Canonical Knowledge Structures (CKS): Core Theoretical Specifications (Version 1.0)

This publication contains the first four Core specifications of the Canonical Knowledge Structures (CKS) project. Together, these documents establish the implementation-independent theoretical foundation of Canonical Knowledge Structures, including: • CKS-000 — Foundational Manifesto• CKS-001 — Core Specification• CKS-002 — Canonical Construction Specification• CKS-003 — Canonical Serialization• CKS-004 — Canonical Structure Evolution The Core defines the philosophical foundations, formal semantic model, construction principles, serialization model, and admissible evolution of Canonical Knowledge Structures. The specifications are intended to serve as the stable theoretical basis for subsequent CKS documents, including validation, canonicalization, reasoning, implementation technologies, and future extensions. This release represents Version 1.0 of the CKS Core. Acknowledgement The author gratefully acknowledges the assistance of ChatGPT (OpenAI) in supporting the preparation, editing, consistency checking, and refinement of the manuscript. All theoretical concepts, formal definitions, mathematical results, and final scientific responsibility remain solely with the author.