OPERATIONS

Research

Check something in service of a decision. What comes back is evidence — captured, snapshotted and hashed — never content to adapt.

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Research informs a verdict; it never becomes content to adapt. Anything external that proposes a rule enters tier B — hypothesis, no provenance until a human ratifies, and the ratifier becomes the parent.

Shelf life — every finding carries an expiry

A rights position checked in March is not current in September. A stale finding is not deleted and not silently refreshed — it is marked, and the original snapshot remains because the Dossier must still state what was known at decision time. A re-check writes a new snapshot beside the old one; a diff between them is the valuable output.

ObservanceneverA past observance date never changes — Eid al-Adha 2026-05-27 was on that date regardless of when you check. The finding is a fact about a past state, not a current position.
Rights position6 monthsEstates change policy, licences get revoked, new rights-holders emerge. 6 months covers a production cycle; a rights position older than that without re-verification is stale by definition.
Regulator position12 monthsMost regulators review annually. A position older than a year without a published review is stale — the regulator may have updated guidance and the finding no longer reflects current wording.
Talent finding30 daysPeople move, change roles, become unavailable. A talent finding older than 30 days risks misstating someone’s current affiliation or availability — short enough to not mislead the next cycle.
What do you need to establish?Where is the evidence? (one URL)It informs — a rule candidate…and/or a verdictDecision record (optional)Shelf-life class (RSH5)

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What this is for

Before a decision ships, something outside the house sometimes has to be checked. You state what you need to establish and where it lives; what comes back is evidence — snapshotted, hashed and attached to the rule or verdict it informs — never content to adapt. The cases this surface exists for:

Is 2026-05-27 a public observance in the AE this year?

an edition shipping that week must not schedule against an observance · class: observance

Has this artwork's estate published a position on reproduction?

a cover candidate whose rights the rights layer does not already settle · class: rights

What is the regulator's current wording on influencer disclosure?

a rule candidate in tier B — hypothesis until a human ratifies it · class: regulator