{
  "$schema": "eden-publication-census-v1",
  "principle": "One generated source of truth for every publication count on every surface. No count is ever hand-frozen; surfaces render from this object (fossil law). Reconciliation questions are carried here openly rather than resolved by silent choice.",
  "effective_date": "2026-09-08",
  "derivation": {
    "paper_sync_map_entries": 28,
    "osf_children_under_6c5xb_api_enumeration_2026_08_27": 32,
    "note": "OSF children enumerated live via the public API during the 27 Aug book deposit (31 pre-deposit + the new book component dqm3e). The sync map carries the paper set the uploader governs.",
    "note_2026_09_08": "Re-derived 8 September 2026 by the release-oracle lane, mechanically: the sync map holds 28 entries, which are the 26 canonical papers of the research manifest (the Recursive Dynamics founding paper admitted on 7 September 2026), the dated-prediction-register working artefact (not a paper), and the two-page form, which the papers owner ruled on 8 September 2026 a supporting paper of the statement paper and which stays counted under companion_notes. The 27 August derivation stands for its date."
  },
  "counts": {
    "canonical_papers": 26,
    "companion_notes": 1,
    "osf_components_public": 32,
    "withdrawn_outputs": 1,
    "book_components": 1
  },
  "open_reconciliation": [],
  "generator_contract": "Rendered surfaces MUST read counts from this file; the site generator validates surface counts against it at build (gate: census-parity). Updating a count means updating the derivation, never only the number.",
  "resolved_mapping": {
    "ruling_date": "2026-08-27",
    "ruled_by": "release-oracle adjudication, mechanical diff of citations.json against the sync map",
    "mapping": "The 26-entry sync map is 25 canonical papers (every one cited as ScholarlyArticle) plus dated-prediction-register, a register-class working artefact deliberately not cited as ScholarlyArticle. The 23-plus-5 framing was a stale prior generation of the generated citation surface; the current generation reads 25 manifest papers plus 0 additional. The companion note lives under companions/ outside the sync map.",
    "amended": "2026-09-08",
    "amended_by": "release-oracle lane, mechanical re-derivation from research-manifest.json (26 entries) and paper-sync-map.json (28 entries)",
    "mapping_2026_09_08": "The 28-entry sync map is 26 canonical papers (every one cited as ScholarlyArticle, the founding paper included) plus dated-prediction-register, a register-class working artefact deliberately not cited as ScholarlyArticle, plus the two-page form, a supporting paper of the statement paper carried as the one companion note."
  }
}