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Transaction Science 954307816d wai-rs: derive the entropy-decode inputs — skip_mask + rvs_additive (fixture-free)
Ports the last two inputs the mANS sgm decoder needed but that were still being read
from an e2e fixture. With these, every input of the decode path is computable from the
codestream plus normative assets.

  skip_mask     scale_hat = i_s + gain_per_ch ; mask = scale_hat > 382
                NOTE the skip decision uses the scale WITHOUT the RVS additive, while
                sigma_index uses it WITH — the two differ by exactly the rvs values and
                are easy to conflate.

  rvs_additive  likely = clamp((sum_8x8 |i_s| + 32) >> 6, 0, 4351)
                band   = #{ e in [1003,1352,1937] : likely >= e }
                rvs    = A[grfs_flag ? 0 : 1][band]

Band edges are precomputed as idx2log(thr * 2^4) against the reference
Log2LinConvertion table, so the 4352-entry table is not needed at decode time; the
per-band additives come from the normative scale list scaled by the GRFS branch factor.
Band membership is INCLUSIVE at the lower edge — only the luma plane exercises this
(one block lands exactly on 1352 and the reference places it in the band above), which
is why both planes are tested.

Validated against the ISO reference on real test256.bin, both planes, including the
composition (derived rvs fed through sigma_index must reproduce the indices the
reference entropy coder consumed):
  luma   rvs 40960/40960, mask 40960/40960 (703 coded), sigma 40960/40960
  chroma rvs 24576/24576, mask 24576/24576 (537 coded), sigma 24576/24576

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <[email protected]>
2026-07-18 23:30:54 -04:00
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.github/workflows Add WAI — Web AI Media Transport & Execution standard 2026-05-24 13:36:51 -04:00
audio-conformance wai: interactive + temporal cargo classes, provenance, telepresence 2026-06-13 23:16:42 -04:00
avatar-conformance wai: interactive + temporal cargo classes, provenance, telepresence 2026-06-13 23:16:42 -04:00
byte-exact-conformance wai: a committed real-fixture corpus for the integer neural decoder in CI 2026-06-14 11:30:53 -04:00
extensions wai: register confidentiality (MLS+SFrame) + document opt-in JWP freshness (#37) 2026-07-04 21:16:39 -04:00
feed-conformance wai: interactive + temporal cargo classes, provenance, telepresence 2026-06-13 23:16:42 -04:00
film-conformance wai: a reel can embed its soundtrack — one envelope, movie + sound 2026-06-17 03:10:12 -04:00
glossary ingest wave E: 3 crates · op-bin + smart-byte-tendermint + eoc-safety 2026-05-24 16:52:07 -04:00
haptic-conformance wai: interactive + temporal cargo classes, provenance, telepresence 2026-06-13 23:16:42 -04:00
neural-conformance wai: a real trained int_synth model — real photo, decoded bit-exact everywhere 2026-06-17 17:12:48 -04:00
research wai: archive reference-decoder build recipes for reproducible demo 2026-06-20 11:44:42 -04:00
score-conformance wai: music as instructions — wai.audio.score (Phase 6) 2026-06-14 04:29:10 -04:00
tools wai/tools: add wai_jpegai_export_weights.py — reproducible weight export for the decoder 2026-07-18 10:12:42 -04:00
vocab vocab v1 SHACL shapes across sister standards (wave-23 #4/#5) 2026-06-02 18:55:56 -04:00
volumetric-conformance wai: interactive + temporal cargo classes, provenance, telepresence 2026-06-13 23:16:42 -04:00
wai-relay wai: interactive + temporal cargo classes, provenance, telepresence 2026-06-13 23:16:42 -04:00
wai-rs wai-rs: derive the entropy-decode inputs — skip_mask + rvs_additive (fixture-free) 2026-07-18 23:30:54 -04:00
wai-spz-gen wai: reconcile the neural + semantic subsystem onto main 2026-06-14 03:55:29 -04:00
wai-web wai-web: decodeIntSplat binding + per-attr ranges for the in-browser 3D demo 2026-06-28 09:49:40 -04:00
world-conformance wai: interactive + temporal cargo classes, provenance, telepresence 2026-06-13 23:16:42 -04:00
.gitignore wai: compact binary model + in-browser conditional-codec demo 2026-06-25 03:14:46 -04:00
CHANGELOG.md wai: changelog — JPEG AI is a live self-sufficient capability 2026-06-22 03:14:15 -04:00
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README.md wai: README — enumerate the integer-exact codec family + wai.world.model 2026-07-01 18:05:24 -04:00
SPEC.md wai: register confidentiality (MLS+SFrame) + document opt-in JWP freshness (#37) 2026-07-04 21:16:39 -04:00

WAI — Web AI Media Transport & Execution

A container + capability-dispatch standard for media. WAI does not re-implement codecs; it dispatches to SOTA standard libraries (AVIF, JPEG-XL, PNG, JPEG, Opus, FLAC, AV1, zstd, XZ) and adds an envelope that lets the neural-shared-prior path coexist with the model-free floor.

