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id: OCX-6
family: RT-OCX
level: extended
profiles: [runtime]
posture: normative-target
added: "1.0"
changed: "1.0"
source: https://flowdrop.io/spec/rules/rt-ocx/ocx-6
specification: FlowDrop Workflow Specification 1.0-draft
licence: CC BY 4.0
---

# OCX-6 — The connector validates nothing it publishes

*RT-OCX (Part II) · level: extended · profiles: runtime · added in 1.0*

The published payload schema is metadata for the calling platform to render and enforce. Enforcement belongs to that platform and to the workflow, not to the adapter in between.

## The rule

> **Normative.** This is the rule.
>
> 1. The declared payload schema and required fields an externally invoked trigger publishes are declarative metadata for the calling platform; a payload that violates them is passed through unmodified.
>
> 2. Only top-level schema properties become typed fields in the published service description; nested structure rides inside the payload as an object, and recursive translation of a schema into fields is deliberately not attempted.

## Related rules

- Names: OCX-1

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Rule identifiers are permanent and are never renumbered. This specification carries
no implementation status: each implementation publishes its own standing against
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