Governance layer

RDL: Research Dynamics Lab

Defines how research questions, evidence, experiments, negative results, publication gates, corrections and supersession are governed.

Role in system

Governance layer. Positioned inside RDL -> RTP -> [Structural Dynamics -> MDL] + [Evidence Dynamics -> ECL] -> ECN.

RDL_METHOD_PILOT_v0.1

METHOD PILOT

Field	Current public definition
Inputs	Research questions, candidate evidence, publication requests, corrections, supersession events.
Outputs	Research lifecycle states, gate decisions, correction records, preservation rules.
Core entities	Question lifecycle, REP, EXT, E0-E5 evidence levels, publication gates, correction history.
State / lifecycle	Append-only publication with explicit correction and supersession visibility.
Rules	Questions, evidence levels, publication gates, corrections, negative result preservation, human review.
Failure modes	Unclear scope, missing negative-result retention, unsupported publication gates, overwritten findings.
Relationship to other layers	RDL governs; RTP traces; Structural and Evidence tracks test different questions; ECN is future intake.
What it does NOT claim	Does not determine market state, entity truth, solvency, fraud, credit quality or investment merit.

Open whitepaper library. Draft scaffolds are labelled honestly where finalized layer documents are not yet frozen.

Document ID	Version	Status	Published At	Supersedes	Superseded By	Change Summary	Hash
RDL	RDL_METHOD_PILOT_v0.1	METHOD PILOT	2026-09-09	None	None	v2.1 public architecture presentation	Pending finalized whitepaper hash