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Release Levels

The archive should not jump from “prototype” to “definitive” in one vague step. Named release levels let readers know exactly what has been achieved and what remains under review.

ReleaseTitleStatusDefinition
foundation-releaseFoundation ReleasepassPublic site, source corpus, generated readers, project tracker, and deployment workflow exist.
source-coverage-releaseSource Coverage ReleasepassEvery seeded source has public source-text and chapter-workbench coverage.
scan-verification-releaseScan Verification ReleasepartialPriority source claims, equations, and diagrams are checked against scans.
equation-canon-releaseEquation Canon ReleasepartialCanonical equations have scan verification, notation ledger entries, derivations, and worked examples.
diagram-canon-releaseDiagram Canon ReleasepartialMajor diagrams have original crops, provenance, captions, redraws, and linked explanations.
patent-authority-releasePatent Authority ReleasestartedSteinmetz patents are authority-checked, downloaded, drawn, summarized, and linked to theory.
definitive-steinmetz-releaseDefinitive Steinmetz ReleasefutureAll priority books, papers, diagrams, equations, glossary terms, patents, and comparisons pass canonical review.

A release level can be public before it is complete. It must not be described as complete until its verification gates are met.