Should the TAS/TSL framework be: a) a set of specifications for assessing platform compliance? ...or b) a highly prescriptive architecture model?

[mwherman2000]

Should the TAS be:
a) a set of specifications for assessing compliance of a particular software platform? ...or...
b) a highly prescriptive architecture model?
This is closely related to the efforts leading to a potential ToIP trust spanning layer (TSL) framework.

That is, how prescriptive should the TAS/TSL be in defining specific (limited) choices for the decentralized technologies assigned to each of the 4 layers in the TSL? ...or should the specification represent a set of "compliance" or "certification" criteria that platform developers/vendors are required to meet to get the "ToIP housekeeping seal of approval"?

A detailed example of a ToIP TSL-compliant Platform Profile is described here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrFfuUHHmr4&list=PLU-rWqHm5p44AsU5GLsc1bHC7P8zolAAf&index=4
(and previously described here: #83).

[mwherman2000]

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