ζ-Q7 LOCKED ρ.ζ 2026-05-04T20:30 BST

A-151 amendment registered in arch-state §4 (v3.45 → v3.46). Twenty-sixth architectural amendment under refined-prompt-era ζ.2 numbering (A-126..A-151).

Lock decision

  • ρ.ζ ★ — Flat SKOS (Z2 Scenario A; κ.δ baseline preserved) PLUS G-SKOHUB-SHACL-VALIDATE CI gate from Day-1 PLUS BARTOC/FAIRsharing registration during Phase-1 (NOT deferred to Phase-1.5+ acquirer-DD uplift).
  • Rich’s framing 2026-05-04T20:30 BST: “ρ.ζ ★ — flat SKOS (per Z2 empirical validation) PLUS G-SKOHUB-SHACL-VALIDATE CI gate from Day-1 PLUS BARTOC/FAIRsharing registration during Phase-1 (not deferred to Phase-1.5+ uplift).”
  • Wsum 4.786 unweighted margin 0.071 over ρ.α baseline 4.714 BORDERLINE (below 0.10 sensitivity-borderline threshold). Rich confirmed despite borderline margin — consistent with feedback_bold_front_loaded_synthesis_preference for early-loaded standards-positioning at modest cost.
  • 5/8 perturbations favour ρ.ζ; 3/8 (c8 timeline-pressure 1+2 + c14 faith-pillar Phase-1 perturbation 6) emerge ρ.α / ρ.γ.

Key commitment

INHERIT v2 vocabulary management uses flat SKOS (single ConceptScheme; ~1K concepts; jurisdiction-tagged via skos:scopeNote; SkoHub Git-native authoring substrate; explicit skos:topConceptOf discipline on 5-10 root concepts) PLUS automated SHACL validation via G-SKOHUB-SHACL-VALIDATE CI gate from Day-1 (catches topConceptOf drift Z2 spike empirically demonstrated — 1000 INFO messages on all 3 scenarios) PLUS BARTOC + FAIRsharing registry entries authored during Phase-1 (one-off forms; ~½ day each; vocabulary-discoverability evidence for acquirer-DD + standards-positioning toward ISO 2028-2030 path).

A-21 CI gate count 22 → 23 (FIRST gate addition since A-130)

G-SKOHUB-SHACL-VALIDATE NEW gate #23. Per Z2 spike SkoHub SHACL-Actions April 2024 release — production-ready GitHub Actions SHACL validation. Zero custom CI work. Direct plug-in to A-21 gate suite. Validates skos:topConceptOf discipline on PR. Warn-not-block at Phase-1 per pre-mortem mitigation; flip to blocking at Phase-1.5+.

This is the FIRST CI gate count change since A-130 set count to 22 on 2026-04-30T21:18. Pattern emerging: substrate-architectural locks that include CI-gate-bearing options trigger gate count bumps at lock-time rather than deferring to Phase-1.5+.

NEW Phase-1 Sprint S2 implementation tasks

NOT richard-tasks; bundled with vocabulary-authoring 500h baseline:

  • BARTOC registration of INHERIT v2 classifier schemes (~½ day; one-off form)
  • FAIRsharing registration of INHERIT v2 classifier schemes (~½ day; one-off form)
  • SkoHub SHACL-Actions GitHub Action wiring (~½ day; configuration only)

Reconsideration triggers preserved

  • (T1) Faith-pillar wave-1 fires before Phase-1 close (R-034 escalation) → ρ.ζ → ρ.γ Phase-1 migration (faith-pillar facets ready Day-1; £2K + 1-2mo increment)
  • (T2) SkoHub SHACL-Actions deprecates → switch to skosify CI gate directly (no architectural impact)
  • (T3) BARTOC OR FAIRsharing registry deprecates → registration is reversible/updatable
  • (T4) Phase-1 concepts grow beyond 2K → flat scheme still correct per AGROVOC 40K precedent
  • (T5) SKOS 2.0 WG chartered → re-evaluate label-reification options
  • (T6) cmns-cls 1.3 final releases breaking changes vs beta → re-pin A-23 vi-6

Methodological observations

  1. THIRD refined-prompt-era lock outside Group 1 strict-order Q-001..Q-004 batch (after Q-005 κ.δ 2026-05-03 + Q-006 σ.η-on-demand 2026-05-04T20:10).
  2. First refined-prompt-era CI gate count change since A-130. Pattern: substrate-architectural locks that include CI-gate-bearing options trigger gate count bumps at lock-time.
  3. Borderline margin (0.071) lock confirmation under bold-synthesis preference. Rich consistently chooses early-loaded acquirer-DD/standards-positioning bundles over minimum-Phase-1-cost baselines when cost-of-change-later is bounded. feedback_bold_front_loaded_synthesis_preference validated at fourth Phase-2 substrate-architectural lock-point.
  4. Q-007 lock came 20 minutes after Q-006 lock — fastest Phase-2 lock cadence in refined-prompt era. Reflects substrate fully pre-validated by ν.α Z2 spike + Q-006 lock cascade providing template. The 9-Q ask cycle ζ-Q6..ζ-Q14 may close faster than initially planned if substrate continues to pre-validate cleanly.
  5. “Uplift” terminology clarification — Rich asked what “uplift” means + whether it’s a rewrite. Distinction codified: uplift is additive enhancement on top of baseline (reversible by removal); rewrite is replacement of baseline (destructive). ρ.ζ “early uplift bundle” (CI gate + 2 registrations) classifies as additive uplift; reversal-readiness rated excellent.

Cascade artefacts

  • arch-state v3.45 → v3.46 §4 changelog row landed
  • Q-007 file at answered-questions/Q-007-zeta-vocabulary-management-locked.md (renamed from current-questions/Q-NU-002-vocabulary-management-strategy.md)
  • INDEX.md v2.12 → v2.13 (asked 7→8, answered 6→7, placeholder 13→12)
  • T-file at ~/off-github/library/projects/inherit/T-spike-zeta-3-Z2-vocabulary-management-2026-05-03.md v1.0 (off-github commit 738cee9 — already committed at spike close 2026-05-03; not re-committed in this lock cascade)

Phase 2 status post-lock

  • 7 Qs answered (Q-001..Q-007)
  • 1 Q current pre-formulated awaiting-natural-sequence (Q-015)
  • 7 Qs missing in re-ask sequence (ζ-Q8..ζ-Q14)
  • 18-30 Q budget; 7/18-30 = 23-39% complete

NEXT

ask ζ-Q8 cascade-Q file under refined-prompt v3.9. Per natural-sequence: Q-NU-003 BFO role-modelling strategy (Z3 spike pre-validated BFO:0000023 sufficient).