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+# Current Visual Engineering UI Research Index
+Generated from Visual Engineering research catalog 1.1. This index updates whenever the context package is published.
+- Context version: `1.0.0`
+- Source commit: `0be73c83d8c257794d53cb9ddc9a6db69f843fbf`
+- Generated: `2026-09-17T20:09:11.210Z`
+- Relevant documents: 97
+The operational briefing is intentionally concise. Use this index to inspect provenance, uncertainty, and deeper evidence before consequential or disputed UI decisions.
+## TH-COMP-005: Active Inference Composition Theory
+- Status: candidate
+- Updated: 2026-07-22
+- Tags: none
+- Canonical source: [content/projects/composition-science/theory-registry/th-comp-005-active-inference-composition.md](https://github.com/kemiller2002/Visual-Engineering/blob/0be73c83d8c257794d53cb9ddc9a6db69f843fbf/content/projects/composition-science/theory-registry/th-comp-005-active-inference-composition.md)
+- Published research: [Open document](https://kemiller2002.github.io/Visual-Engineering/research/th-comp-005-active-inference-composition-theory/)
+Covers Statement; Mechanism; Boundary Conditions; Falsifiable Predictions.
+## RP-ATLAS-COLOR-004: Albert Munsell vs. Modern Perceptual Color Spaces
+- Status: Research Execution Package
+- Updated: 2026-07-22
+- Tags: Munsell, CIELAB, CAM16-UCS, Oklab, OKLCH, color-difference, color-appearance, design-tokens
+- Canonical source: [content/projects/project-atlas/research-note/rp-atlas-color-004-munsell-vs-modern-perceptual-color-spaces.md](https://github.com/kemiller2002/Visual-Engineering/blob/0be73c83d8c257794d53cb9ddc9a6db69f843fbf/content/projects/project-atlas/research-note/rp-atlas-color-004-munsell-vs-modern-perceptual-color-spaces.md)
+- Published research: [Open document](https://kemiller2002.github.io/Visual-Engineering/research/rp-atlas-color-004-albert-munsell-vs-modern-perceptual-color-spaces/)
+Covers Theory Version; Highest Confidence Areas; Lowest Confidence Areas; Largest Remaining Unknown.
+## PATH-8AB1E409766F: Architecture
+- Status: draft
+- Updated: 2026-07-22
+- Tags: none
+- Canonical source: [content/concepts/architecture/index.md](https://github.com/kemiller2002/Visual-Engineering/blob/0be73c83d8c257794d53cb9ddc9a6db69f843fbf/content/concepts/architecture/index.md)
+- Published research: [Open document](https://kemiller2002.github.io/Visual-Engineering/research/architecture/)
+Covers Related Documents.
+## PATH-9FF05B46B48E: Architecture as a Foundation for Composition Science
+- Status: draft
+- Updated: 2026-07-22
+- Tags: none
+- Canonical source: [content/projects/composition-science/research-note/architecture-as-a-foundation-for-composition-science.md](https://github.com/kemiller2002/Visual-Engineering/blob/0be73c83d8c257794d53cb9ddc9a6db69f843fbf/content/projects/composition-science/research-note/architecture-as-a-foundation-for-composition-science.md)
+- Published research: [Open document](https://kemiller2002.github.io/Visual-Engineering/research/architecture-as-a-foundation-for-composition-science/)
+Architecture serves as a foundational source of evidence for discovering universal laws of composition.
+## DF-ATLAS-COLOR-005: Atlas Perceptual Measurement Layer
+- Status: Proposed Canonical Foundation
+- Updated: 2026-07-22
+- Tags: none
+- Canonical source: [content/projects/project-atlas/research-note/df-atlas-color-005-perceptual-measurement-layer.md](https://github.com/kemiller2002/Visual-Engineering/blob/0be73c83d8c257794d53cb9ddc9a6db69f843fbf/content/projects/project-atlas/research-note/df-atlas-color-005-perceptual-measurement-layer.md)
+- Published research: [Open document](https://kemiller2002.github.io/Visual-Engineering/research/df-atlas-color-005-atlas-perceptual-measurement-layer/)
+Covers 1. Source Record; 2. Colorimetric Normalization; 3. Viewing-Condition Profile; 4. Derived Perceptual Views.
