Continuity

This page defines how research artifacts persist, relate, and evolve over time within the Prime Node Lab archive. It introduces no new claims and records no experimental results.

Artifact Classes

The archive contains multiple artifact classes, including experiments and theory artifacts. Each class follows its own revision and termination rules.

Persistence

Once published, artifacts remain part of the archive. Publication does not imply endorsement, correctness, or finality. Removal occurs only in cases of explicit withdrawal.

Revision Models

Experiments are immutable once complete, aside from documented errata or versioned republication. Theory artifacts may follow additive revision models, in which new material extends prior content without overwriting it.

Supersession

Supersession is explicit and artifact-specific. Later work may qualify, extend, or contextualize earlier artifacts without invalidating them. Silence does not imply supersession.

External Provenance

Some derivations rely on external observational records hosted on third-party platforms. These records are referenced for provenance and reproducibility. Platform behavior does not alter archival status.

Termination

Artifacts terminate when their defined scope is exhausted. Termination marks entry into reference state and does not preclude future related work.