Native and semantic views

A typed result carries two related but distinct views.

Native view

{
  "term": "origin:testorigin/currency",
  "locator": "/offer/currency",
  "lexical_value": "usd"
}

This is the provider-facing vocabulary and lexical representation.

Semantic view

{
  "term": "commerce:OfferPrice.currency",
  "value": {
    "type": "currency_code",
    "lexical": "USD"
  }
}

This is the shared typed interpretation after declared transformations.

Invariant

The semantic view never overwrites the native view. The transformation from usd to USD is visible in provenance as uppercase. Mappings are versioned claims, not invisible aliases. A future mapping may supersede the current interpretation without changing the preserved observation.

Last modified on August 10, 2026

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