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ISO-Taste uses public short codes and semantic structural codes while allowing cultural and regional variants to coexist.
Story relation: The story directly uses ISO-Taste, providing a concrete narrative anchor for the sensory standards. Plato's Chicken and the Tyranny of the Senses
Authority links: System overview
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A Short Code for People, a Structural Code for Systems
ISO-Taste keeps both a human-readable short code and a precisely parseable structural code. They point to the same reference identity for different audiences, while cultural and regional variants may coexist instead of collapsing into one global average taste.
| Role | Machine key / format | Example | Rule |
|---|---|---|---|
| Public short code | public_code | C-772 | For human reading and narrative reference |
| Semantic structural code | structural_code | ISO-TASTE:reference.food.synthetic-chicken@1.0 | Uses ISO-TASTE:<semantic.path>@<major.minor> |
| Registry binding | code_registry_ref | SENSORY-REGISTRY@1.0 | Every ISO-Taste packet binds to the code registry through this reference |
Code Lifecycle
Codes may leave active use without making historical data unresolvable. Assigned public and structural codes are never rebound or reused for another identity; replacement chains cannot cycle, and an alias resolves to exactly one canonical entry.
| State | Reader interpretation |
|---|---|
active | Currently usable |
deprecated | Not recommended for new use, but historical records remain resolvable |
retired | No new use, while the existing identity remains preserved |
reserved | Reserved and not generally assigned |