Middleware, Governance & State
The Normalization Pipeline
The middleware layer converts protocol-specific payloads into a common internal representation. This deterministic pipeline removes framing, applies schema validation, and tags data with immutable device identity and hardware-accurate timestamps.
Governance Engine Authority
At the core of the Protoplatz architecture is the Governance Engine. This engine holds absolute operational authority over the system. It evaluates every inference result produced by ProtoAccess and determines if the requested action aligns with the system's current security and safety policies.
Core Responsibilities
- Inference Evaluation: Validating ProtoAccess results before state transitions.
- State Ownership: Maintaining the authoritative Hub-Spoke state model.
- Lifecycle Control: Owning the gateway's operational and recovery states.
- Override Authority: Ability to bypass or block ProtoAccess results in real-time.
State Ownership Model
Protoplatz employs a Hub-Spoke state model where the gateway acts as the single source of truth for all connected device states. This ensures that the system state remains consistent and resilient to cloud connectivity interruptions or localized inference errors.
ProtoAccess is prohibited from defining policy or owning system state. It serves strictly as a governed provider of intelligence to the primary Governance Engine.