Refresh Core research status and public routing

README.md

@@ -6,9 +6,11 @@
 
 This repository preserves the research, framework, Orientation Language, experiments, applications, governance and historical development of the **NEXAH Orientation Ecosystem**.
 
-**Public path:** [Discover NEXAH](https://nexah.de) · [Use the Visitor Guide](https://nexah.de/visitor-guide/) · [Try NEXAHEDRON](https://nexahedron.com) · [Inspect ORION](https://github.com/Scarabaeus1031/NEXAH-ORION)
+**Public path:** [Discover NEXAH](https://nexah.de) · [Use the Visitor Guide](https://nexah.de/visitor-guide/) · [Inspect Science Lab](https://github.com/Scarabaeus1031/NEXAH-Science-Lab) · [Try NEXAHEDRON](https://nexahedron.com) · [Inspect ORION](https://github.com/Scarabaeus1031/NEXAH-ORION)
 
-It is not the public landing page, the ORION repository or the Human-facing Workspace. It is the scientific workshop and long-term record behind those public chapters.
+It is not the public landing page, Science Lab, the ORION repository or the
+Human-facing Workspace. It is the framework, semantic and implementation home
+that connects those public responsibilities while preserving their boundaries.
 
 **Understanding before action.**
 
@@ -48,7 +50,7 @@ decision, and STOP remain with the Human.
 | Understand the purpose and principles | **[Ecosystem Constitution v1.0](GOVERNANCE/ECOSYSTEM_CONSTITUTION.md)** · **[Governance Index](GOVERNANCE/README.md)** · **[NEXAH Manifesto](MANIFESTO.md)** |
 | Read the published specification | **[Orientation Language](ORIENTATION_LANGUAGE/README.md)** |
 | Use or develop the software | **[Orientation Kernel](nexah/README.md)** |
-| Inspect research and evidence | **[Evidence Atlas](docs/evidence/README.md)** · **[Research Portal](RESEARCH/README.md)** |
+| Inspect research and evidence | **[NEXAH Science Lab](https://github.com/Scarabaeus1031/NEXAH-Science-Lab)** · **[Evidence Atlas](docs/evidence/README.md)** · **[Research Portal](RESEARCH/README.md)** |
 | Explore Works, journeys, or editorial practice | **[Begin with THE ATLAS OF ATLASES](docs/library/atlas-of-atlases/README.md)** · **[Public Library on Are.na](https://www.are.na/nexah-scarabaeus1031/channels)** · **[Library Architecture & Registry](LIBRARY/README.md)** · **[Editorial Operating System](EDITORIAL_OPERATING_SYSTEM/README.md)** |
 | Evaluate a domain application | **[Applications](APPLICATIONS/README.md)** |
 | Inspect Orientation Translation pilots and methodological evidence | **[Applications / Orientation Translation](APPLICATIONS/orientation_translation/)** |
@@ -101,10 +103,10 @@ the private Mission Control plane.
 
 - **Orientation Language 1.0** is published as the canonical semantic authority.
 - **Orientation Kernel v0.7** is maintained as the current implementation track.
-- **Research** is maintained as a scoped, evidence-bound portfolio. No Science
-  Lab research cycle is currently active; new research requires an explicit
-  Human reopen decision. Existing research remains preserved and is neither
-  deprecated nor archived by this operational pause.
+- **Research** is maintained as a scoped, evidence-bound portfolio. The public
+  Science Lab currently records 42 results across 18 research families and one
+  admitted method/protocol contribution candidate. No Science Lab research
+  cycle is active; these counts do not establish novelty or usefulness.
 - **Reference applications** for Network Orientation and IEEE Geometry are maintained.
 - **Library and Editorial infrastructure** operate within documented human-governance boundaries.
 
@@ -124,24 +126,22 @@ tag.
 
 ## Current Development Direction
 
-Broad exploratory research is currently paused by Human Owner decision. The
-active ecosystem priority is Mission Control currentness and system
-archaeology, not a new research cycle. The strongest preserved candidate for a
-later evidence cycle remains one bounded question: whether NEXAH's orientation
-principles can provide measurable benefit in a Human-readable task.
+Broad exploratory research remains paused. The main programme is
+**Orientation**; the current product direction is **NEXAH Compare — Translation,
+Record & Return Stack**, a small Boundary and Transition instrument assembled
+from existing semantics, software and evidence. This is a strategy direction,
+not an active build or product-readiness claim.
 
