diff --git a/format/seat-definition.schema.json b/format/seat-definition.schema.json
index d162c07..504c2d5 100644
--- a/format/seat-definition.schema.json
+++ b/format/seat-definition.schema.json
@@ -525,6 +525,11 @@
         },
         "description": {
           "type": "string"
+        },
+        "view": {
+          "type": "boolean",
+          "const": true,
+          "description": "true when the seat offers the state as a view for a module to follow by `consumes` (design 47 G 699; ADR 0571 §6); the manifest validator refuses a seat-named view of a state without it"
         }
       }
     },
diff --git a/seats/mesh-module-assigner/seat.json b/seats/mesh-module-assigner/seat.json
index cd483f5..247f86b 100644
--- a/seats/mesh-module-assigner/seat.json
+++ b/seats/mesh-module-assigner/seat.json
@@ -190,6 +190,7 @@
     {
       "name": "assignments",
       "template": "state",
+      "view": true,
       "key-forms": [
         {
           "key": "<node>.node",
@@ -364,6 +365,7 @@
     {
       "name": "seat-holders",
       "template": "state",
+      "view": true,
       "key-forms": [
         {
           "key": "<seat>",