World 7 is a ratification-candidate genomic runtime architecture for persistent digital organisms. It separates identity, canonical state, memory, authority, lineage, development, genesis, repair, reconstruction and evolution from replaceable AI models and providers. The v0.2 candidate begins with secretary-001 at G0/G0.5, treats ChatGPT and Grok as proposal-only cognitive hosts, defines a 19-chromosome Universal Genome, governed inheritance and birth gates, RoleBinding-based authority, a deterministic proposal-to-commit Spine with CAS/idempotency/hash chaining, Pulse/Tempo/Resolution controls, and an evidence-driven G0→G10 roadmap. Evidence is bounded: 2048 proof obligations are registered, 4096/4096 bounded local model assertions pass, 18/18 seed reference tests pass, while live shared ChatGPT/Grok canonical state, clean-host restore, PostgreSQL atomicity, security/load/chaos and production readiness remain open. This is a public/source-available non-commercial release; see LICENSE for the software/documentation license map.