-If that candidate is explicitly reopened, the evidence direction is to:
+The next strategy decision is to select or decline one exact Human-usefulness
+wedge. If selected, the sequence is deliberately small:
 
-1. freeze one bounded usefulness contract;
-2. make one evidence object clean and citable;
-3. test one understandable external entry route; and
-4. preserve a later ORION semantic Research Session as a separate candidate
-   rather than claiming it as a present capability.
+1. freeze one person, task, baseline, outcome and STOP rule;
+2. assemble the minimum inspectable comparison and Return path;
+3. test it against a strong equal-information baseline; and
+4. publish one bounded result with its residuals, uncertainty and claim limits.
 
-These are parked, bounded evidence goals, not an active programme, claims of
-execution or completed capability. No general ORION Research Session, unified
-Runtime, autonomous research agent, or cross-domain usefulness claim is
-currently adopted.
+No wedge or research cycle is currently active. External Human usefulness,
+scientific novelty and an integrated product remain unvalidated.
 
 ---
 

docs/status/NEXAH_PUBLIC_STATUS.json

@@ -1,31 +1,36 @@
 {
-  "schema": "nexah-public-status/0.1",
-  "as_of": "2026-09-20",
+  "schema": "nexah-public-status/0.2",
+  "as_of": "2026-09-27",
   "projection_source": {
     "system": "NEXAH Mission Control",
-    "revision": "53cb1e4",
+    "revision": "2820ab3",
     "visibility": "private_control_plane",
     "authority": "currentness_routing_and_activation"
   },
   "projection_boundary": "Read-only public projection. Creates no authorization, release, research activation, outreach action or scientific claim.",
   "operating_state": {
     "mode": "CONSOLIDATION",
-    "active_priority_id": "MC-TRUTH-01",
-    "active_priority": "Stage 0 currentness and system archaeology",
+    "main_programme": "ORIENTATION",
+    "product_direction": "NEXAH_COMPARE_TRANSLATION_RECORD_AND_RETURN_STACK",
+    "active_priority_id": null,
+    "active_priority": "NONE",
     "broad_exploratory_research": "STOPPED_BY_HUMAN_OWNER",
     "active_science_lab_cycle": "NONE",
+    "registered_research_results": 42,
+    "research_families": 18,
+    "admitted_contribution_candidates": 1,
     "scientific_novelty": "NOT_DEMONSTRATED",
-    "external_usefulness": "NOT_YET_TESTED",
+    "external_usefulness": "NOT_VALIDATED",
     "outreach_campaign": "NOT_ACTIVE",
     "new_scientific_publication_claim": "NONE_AUTHORIZED"
   },
   "custody": {
-    "internal_controlling_sources_verified": 40,
-    "internal_controlling_sources_total": 40,
-    "upstream_custody_verified": 25,
-    "upstream_custody_total": 40,
-    "remaining_bindings": 15,
-    "remaining_gate": "SCIENCE_LAB_PUBLIC_SAFE_CUT",
+    "internal_controlling_sources_verified": 101,
+    "internal_controlling_sources_total": 101,
+    "upstream_custody_verified": 101,
+    "upstream_custody_total": 101,
+    "remaining_bindings": 0,
+    "remaining_gate": "NONE",
     "note": "Upstream custody is not equivalent to anonymous public availability."
   },
   "public_repositories": [
@@ -37,7 +42,7 @@
     {
       "name": "NEXAH-Science-Lab",
       "url": "https://github.com/Scarabaeus1031/NEXAH-Science-Lab",
-      "public_main_revision": "8f7817d601481c7952d8fa9fbec5c8f0dd3279c5",
+      "public_main_revision": "2a209cd3023b3c8dcb9c3d9711c97ef3cdae9b52",
       "role": "experiments_audits_negative_results_and_evidence_packages"
     },
     {
@@ -71,8 +76,9 @@
     "authority for automated decisions or unsupervised action"
   ],
   "next_potential_evidence": {
-    "state": "PARKED",
-    "action": "one bounded external contrast test",
+    "state": "UNSELECTED",
+    "action": "select or decline one exact Human-usefulness wedge",
+    "after_selection": "one preregistered equal-information comparison against a strong baseline",
     "activation_authority": "Human Owner"
   }
 }

docs/status/NEXAH_PUBLIC_STATUS.md

@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 # NEXAH Public Status
 
-**As of:** 20 September 2026  
-**Snapshot:** `nexah-public-status/0.1`  
-**Projection source:** NEXAH Mission Control snapshot `53cb1e4`
+**As of:** 27 September 2026
+
+**Snapshot:** `nexah-public-status/0.2`
+
+**Projection source:** NEXAH Mission Control snapshot `2820ab3`
 