Two paths open every conforming file:

  • Neural condition — the sink regenerates the media against a shared ambient prior (a model). The model is a requirement of existence, never shipped (an .mp3 doesn't ship its decoder either).
  • Zeroth condition — a menu of registered SOTA codecs. Always satisfiable on any device that ships ffmpeg or equivalent.

The capability a file requires is named, not supplied.

What's here

Path Contents
SPEC.md WAI v1.0 spec — envelope, manifest, capability menu
wai-rs/ Rust reference implementation (lib + cdylib + staticlib + C FFI)
glossary/ Reference catalog of media codecs surveyed for capability registration. codecs.json is the canonical 342-entry dataset; SCHEMA.md defines the shape and contribution rules. Rendered at wai.transaction.science/glossary.
corpus/ Standard test material (Kodak/CLIC/Tecnick/SIPI images, Xiph Derf + UVG video, SQAM-class audio, enwik8 + Silesia text). Not committed; CORPUS.md documents reacquisition.

Quickstart

cd wai-rs
cargo test --lib    # every registered capability + envelope round-trip
cargo build --release --bin wai
cargo build --release --lib    # produces libwai.dylib/.so/.dll + libwai.a

On macOS, libflac lives under the Homebrew "flac" formula prefix that Cargo doesn't probe automatically. The committed .cargo/config.toml adds the path; if you build outside the repo set RUSTFLAGS="-L /opt/homebrew/opt/flac/lib".

SDK consumption

wai-rs exposes a stable C ABI in src/ffi.rs — the cdylib drops in as libwai.dylib/.so/.dll. Bindings for any language (Python ctypes, Node N-API, Swift, JNI, Go cgo, etc.) call into:

  • wai_image_{png,jpeg,avif,jxl}_{encode,decode}
  • wai_audio_{opus,flac}_{encode,decode}
  • wai_text_{zstd,xz}_{encode,decode}
  • wai_envelope_{pack,unpack} — wrap/unwrap the WAI container
  • wai_buffer_free, wai_last_error — memory + error handling

Registered capabilities (the zeroth menu)

Capability Codec Lossless? Mandatory?
wai.image.png PNG yes mandatory floor
wai.image.jxl JPEG-XL both recommended
wai.image.avif AVIF (AV1-based) lossy recommended
wai.image.jpeg JPEG lossy recommended (legacy compat)
wai.audio.flac FLAC yes mandatory floor
wai.audio.opus Opus lossy recommended
wai.video.av1 AV1 lossy recommended
wai.video.av1.lossless AV1 (quantizer=0) YUV-lossless recommended
wai.text.zstd zstd yes mandatory floor
wai.text.xz XZ/LZMA2 yes recommended

Neural capabilities (wai.neural.*) are OPTIONAL and sink-advertised. Most run float inference, so their decode is exact only on the build that produced it. A distinguished subset is integer-exact by construction — an all-i64 decode with no float and no ONNX — so the reconstructed artifact is byte-identical on every machine and its hash is portable. Conformance is a hash: a deployer can require intent=replicate to dispatch only to these.

Capability Integer-exact decode of Conformance
wai.neural.int_hyper image — integer hyperprior σ source + integer entropy + integer synthesis byte-exact (hash-portable)
wai.neural.int_synth image — integer synthesis only byte-exact (hash-portable)
wai.video.int_hyper video — int_hyper I-frame + integer half-pel motion-compensated P-frames byte-exact (hash-portable)
wai.audio.int_codec audio — learned 1-D transform, integer synthesis → int16 PCM byte-exact (hash-portable)
wai.splat.int_codec 3D — learned Gaussian-splat-attribute transform, integer synthesis byte-exact (hash-portable)

Interactive & temporal content (extensions)

Beyond the codec menu, WAI carries content that consumes input or moves over time — reconstructed from instructions at the sink, over one wai.det.fixed64 fixed-point floor, each with its own deterministic *-equivalence conformance criterion:

Capability What it carries Conformance
wai.world.{scene,replay,live} interactive worlds (signed op log) replay-equivalence
wai.world.model action-conditioned world model (signed action ops → next frame, integer transition + synthesis) replay-equivalence
wai.mesh.glb / wai.splat.spz 3D mesh / Gaussian-splat assets content-addressed
wai.audio.scene object-based spatial audio mixdown-equivalence
wai.audio.score music as note events (synthesized at the sink) mixdown-equivalence
wai.haptic.signal keyframed touch envelopes sample-equivalence
wai.feed.state scoreboards / telemetry / market feeds replay-equivalence
wai.avatar.pose digital humans (skeletal pose stream) pose-equivalence
wai.splat.4d volumetric / 4D temporal Gaussian splats frame-state-equivalence
wai.film.linear animation / CGI film (sealed world + camera track) film-equivalence
wai.film.reel a film with cuts (one world, a sequence of shots) reel-equivalence

And the verify half — a signed, energy-accounted lineage for opaque captured content WAI does not reconstruct (wai.asset.provenance). See SPEC.md §5 and extensions/ for each.

License

Apache-2.0 — see LICENSE.