+## PATH-AC1CBDF2DC0F: ATLAS-0001: Proximity and Relative Separation
+- Status: Evidence Review — Working Draft
+- Updated: 2026-07-22
+- Tags: proximity, grouping, gestalt, spatial-organization, relative-separation, visual-perception, composition
+- Canonical source: [content/projects/project-atlas/research-note/atlas-0001-proximity-and-relative-separation-v0-1.md](https://github.com/kemiller2002/Visual-Engineering/blob/0be73c83d8c257794d53cb9ddc9a6db69f843fbf/content/projects/project-atlas/research-note/atlas-0001-proximity-and-relative-separation-v0-1.md)
+- Published research: [Open document](https://kemiller2002.github.io/Visual-Engineering/research/atlas-0001-proximity-and-relative-separation/)
+Covers Purpose; Proximity; Relative separation; Candidate organization.
+## REP-ATLAS-0002: ATLAS-0002 Relational Legibility Envelope
+- Status: working
+- Updated: 2026-07-22
+- Tags: none
+- Canonical source: [content/projects/project-atlas/research-execution-package/rep-atlas-0002-relational-legibility-envelope.md](https://github.com/kemiller2002/Visual-Engineering/blob/0be73c83d8c257794d53cb9ddc9a6db69f843fbf/content/projects/project-atlas/research-execution-package/rep-atlas-0002-relational-legibility-envelope.md)
+- Published research: [Open document](https://kemiller2002.github.io/Visual-Engineering/research/rep-atlas-0002-atlas-0002-relational-legibility-envelope/)
+Covers Purpose; What was accomplished; Major discoveries; Confidence.
+## PATH-69C0478F4F3F: Attention
+- Status: draft
+- Updated: 2026-07-22
+- Tags: none
+- Canonical source: [content/concepts/attention/index.md](https://github.com/kemiller2002/Visual-Engineering/blob/0be73c83d8c257794d53cb9ddc9a6db69f843fbf/content/concepts/attention/index.md)
+- Published research: [Open document](https://kemiller2002.github.io/Visual-Engineering/research/attention/)
+Covers Related Documents.
+## RPT-GN100-001: Autonomous Research Report: Perception as the Foundation of Composition
+- Status: working
+- Updated: 2026-07-22
+- Tags: visual-perception, grouping, crowding, visual-search, working-memory, composition, autonomous-research
+- Canonical source: [content/projects/composition-science/research-report/gn-100-perception-autonomous-research-report-v1.md](https://github.com/kemiller2002/Visual-Engineering/blob/0be73c83d8c257794d53cb9ddc9a6db69f843fbf/content/projects/composition-science/research-report/gn-100-perception-autonomous-research-report-v1.md)
+- Published research: [Open document](https://kemiller2002.github.io/Visual-Engineering/research/rpt-gn100-001-autonomous-research-report-perception-as-the-foundation-of-composition/)
+The investigation rejects simple linear and threshold-based models of composition. Perceptual performance is better modeled as task-dependent competition among object organizations, shaped by eccentricity, grouping, similarity, attention, search history, and required representational precision.
+## REP-BDE-0001: Beautiful Digital Experiences — Territory and Evidence Foundation
+- Status: active-research-package
+- Updated: 2026-07-26
+- Tags: aesthetics, beauty, usability, appropriateness, research-package
+- Canonical source: [content/projects/beautiful-digital-experiences/research-execution-package/rep-bde-0001-territory-and-evidence-foundation.md](https://github.com/kemiller2002/Visual-Engineering/blob/0be73c83d8c257794d53cb9ddc9a6db69f843fbf/content/projects/beautiful-digital-experiences/research-execution-package/rep-bde-0001-territory-and-evidence-foundation.md)
+- Published research: [Open document](https://kemiller2002.github.io/Visual-Engineering/research/rep-bde-0001-beautiful-digital-experiences-territory-and-evidence-foundation/)
+Covers Executive summary; Research-state snapshot; Operational construct dictionary v0.1; Current theory v0.1 — Contextual Aesthetic Fit.
