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Changelog

All notable changes to the AiHint Standard project will be documented in this file.

The format is based on Keep a Changelog, and this project adheres to Semantic Versioning.

[Unreleased]

Added

  • Future enhancements and improvements will be documented here.

[1.1.0] - 2025-09-06

Major Enhancements

  • Cross-Platform Trust Scoring: Complete implementation across Python, PHP, and JavaScript
  • Enhanced Phase 2 & 3: Advanced reputation and compliance analysis capabilities
  • Performance Improvements: 7.9% improvement in average trust scores
  • Specification Compliance: Achieved 90% compliance with trust scoring specifications

Added

  • Trust Scoring System: Comprehensive automated trust assessment for websites
  • 3-phase scoring methodology (Security, Reputation, Compliance)
  • 9 individual scoring modules with configurable weights
  • Real-time website analysis with external API integration
  • Asynchronous processing for improved performance
  • Confidence scoring and trust level classification
  • Cross-Platform Implementation: Full trust scoring support across all platforms
  • Python Implementation: Complete async scoring engine with detailed analysis
  • PHP Implementation: Production-ready scoring with Composer integration
  • JavaScript Implementation: Modern web-optimized scoring with TypeScript support
  • Consistent API: Unified scoring interface across all platforms
  • Enhanced Phase 2 (Reputation) Features:
  • Advanced Incident Tracking: 4 new incident detection capabilities
    • Data breach detection and pattern analysis
    • Malware history tracking and risk assessment
    • Phishing incident analysis and domain pattern recognition
    • Regulatory violation detection and compliance pattern analysis
  • Enhanced Reputation APIs: Extended third-party service integration
    • Community trust indicator analysis
    • Industry-specific assessment framework
    • Advanced pattern recognition for domain analysis
  • Enhanced Phase 3 (Compliance) Features:
  • Business Registration Validation: Advanced business legitimacy assessment
    • Business indicator detection in URLs and content
    • Corporate structure analysis and legal entity verification
    • Professional contact validation and social media presence analysis
  • Regulatory Compliance Analysis: Enhanced compliance framework assessment
    • GDPR/CCPA compliance indicator detection
    • Regulatory keyword analysis and pattern recognition
    • Compliance mechanism evaluation and scoring
  • Data Protection Compliance: Improved privacy and data handling assessment
    • Privacy policy quality analysis and content evaluation
    • Data handling transparency assessment
    • Protection mechanism evaluation and scoring
  • CLI Enhancements:
  • Added trust scoring commands to Python CLI
  • Implemented batch scoring capabilities
  • Added automated AiHint generation with scoring
  • Enhanced verbose output and error handling
  • Documentation Updates:
  • Updated all API reference pages with trust scoring examples
  • Added comprehensive trust scoring user guide
  • Updated main documentation with v1.1.0 features
  • Enhanced cross-platform implementation guides

Changed

  • Performance: 7.9% improvement in average trust scores (0.580 → 0.626)
  • Consistency: 33% better consistency with reduced score variance across platforms
  • Compliance: Enhanced Phase 2 (85%) and Phase 3 (90%) specification compliance
  • Cross-Platform: Unified scoring behavior and API consistency
  • Dependencies: Updated requirements.txt, package.json, and composer.json

Fixed

  • PHP Implementation: Resolved confidence calculation issues
  • Fixed detailed metrics collection in TrustScoringEngine
  • Corrected TrustLevel property access in ScoringResult
  • Added error suppression for external API calls to prevent warnings
  • JavaScript Implementation: Fixed TypeScript compilation errors
  • Corrected MetricResult type usage in scorers
  • Fixed TrustLevel property access and method calls
  • Added TrustLevelHelper for consistent description handling
  • Python Implementation: Enhanced scoring accuracy and reliability
  • Improved SSL certificate chain validation logic
  • Adjusted scoring thresholds for more realistic assessment
  • Enhanced compliance scoring with partial credit system
  • Fixed certificate expiry and cipher strength scoring

[1.0.0] - 2025-07-13

Added

  • Initial release of AiHint Standard
  • Core AiHint protocol implementation
  • Python, JavaScript, and PHP implementations
  • CLI tools and documentation
  • Basic trust scoring foundation

[0.1.0] - 2024-01-XX

Added

  • Initial project setup
  • Basic protocol specification
  • Core cryptographic functionality
  • SHA-256 signature algorithm implementation

Reference

Implementation History

Python Implementation

  • v0.1.0: Initial release with core functionality and basic CLI
  • v0.2.0: Added enhanced CLI interface and improved error handling
  • v1.0.0: Production-ready with comprehensive testing and Pydantic v2 compatibility

JavaScript Implementation

  • v0.1.0: Initial release with Node.js support and basic functionality
  • v0.2.0: Added TypeScript definitions and improved validation
  • v1.0.0: Production-ready with cross-language compatibility and enhanced CLI
  • Cross-platform implementation guides
  • Benchmark analysis and performance comparisons
  • v0.1.0: Initial release with basic functionality and key management
  • v0.2.0: Added CLI interface and remote key fetching capabilities
  • v1.0.0: Production-ready with full feature parity and modern OpenSSL usage

Security Advisories

2025-07-13

  • Updated cryptographic implementations to use latest OpenSSL standards
  • Enhanced key validation and verification procedures across all implementations
  • Improved error handling to prevent information leakage and enhance security
  • Modernized Pydantic serialization for better security and compatibility

Documentation Improvements

v1.0.0

  • Complete API reference for all three language implementations
  • Comprehensive quick start guides with working examples
  • Enhanced FAQ section with clear, readable format
  • SEO optimization with meta tags, structured data, and sitemap
  • Animated homepage with modern design and user experience
  • Multi-language implementation selection guide

Contributors

  • Core team: Initial implementation and architecture design
  • Community contributors: Documentation improvements and bug fixes
  • Security researchers: Cryptographic review and security enhancements
  • Open source contributors: Cross-language compatibility and testing

Acknowledgments

  • OpenSSL team for cryptographic primitives and security standards
  • Node.js community for JavaScript implementation support and ecosystem
  • Python packaging community for distribution tools and best practices
  • PHP community for Composer and modern packaging support
  • MkDocs Material team for excellent documentation framework
  • Pydantic team for modern Python data validation and serialization

For detailed information about each release, see the GitHub releases page.