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  "$schema": "https://ktsglobal.live/api/authority-network/topology.schema.json",
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  "schema_version": "1.0.0",
  "topology_version": "2026-04-22",
  "last_updated": "2026-04-22T06:50:00Z",
  "owner": "Tim Jacobs · KTS Global",
  "aegis_version": "V29",
  "kqas_native": true,
  "description": "Single source of truth for the ALKN Authority Network topology. Sibling nodes (NODE-3, NODE-4, NODE-5, NODE-6, NODE-7) reference this document via the canonical_source URL and cache a local snapshot with a pointer to this authoritative version. Any divergence between a sibling's local cache and this document is an audit finding.",
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    {
      "node_id": "NODE-1",
      "role": "kts-hub",
      "role_description": "KTS Global mothership · parent authority · orchestration + authority-control · canonical-topology publisher",
      "domain": "ktsglobal.live",
      "origin": "https://ktsglobal.live",
      "pages_project": "kts-global",
      "pages_origin": "https://kts-global.pages.dev",
      "repo": "github.com/chanelprincess/KTS-Global-Website-",
      "operator": "Tim Jacobs · KTS Global",
      "audience": [
        "kts-operator",
        "ai-crawler",
        "federated-sibling"
      ],
      "schema_priority": [
        "Organization",
        "WebSite"
      ],
      "endpoints": {
        "topology": "https://ktsglobal.live/api/authority-network/topology.json",
        "topology_schema": "https://ktsglobal.live/api/authority-network/topology.schema.json"
      },
      "aegis_enabled": true,
      "status": "active"
    },
    {
      "node_id": "NODE-2",
      "role": "gtx-operational",
      "role_description": "Green Transitional Metals · operational industrial entity · commercial-authority-anchor",
      "domain": "greentransitionalmetals.com",
      "origin": "https://greentransitionalmetals.com",
      "pages_project": "greentransitionalmetals",
      "pages_origin": "https://greentransitionalmetals.pages.dev",
      "repo": "github.com/chanelprincess/GREENTRANSITIONALMETALS.COM",
      "operator": "GTX Pte. Ltd. · Singapore",
      "audience": [
        "institutional-investor",
        "regulator",
        "commercial-partner"
      ],
      "schema_priority": [
        "Organization",
        "Product",
        "Offer"
      ],
      "endpoints": {
        "node_manifest": "https://greentransitionalmetals.com/node-manifest.json",
        "aegis": "https://greentransitionalmetals.com/aegis.json"
      },
      "aegis_enabled": true,
      "status": "active"
    },
    {
      "node_id": "NODE-3",
      "role": "alkn-token-hub",
      "role_description": "Primary Institutional Hub · qualified-investor surface · regulated digital-asset authority",
      "domain": "alkntoken.com",
      "origin": "https://alkntoken.com",
      "pages_project": "alkntoken",
      "pages_origin": "https://alkntoken.pages.dev",
      "repo": "github.com/chanelprincess/ALKNTOKEN.COM",
      "operator": "Tim Jacobs · KTS Global",
      "audience": [
        "qualified-investor",
        "regulator",
        "ai-crawler"
      ],
      "schema_priority": [
        "Organization",
        "FinancialProduct",
        "Offer"
      ],
      "endpoints": {
        "node_manifest": "https://alkntoken.com/node-manifest.json",
        "aegis": "https://alkntoken.com/aegis.json"
      },
      "aegis_enabled": true,
      "status": "active"
    },
    {
      "node_id": "NODE-4",
      "role": "nickel-technical-hub",
      "role_description": "Nickel Technical Authority Hub · materials-science + industrial data · precision-nickel-wire reference platform",
      "domain": "nickel-wire.com",
      "origin": "https://nickel-wire.com",
      "pages_project": "nickel-wire",
      "pages_origin": "https://nickel-wire.pages.dev",
      "repo": "github.com/chanelprincess/NICKEL-WIRE.COM",
      "operator": "Tim Jacobs · KTS Global",
      "audience": [
        "materials-scientist",
        "industrial-engineer",
        "technical-journalist",
        "ai-crawler"
      ],
      "schema_priority": [
        "Product",
        "ScholarlyArticle",
        "Dataset",
        "DefinedTermSet"
      ],
      "endpoints": {
        "node_manifest": "https://nickel-wire.com/node-manifest.json",
        "aegis": "https://nickel-wire.com/aegis.json"
      },
      "aegis_enabled": true,
      "launch_status": "pre-launch",