+## EVREG-BDE-001: Beautiful Digital Experiences Evidence Registry
+- Status: active
+- Updated: 2026-07-26
+- Tags: evidence, aesthetics, usability
+- Canonical source: [content/projects/beautiful-digital-experiences/evidence-registry/beautiful-digital-experiences-evidence-registry-v0-1.md](https://github.com/kemiller2002/Visual-Engineering/blob/0be73c83d8c257794d53cb9ddc9a6db69f843fbf/content/projects/beautiful-digital-experiences/evidence-registry/beautiful-digital-experiences-evidence-registry-v0-1.md)
+- Published research: [Open document](https://kemiller2002.github.io/Visual-Engineering/research/evreg-bde-001-beautiful-digital-experiences-evidence-registry/)
+Covers Registry rules; Evidence records; Evidence gaps; Revision history.
+## JR-BDE-001: Beautiful Digital Experiences Research Journal — Cycle 1
+- Status: active
+- Updated: 2026-07-26
+- Tags: aesthetics, beauty, usability, processing-fluency, prototypicality
+- Canonical source: [content/projects/beautiful-digital-experiences/research-journal/2026-07-26-beautiful-digital-experiences-cycle-1.md](https://github.com/kemiller2002/Visual-Engineering/blob/0be73c83d8c257794d53cb9ddc9a6db69f843fbf/content/projects/beautiful-digital-experiences/research-journal/2026-07-26-beautiful-digital-experiences-cycle-1.md)
+- Published research: [Open document](https://kemiller2002.github.io/Visual-Engineering/research/jr-bde-001-beautiful-digital-experiences-research-journal-cycle-1/)
+Covers Cycle frame; 2026-07-26 — Search decision 001; 2026-07-26 — Observations 001–010; 2026-07-26 — Interpretations 001–008.
+## DSP-CCE-0001: Clinical Communication Design System and Prototype Specifications
+- Status: proposed
+- Updated: 2026-07-22
+- Tags: clinical-communication, wireframes, components, anti-patterns
+- Canonical source: [content/projects/clinical-communication-engineering/design-specification/clinical-communication-design-system-and-prototypes-v1.md](https://github.com/kemiller2002/Visual-Engineering/blob/0be73c83d8c257794d53cb9ddc9a6db69f843fbf/content/projects/clinical-communication-engineering/design-specification/clinical-communication-design-system-and-prototypes-v1.md)
+- Published research: [Open document](https://kemiller2002.github.io/Visual-Engineering/research/dsp-cce-0001-clinical-communication-design-system-and-prototype-specifications/)
+Covers Component library specification; Wireframe A: clinician longitudinal summary; Wireframe B: referral packet; Wireframe C: patient result explanation.
+## EVR-CCE-0001: Clinical Communication Engineering Evidence Registry
+- Status: research-baseline
+- Updated: 2026-07-22
+- Tags: clinical-communication, human-factors, patient-safety, evidence-registry
+- Canonical source: [content/projects/clinical-communication-engineering/evidence-registry/clinical-communication-engineering-evidence-registry-v1.md](https://github.com/kemiller2002/Visual-Engineering/blob/0be73c83d8c257794d53cb9ddc9a6db69f843fbf/content/projects/clinical-communication-engineering/evidence-registry/clinical-communication-engineering-evidence-registry-v1.md)
+- Published research: [Open document](https://kemiller2002.github.io/Visual-Engineering/research/evr-cce-0001-clinical-communication-engineering-evidence-registry/)
+Covers Evidence policy; Cross-discipline synthesis; Evidence gaps.
+## RP-CCE-0001: Clinical Communication Engineering Foundation Research Execution Package
+- Status: research-baseline
+- Updated: 2026-07-22
+- Tags: clinical-communication, rep, human-factors, patient-safety
+- Canonical source: [content/projects/clinical-communication-engineering/research-execution-package/rep-cce-0001-clinical-communication-engineering-foundation.md](https://github.com/kemiller2002/Visual-Engineering/blob/0be73c83d8c257794d53cb9ddc9a6db69f843fbf/content/projects/clinical-communication-engineering/research-execution-package/rep-cce-0001-clinical-communication-engineering-foundation.md)
+- Published research: [Open document](https://kemiller2002.github.io/Visual-Engineering/research/rp-cce-0001-clinical-communication-engineering-foundation-research-execution-package/)
+Covers Mission result; Package contents; Foundational position; Strongest conclusions.
