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Research history · updated 29 September 2026
How the proposal developed.
TACITUS began with a difficult representation problem: how to keep actors, claims, commitments, events, and competing accounts distinct. That work led to a broader question about reusable knowledge for people and AI systems.
From a finished answer to a reusable record
A briefing is useful, but often leaves its assumptions and source relationships behind. The capsule proposal asks what must travel with an assessment so another analyst can inspect, revise, and reuse it. A task-specific view then selects evidence for a model without treating the full record as a single prompt.
Read about reuse and invalidationKeep interpretations open to challenge
The earlier emphasis on disagreement remains central. A generated interpretation needs an identifiable source, scope, and review decision. Acceptance should be revisable when new evidence appears. PRAXIS is the intended review workspace; DIALECTICA supplies the ingestion and knowledge boundary under development.
Read about disagreement and reviewGraph counts describe different views
The seven-graph research model, four reasoning views, and later nine-layer capsule proposal describe different responsibilities. They should not be read as interchangeable schemas or a list of deployed services. Current contracts and implementation evidence belong with the engine repository and product status.
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