Golden Ruler: A Numeric Format Catalog with Bit-Exact Conformance Vectors for FP8, BF16, MXFP4, and Microscaling Formats
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On September 7, 2026, the Golden Ruler project released a catalog containing 109 numerical formats, covering FP8, BF16, MXFP4, and micro-scaled formats. The project provides six sets of precisely consistent components, including GF16, MXFP4 elements, BF16, FP8 E4M3/E5M2, and E8M0 block sizes, along with a cross-mapping table for IEEE P3109 v3.2.0. Each set is a self-contained JSON document containing a SHA-256 fingerprint, shared row architecture, and anchor vectors (encoded in 3.0 as cross-set checks). All artifacts are publicly available in the GitHub repository https://github.com/gHashTag/t27, under open source license. The project was cross-verified with ml_dtypes 0.5.4, clearly documenting the differences and interpreting them as allowable normative interpretation gaps.