Stage 01

Compression

Every conclusion is a compression of reality. A document, a specification, a policy or a price is the residue of reasoning that is no longer visible. The first stage records what arrived, exactly as it arrived, without interpretation.

§ 01.1

Procedure

The artefact is entered without commentary. Claims, scope, date, authorship and provenance are recorded. Nothing is corrected at this stage.

Compression is not a fault. It is the normal end state of work. Recording it precisely establishes what was actually presented, so that reconstruction can be checked against it.

Provenance is stated. Where provenance is unknown, confidence is reduced accordingly.

§ 01.2

Interface

Inputs and outputs

Inputs

Artefact

Provenance

Date

Stated claims

Stated scope

Outputs

Verbatim record

Claim register

Scope boundary

Preceded by

Submission of the artefact

Followed by

02 Reconstruction

A stage is complete when its outputs exist in the record and can be read by someone who was not present.

§ 01.3

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