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+---
+layer: Taxonomy
+---
+
 # INTENT
 
 > **NetKingdom layering review — 2026-08-28.** This repository's role was reviewed
@@ -15,6 +19,22 @@
 >
 > *This note records what should change. The body below is not yet adapted.*
 
+> **Layer declaration — 2026-09-21, in net-kingdom's own voice.** net-kingdom declares
+> its layer as **Taxonomy** (`layer:` in the frontmatter above; this `INTENT.md` governs,
+> per GH-DEC-2026-017, and no derived declaration file exists). The declaration carries
+> no standard version by design. It is stated here by net-kingdom itself; the standard's
+> §3.1 and §4 rows naming net-kingdom as Taxonomy were statements *about* this repository
+> and, per §11, were not a declaration. Our reading agrees with them: this repository's
+> product is the canon of record — standards, contracts, schemas and their publication.
+>
+> **Boundary observation, not a second layer.** The repository also carries runtime and
+> operational material — `identity-provisioner/` (a containerised service), `sso-mfa/k8s/`,
+> `local-identity/`, and bootstrap/conformance validators under `tools/`. Validators and
+> reference profiles that check canon sit with Taxonomy; the deployable identity-provisioner
+> and sso-mfa manifests are Tooling/Engine-shaped residue from the bootstrap era. They do
+> not change the declared layer, and are recorded here so the next boundary review does not
+> have to rediscover them. Relocating them is a separate, owner-planned question.
+
 > This file captures **why this repository exists**,
 > the **direction it is moving toward**, and
 > the **kind of system it is meant to become**.
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+# v0.8 hold and §11 amendment set — net-kingdom's positions (2026-09-21)
+
+Recorded by net-kingdom as publication owner of `canon/standards/security-layer-model_v0.8.md`.
+Positions only: **no canon file was edited, nothing was applied, v0.8 was not flipped.**
+
+## The hold (GH-DEC-2026-019)
+
+Acknowledged. v0.8 stays `proposed`; v0.7 stays accepted and in force. net-kingdom will not
+run the acceptance flip until all three closing conditions (GH-DEC-2026-019 §4) are met:
+
+1. A9–A13 drafted, circulated and dispositioned (GH-WP-0004) — open.
+2. `audit-core` returns its §11 review or declines in writing — open.
+3. The four undeclared §4 repositories declare or record a dated gap — net-kingdom's part is
+   **closed today**: `INTENT.md` frontmatter now carries `layer: Taxonomy`.
+
+The §13 row added after handover (GH-DEC-2026-013, net-kingdom@f9e1611) stays in v0.8.
+
+## Dispositions on the amendment set (gate-house docs/amendments/v0.8-section-11-declaration-amendments.md v0.2)
+
+| # | Disposition | Note |
+| --- | --- | --- |
+| A9 | approved | A closed, case-insensitive token set; `Taxonomy` included. |
+| A10 | approved | Source vs custody as an explicit §4 marking; count replaced by §15 reference. |
+| A11 | approved | `INTENT.md` governs; disagreement reported, not resolved away; runs state scope. net-kingdom has no derived declaration file. |
+| A12 r2 | **deferred to the operator** | No finding against the text. r2 was revised today under GH-DEC-2026-020; net-kingdom defers assent to the operator, as three other repositories did. net-kingdom's own declaration already satisfies r2 (no version in any frontmatter key or value). |
+| A13 | approved | Accurate resolvability note; net-kingdom will not revert to `flex-auth`. |
+
+Approval is of the amendment text as the canon owner. It is applied to the cut only once the
+set is dispositioned by every assenting party and the hold's conditions allow it.