+## STD-CCE-0001: Clinical Communication Engineering Foundation Standard
+- Status: proposed
+- Updated: 2026-07-22
+- Tags: clinical-communication, standard, human-factors, information-architecture
+- Canonical source: [content/projects/clinical-communication-engineering/standard/clinical-communication-engineering-foundation-standard-v1.md](https://github.com/kemiller2002/Visual-Engineering/blob/0be73c83d8c257794d53cb9ddc9a6db69f843fbf/content/projects/clinical-communication-engineering/standard/clinical-communication-engineering-foundation-standard-v1.md)
+- Published research: [Open document](https://kemiller2002.github.io/Visual-Engineering/research/std-cce-0001-clinical-communication-engineering-foundation-standard/)
+Covers 1. Clinical communication principles; 2. Physician cognitive model; 3. Information architecture standard; 4. Visual and typography standard.
+## RDM-CCE-0001: Clinical Communication Engineering Research Roadmap
+- Status: proposed
+- Updated: 2026-07-22
+- Tags: clinical-communication, roadmap, validation
+- Canonical source: [content/projects/clinical-communication-engineering/roadmap/clinical-communication-engineering-research-roadmap-v1.md](https://github.com/kemiller2002/Visual-Engineering/blob/0be73c83d8c257794d53cb9ddc9a6db69f843fbf/content/projects/clinical-communication-engineering/roadmap/clinical-communication-engineering-research-roadmap-v1.md)
+- Published research: [Open document](https://kemiller2002.github.io/Visual-Engineering/research/rdm-cce-0001-clinical-communication-engineering-research-roadmap/)
+Covers Program outcomes; Phase 0 — Governance and hazards; Phase 1 — Cognitive field research; Phase 2 — Information-architecture experiments.
+## THY-CCE-0001: Clinical Communication Engineering Theory Registry
+- Status: proposed
+- Updated: 2026-07-22
+- Tags: clinical-communication, theory, situation-awareness
+- Canonical source: [content/projects/clinical-communication-engineering/theory-registry/clinical-communication-engineering-theory-registry-v1.md](https://github.com/kemiller2002/Visual-Engineering/blob/0be73c83d8c257794d53cb9ddc9a6db69f843fbf/content/projects/clinical-communication-engineering/theory-registry/clinical-communication-engineering-theory-registry-v1.md)
+- Published research: [Open document](https://kemiller2002.github.io/Visual-Engineering/research/thy-cce-0001-clinical-communication-engineering-theory-registry/)
+Covers TH-CCE-001: Clinical communication is a lossy transformation under risk; TH-CCE-002: Relevance is reader-task-state dependent; TH-CCE-003: Layering is safer than either maximal density or aggressive compression; TH-CCE-004: Closed-loop communication is a system property.
+## PATH-CDFBDEF158A7: Cognition
+- Status: draft
+- Updated: 2026-07-22
+- Tags: none
+- Canonical source: [content/concepts/cognition/index.md](https://github.com/kemiller2002/Visual-Engineering/blob/0be73c83d8c257794d53cb9ddc9a6db69f843fbf/content/concepts/cognition/index.md)
+- Published research: [Open document](https://kemiller2002.github.io/Visual-Engineering/research/cognition/)
+Covers Related Documents.
+## PATH-B02C9C3538F0: Color
+- Status: draft
+- Updated: 2026-07-22
+- Tags: none
+- Canonical source: [content/concepts/color/index.md](https://github.com/kemiller2002/Visual-Engineering/blob/0be73c83d8c257794d53cb9ddc9a6db69f843fbf/content/concepts/color/index.md)
+- Published research: [Open document](https://kemiller2002.github.io/Visual-Engineering/research/color/)
+Covers Related Documents.