 This is a public, read-only projection from NEXAH Mission Control. Mission
 Control remains the authority for currentness, routing and activation. This
@@ -14,14 +16,16 @@ action or scientific claim.
 | Area | Current public status |
 |---|---|
 | Operating mode | Consolidation |
-| Active ecosystem priority | Stage 0 currentness and system archaeology (`MC-TRUTH-01`) |
+| Main programme | Orientation |
+| Product direction | NEXAH Compare — Translation, Record & Return Stack |
+| Active ecosystem priority | None |
 | Broad exploratory research | Stopped by Human Owner decision |
 | Active Science Lab research cycle | None |
-| Scientific novelty | Not demonstrated |
-| External usefulness | Not yet tested |
+| Scientific contribution funnel | One admitted method/protocol candidate; novelty not demonstrated |
+| External usefulness | Not validated |
 | Outreach campaign | Not active |
 | New scientific publication claim | None authorized |
-| Next potentially status-changing evidence | One bounded external contrast test, only after explicit Human reopen |
+| Next strategy decision | Select or decline one exact Human-usefulness wedge |
 
 ## What NEXAH is
 
@@ -39,20 +43,19 @@ a new scientific discipline, general usefulness or product adoption.
 | Component | Public role | Current boundary |
 |---|---|---|
 | [NEXAH](https://github.com/Scarabaeus1031/NEXAH) | Framework, Orientation Language, research navigation and bounded implementation | Current public framework home; maturity differs by subsystem |
-| [NEXAH Science Lab](https://github.com/Scarabaeus1031/NEXAH-Science-Lab) | Experiments, audits, negative results and evidence packages | Public `main` is at the reviewed grid-observatory baseline `8f7817d`; two later custody commits remain held for a public-safe cut |
+| [NEXAH Science Lab](https://github.com/Scarabaeus1031/NEXAH-Science-Lab) | Experiments, audits, negative results and evidence packages | Current research baseline is published on public `main` at merge commit `2a209cd` |
 | [NEXAH ORION](https://github.com/Scarabaeus1031/NEXAH-ORION) | Deterministic structural processing | Version 1 authority is limited to its certified scope |
 | [NEXAHEDRON](https://github.com/Scarabaeus1031/NEXAHEDRON) | Human-facing reference workspace and demonstrator | Not a production-complete product or autonomous system |
 | [NEXAH Experience](https://github.com/Scarabaeus1031/NEXAH-Experience) | Public site, Library, Atlas and reading routes | Presentation surface; not scientific or activation authority |
 | Mission Control | Currentness, routing, queues and activation boundaries | Internal control plane; represented publicly only by this allowlisted snapshot |
 
 ## Evidence and custody
 
-The current internal registry verifies all **40 of 40** controlling source
-bindings. The stricter upstream-custody check currently verifies **25 of 40**
-against their configured repository revisions. The remaining 15 bindings are
-held behind the Science Lab public-safe cut. Upstream custody is not the same as
-anonymous public availability: some control-plane sources remain deliberately
-private.
+The current internal registry verifies all **101 of 101** controlling source
+bindings. The stricter release-custody check also verifies **101 of 101**
+against their configured upstream revisions. Upstream custody is not the same
+as anonymous public availability: some control-plane sources remain
+deliberately private.
 
 These counts establish repository currentness and traceability only. They do
 not establish scientific novelty, efficacy, reproducibility by an independent
@@ -78,21 +81,17 @@ party or external usefulness.
 
 ## Current work boundary
 
-Current work is limited to consolidation, public-safe custody, navigation and
-maintenance of truthful status surfaces. The parked Science Lab public-safe cut
-must exclude unresolved raw media and add explicit third-party licensing before
-owner review. No broad research programme, publication campaign or outreach
-campaign is activated by this status.
+Current work remains limited to consolidation, truthful navigation and
+selection. No broad research programme, product build, publication campaign or
+outreach campaign is activated by this status.
 
-The only proposed evidence step that could change the external-usefulness
-status is one small contrast test in which an outside participant applies a
-minimal NEXAH profile and an established baseline to the same bounded problem.
-That test is not active.
+The next strategy decision is whether to select one exact person, recurring
+task, strong baseline, primary outcome and STOP rule. Only after that separate
+decision could a bounded equal-information usefulness test be activated.
 
 ## Update rule
 
 This projection is updated only after a meaningful status change. Every update
 must preserve the source authority, date, evidence boundary, public repository
 links and explicit non-claims. The machine-readable companion is
 [`NEXAH_PUBLIC_STATUS.json`](NEXAH_PUBLIC_STATUS.json).
-