workplan: ITC-WP-0014
+    relationships:
+      - type: instantiates
+        target: profile/small-saas
+      - type: uses
+        target: model/capability
+      - type: applies_to
+        target: small-saas/service/billing-portal