Purpose

LexPons publishes a SHA-256 digest alongside the canonical JSON/XML output so users and downstream consumers can verify exactly what was transformed. It is tied to the canonical output as a public integrity artifact.

Computation model

1. Produce the canonical output for the selected format.
2. Serialize the payload in the format-specific deterministic form.
3. Compute the SHA-256 digest over the resulting byte stream.
4. Return the digest alongside the transform payload and related metadata.

Notes

Future revisions of the specification will describe canonical serialization, metadata inclusion rules, and signing strategies. The current site documents the hash as a public integrity anchor rather than a full signature scheme.