Method 05 / Negative Evidence Standard

ID: method-negative-evidence

Collection: RESEARCH CONTEXT

Date: OA.METHOD.05

Status: ACTIVE STANDARD

Access: PUBLIC / LEVEL 01

NEGATIVE EVIDENCE STANDARD

Failures, null results, placeholders, verified=false states, missing briefings, and contradictions are preserved beside successful outputs.

This rule was derived from concrete failure modes and ambiguities found in the Official Archive corpus. It governs future additions regardless of whether they support or challenge O/0.

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