+## EX-ITTEN-008: Color-Difference Metric Validation
+- Status: computational-stress-test-complete-ground-truth-study-pending
+- Updated: 2026-07-28
+- Tags: none
+- Canonical source: [content/projects/itten-color-contrasts/experiment-report/EX-ITTEN-008-color-metric-validation.md](https://github.com/kemiller2002/Visual-Engineering/blob/0be73c83d8c257794d53cb9ddc9a6db69f843fbf/content/projects/itten-color-contrasts/experiment-report/EX-ITTEN-008-color-metric-validation.md)
+- Published research: [Open document](https://kemiller2002.github.io/Visual-Engineering/research/ex-itten-008-color-difference-metric-validation/)
+Covers Question and falsifier; Work completed; Pilot results; Validation experiment ready to run.
+## EX-ITTEN-004: Color-Vision Deficiency, Aging, and Redundant Encoding
+- Status: simulation-audit-complete-human-study-pending
+- Updated: 2026-07-28
+- Tags: none
+- Canonical source: [content/projects/itten-color-contrasts/experiment-report/EX-ITTEN-004-cvd-aging-redundancy.md](https://github.com/kemiller2002/Visual-Engineering/blob/0be73c83d8c257794d53cb9ddc9a6db69f843fbf/content/projects/itten-color-contrasts/experiment-report/EX-ITTEN-004-cvd-aging-redundancy.md)
+- Published research: [Open document](https://kemiller2002.github.io/Visual-Engineering/research/ex-itten-004-color-vision-deficiency-aging-and-redundant-encoding/)
+Covers Question and falsifier; Work completed; Pilot results; Human experiment ready to run.
+## REP-VE-COL-001: Color, Contrast, Low Vision, and Color-Vision Deficiency
+- Status: research-draft
+- Updated: 2026-07-24
+- Tags: WCAG, APCA, contrast-sensitivity, forced-colors, dark-mode, data-visualization
+- Canonical source: [content/projects/project-atlas/research-execution-package/rep-ve-col-001-color-contrast-low-vision-and-color-vision-deficiency.md](https://github.com/kemiller2002/Visual-Engineering/blob/0be73c83d8c257794d53cb9ddc9a6db69f843fbf/content/projects/project-atlas/research-execution-package/rep-ve-col-001-color-contrast-low-vision-and-color-vision-deficiency.md)
+- Published research: [Open document](https://kemiller2002.github.io/Visual-Engineering/research/rep-ve-col-001-color-contrast-low-vision-and-color-vision-deficiency/)
+Covers Executive synthesis; Objective and scope; Definitions that prevent category errors; Repository context, separated from external evidence.
+## PATH-1A961DF1C4D8: Component Architecture
+- Status: draft
+- Updated: 2026-07-22
+- Tags: none
+- Canonical source: [content/concepts/component-architecture/index.md](https://github.com/kemiller2002/Visual-Engineering/blob/0be73c83d8c257794d53cb9ddc9a6db69f843fbf/content/concepts/component-architecture/index.md)
+- Published research: [Open document](https://kemiller2002.github.io/Visual-Engineering/research/component-architecture/)
+Covers Related Documents.
+## PATH-9B8804E872C7: Component Library Foundations Research Report
+- Status: research-baseline
+- Updated: 2026-07-22
+- Tags: none
+- Canonical source: [content/projects/design-library/research-report/component-library-foundations-research-report.md](https://github.com/kemiller2002/Visual-Engineering/blob/0be73c83d8c257794d53cb9ddc9a6db69f843fbf/content/projects/design-library/research-report/component-library-foundations-research-report.md)
+- Published research: [Open document](https://kemiller2002.github.io/Visual-Engineering/research/component-library-foundations-research-report/)
+The evidence supports a hybrid, native-first component library rather than a web-component-only architecture. Semantic HTML can remain relatively stable across substantial visual redesign, but only when markup represents durable information relationships rather than current visual groupings. Different categories require different ownership and encapsulation strategies. Native controls should remain native unless measurable requirements cannot be met; light DOM is favored for content-rich, composition-sensitive structures; Shadow DOM is favored for tightly bounded behavioral widgets whose internal invariants require protection. CSS should own presentation and contextual layout, while component logic owns only intrinsic behavior and state. Design tokens should encode decisions through a layered dependency model, but must not become a universal escape-hatch API. Implementation should begin only after a small set of targeted validation experiments confirms these rules in the project’s actual product contexts.
