Volume V — DCN Runtime

Volume V specifies the local cognitive operating environment: the Cognitive Kernel, scheduler, System 1/System 2 dispatcher, Agencies, world model, patch-oriented execution, concurrency, recovery, and runtime security.

Its central separation is:

Cognitive Kernel = allocates and supervises cognition
Agencies          = bounded cognitive processes
World Model       = authoritative local state
PatchProposal     = proposed semantic change
Authority         = permission to cause an effect

The runtime is intentionally provider-independent and remains useful when disconnected from the wider network.