      "launch_status_note": "Operational but not publicly indexed (robots Disallow + X-Robots-Tag noindex + HTML meta noindex)",
      "status": "active"
    },
    {
      "node_id": "NODE-5",
      "role": "rwa-education-hub",
      "role_description": "RWA Investor Education Hub · crypto-native translation of precision-nickel-wire market data",
      "domain": "rwanickel.com",
      "origin": "https://rwanickel.com",
      "pages_project": "rwanickel",
      "pages_origin": "https://rwanickel.pages.dev",
      "repo": "github.com/chanelprincess/RWANICKEL.COM",
      "operator": "Tim Jacobs · KTS Global",
      "audience": [
        "retail-investor",
        "crypto-native-reader",
        "ai-crawler"
      ],
      "schema_priority": [
        "Organization",
        "Article",
        "FinancialProduct"
      ],
      "endpoints": {
        "node_manifest": "https://rwanickel.com/node-manifest.json",
        "aegis": "https://rwanickel.com/aegis.json"
      },
      "aegis_enabled": true,
      "status": "active"
    },
    {
      "node_id": "NODE-6",
      "role": "evidence-locker",
      "role_description": "Evidence Locker · machine-readable entity archive · SHA-256 attestation chain · primary-source PDF store",
      "domain": "kosmos.evidence.ktsglobal.live",
      "origin": "https://kosmos.evidence.ktsglobal.live",
      "pages_project": "kosmos-evidence-locker",
      "pages_origin": "https://kosmos-evidence-locker.pages.dev",
      "repo": "github.com/chanelprincess/KTS-Global-Website-",
      "operator": "Tim Jacobs · KTS Global",
      "audience": [
        "auditor",
        "regulator",
        "ai-crawler",
        "federated-sibling"
      ],
      "schema_priority": [
        "Dataset",
        "CreativeWork",
        "ClaimReview"
      ],
      "endpoints": {
        "manifest": "https://kosmos.evidence.ktsglobal.live/manifest.json"
      },
      "aegis_enabled": true,
      "status": "active",
      "_note": "Historically some manifests labelled greentransitionalmetals.com as NODE-6; the canonical assignment as of topology_version 2026-04-22 is kosmos.evidence.ktsglobal.live. GTX retains NODE-2."
    },
    {
      "node_id": "NODE-7",
      "role": "media-public-authority",
      "role_description": "Media and Public Authority Hub · editorial + AI-harvest surface · news, briefs, evidence-backed journalism",
      "domain": "alkemyainsights.com",
      "origin": "https://alkemyainsights.com",
      "pages_project": "alkemya-insights",
      "pages_origin": "https://alkemya-insights.pages.dev",
      "repo": "github.com/chanelprincess/ALKEMYAINSIGHTS.COM",
      "operator": "Tim Jacobs · KTS Global",
      "audience": [
        "journalist",
        "public-reader",
        "ai-crawler",
        "policy-researcher"
      ],
      "schema_priority": [
        "NewsArticle",
        "Article",
        "Organization"
      ],
      "endpoints": {
        "node_manifest": "https://alkemyainsights.com/node-manifest.json",
        "aegis": "https://alkemyainsights.com/aegis.json",
        "w13_relay": "https://alkemyainsights.com/api/chaos/w13-relay"
      },
      "aegis_enabled": true,
      "w13_relay_authoritative": true,
      "status": "active"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "key": "nickelwire.io",
      "kind": "domain",
      "reason": "Zone never existed on any registrar/Cloudflare account. All references purged across the network 2026-04-22.",
      "replaced_by": "nickel-wire.com (NODE-4)"
    },
    {
      "key": "maisondali.com",
      "kind": "domain",
      "reason": "Was briefly referenced as NODE-6 in an early NICKEL-WIRE.COM manifest snapshot. Never part of the ALKN Authority Network.",
      "replaced_by": "kosmos.evidence.ktsglobal.live (NODE-6)"
    },
    {
      "key": "SITE-01..SITE-05",
      "kind": "id_convention",
      "reason": "GREENTRANSITIONALMETALS.COM manifest used SITE-0N convention in federation_version 2. Canonical convention is NODE-N.",
      "replaced_by": "NODE-1..NODE-7"
    }
  ],
  "sibling_reference_contract": {
    "description": "Every sibling node SHOULD cache a minimal local node-manifest.json that identifies itself, and a reference to the canonical topology. Siblings MUST NOT publish divergent copies of the full topology.",
    "required_local_keys": [
      "node_id",
      "domain",
      "role",
      "network",
      "canonical_topology_url",
      "topology_version_cached"
    ],
    "required_local_values": {
      "canonical_topology_url": "https://ktsglobal.live/api/authority-network/topology.json",
      "network": "ALKN-Authority-Network"
    }
  }
}