+## PATH-A286A17BA9A7: Composition
+- Status: draft
+- Updated: 2026-07-22
+- Tags: none
+- Canonical source: [content/concepts/composition/index.md](https://github.com/kemiller2002/Visual-Engineering/blob/0be73c83d8c257794d53cb9ddc9a6db69f843fbf/content/concepts/composition/index.md)
+- Published research: [Open document](https://kemiller2002.github.io/Visual-Engineering/research/composition/)
+Covers Related Documents.
+## PATH-2DDC40416124: Composition Genome v1
+- Status: Working Draft
+- Updated: 2026-07-22
+- Tags: composition, ui, perception, design, research
+- Canonical source: [content/projects/composition-science/canonical/composition-genome-v1.md](https://github.com/kemiller2002/Visual-Engineering/blob/0be73c83d8c257794d53cb9ddc9a6db69f843fbf/content/projects/composition-science/canonical/composition-genome-v1.md)
+- Published research: [Open document](https://kemiller2002.github.io/Visual-Engineering/research/composition-genome-v1/)
+Covers Mission; Evidence hierarchy; Layer 1 --- Human Systems; Layer 2 --- Composition Systems.
+## PATH-D297D48E9434: Composition Science
+- Status: draft
+- Updated: 2026-07-22
+- Tags: none
+- Canonical source: [content/projects/composition-science/phase-report/composition-science-phase-3-evidence-review-attention-wayfinding.md](https://github.com/kemiller2002/Visual-Engineering/blob/0be73c83d8c257794d53cb9ddc9a6db69f843fbf/content/projects/composition-science/phase-report/composition-science-phase-3-evidence-review-attention-wayfinding.md)
+- Published research: [Open document](https://kemiller2002.github.io/Visual-Engineering/research/composition-science/)
+Covers Phase 3: Evidence Review – Attention, Wayfinding, and Externalized Cognition; Attention is a Priority System; Hierarchy Alignment; Strategic Visibility.
+## DF-CS-ATLAS-001: Composition Science Atlas Research Framework
+- Status: canonical-candidate
+- Updated: 2026-07-22
+- Tags: atlas, cross-disciplinary research, evidence synthesis, composition science, knowledge graph
+- Canonical source: [content/projects/project-atlas/research-framework/composition-science-atlas-research-framework-v1.md](https://github.com/kemiller2002/Visual-Engineering/blob/0be73c83d8c257794d53cb9ddc9a6db69f843fbf/content/projects/project-atlas/research-framework/composition-science-atlas-research-framework-v1.md)
+- Published research: [Open document](https://kemiller2002.github.io/Visual-Engineering/research/df-cs-atlas-001-composition-science-atlas-research-framework/)
+This framework turns Project Atlas from a collection of discipline reports into a governed evidence network. It defines common research questions, stable records, evidence evaluation, cross-disciplinary translation, contradiction handling, principle synthesis, and update rules. Its central safeguard is that apparent agreement across disciplines is not treated as independent confirmation until shared intellectual ancestry, duplicated evidence, and domain mismatch have been examined.
+## SPEC-001: Composition Science Knowledge Graph Specification
+- Status: working
+- Updated: 2026-07-22
+- Tags: none
+- Canonical source: [content/projects/composition-science/canonical/composition-science-knowledge-graph-specification-v1.md](https://github.com/kemiller2002/Visual-Engineering/blob/0be73c83d8c257794d53cb9ddc9a6db69f843fbf/content/projects/composition-science/canonical/composition-science-knowledge-graph-specification-v1.md)
+- Published research: [Open document](https://kemiller2002.github.io/Visual-Engineering/research/spec-001-composition-science-knowledge-graph-specification/)
+Covers Vision; Core Node Types; Relationship Types; Example.
