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Form Type Definitions

Structural contracts defining what each form type answers and how it is organized.

[[Boundary Form]] — Where does this system’s authority end? — the structural contract for boundary forms

[[Citation Form]] — What do I need to know about this source? — the structural contract for citation forms

[[Conviction Form]] — What do we believe is true about the world? — the structural contract for conviction forms

[[Decision Form]] — Why did we choose this over the alternatives? — the structural contract for decision forms

[[Domain Form]] — What knowledge area does this cluster of forms belong to? — the structural contract for domain forms

[[Evergreen Stage]] — Mature, well-linked, trustworthy — the highest confidence stage for retrieval

[[Form Type]] — The structural contract that defines what shape a knowledge object takes

[[Gloss Form]] — What does this specific source or concept mean? — the structural contract for gloss forms

[[Growing Stage]] — Structured and linked but still developing — the active tending stage

[[Inquiry Form]] — What should we think about X, and how would we find out? — the structural contract for inquiry forms

[[Model Form]] — How do these elements relate to each other? — the structural contract for model forms

[[Opus Form]] — What am I saying here, and how does it connect? – the structural contract for authored works

[[Pattern Form]] — What resolves this recurring tension? — the structural contract for pattern forms

[[Principle Form]] — What must we always or never do? — the structural contract for principle forms

[[Protocol Form]] — How do independent parties coordinate reliably? — the structural contract for protocol forms

[[Scenario Form]] — What might happen if these forces play out? — the structural contract for scenario forms

[[Seed Stage]] — Raw capture, unprocessed, low confidence — where every garden node begins

[[Value Form]] — What do we care about? — the structural contract for value forms

18 nodes in this section.