+## ONT-001: Composition Science Ontology
+- Status: working
+- Updated: 2026-07-22
+- Tags: none
+- Canonical source: [content/projects/composition-science/canonical/composition-science-ontology-v1.md](https://github.com/kemiller2002/Visual-Engineering/blob/0be73c83d8c257794d53cb9ddc9a6db69f843fbf/content/projects/composition-science/canonical/composition-science-ontology-v1.md)
+- Published research: [Open document](https://kemiller2002.github.io/Visual-Engineering/research/ont-001-composition-science-ontology/)
+Covers Purpose; Root Genome Nodes; Example Node; Relationship Graph.
+## GOV-001: Composition Science Project Constitution
+- Status: approved
+- Updated: 2026-07-22
+- Tags: none
+- Canonical source: [content/projects/composition-science/canonical/composition-science-project-constitution-v1.md](https://github.com/kemiller2002/Visual-Engineering/blob/0be73c83d8c257794d53cb9ddc9a6db69f843fbf/content/projects/composition-science/canonical/composition-science-project-constitution-v1.md)
+- Published research: [Open document](https://kemiller2002.github.io/Visual-Engineering/research/gov-001-composition-science-project-constitution/)
+Covers Mission; Core Values; Evidence Hierarchy; Required Workflow.
+## PATH-BF4390E897E3: Composition Science Repository Governance Specification
+- Status: draft
+- Updated: 2026-07-22
+- Tags: none
+- Canonical source: [content/projects/composition-science/canonical/composition-science-repository-governance-specification-v1.md](https://github.com/kemiller2002/Visual-Engineering/blob/0be73c83d8c257794d53cb9ddc9a6db69f843fbf/content/projects/composition-science/canonical/composition-science-repository-governance-specification-v1.md)
+- Published research: [Open document](https://kemiller2002.github.io/Visual-Engineering/research/composition-science-repository-governance-specification/)
+Covers title: Composition Science Repository Governance Specification
+id: GOV-002
+document_type: governance
+project: Composition Science
+version: 1.0
+status: draft
+date: 2026-07-21; Mission; Workflow; Artifact Lifecycle.
+## PATH-8EB8D1F86721: Composition Science Research
+- Status: draft
+- Updated: 2026-07-22
+- Tags: none
+- Canonical source: [content/projects/composition-science/phase-report/composition-science-phase-2-visual-hierarchy-and-wayfinding.md](https://github.com/kemiller2002/Visual-Engineering/blob/0be73c83d8c257794d53cb9ddc9a6db69f843fbf/content/projects/composition-science/phase-report/composition-science-phase-2-visual-hierarchy-and-wayfinding.md)
+- Published research: [Open document](https://kemiller2002.github.io/Visual-Engineering/research/composition-science-research/)
+Covers Phase 2: Visual Hierarchy, Wayfinding, and Attention; Attention; Eye Movement; Landmarks.
+## PATH-7890AF0B35BF: Composition Science Research Library
+- Status: draft
+- Updated: 2026-07-22
+- Tags: none
+- Canonical source: [content/projects/composition-science/canonical/composition-science-research-library-v0-1.md](https://github.com/kemiller2002/Visual-Engineering/blob/0be73c83d8c257794d53cb9ddc9a6db69f843fbf/content/projects/composition-science/canonical/composition-science-research-library-v0-1.md)
+- Published research: [Open document](https://kemiller2002.github.io/Visual-Engineering/research/composition-science-research-library/)
+Covers Purpose; L-001: Law of Dominance; L-002: Law of Relative Separation; L-003: Law of Limited Attention.
+## PATH-2D79E3403B94: Composition Science Research Library
+- Status: draft
+- Updated: 2026-07-22
+- Tags: none
+- Canonical source: [content/projects/composition-science/canonical/composition-science-research-library-v0-2-2.md](https://github.com/kemiller2002/Visual-Engineering/blob/0be73c83d8c257794d53cb9ddc9a6db69f843fbf/content/projects/composition-science/canonical/composition-science-research-library-v0-2-2.md)
+- Published research: [Open document](https://kemiller2002.github.io/Visual-Engineering/research/composition-science-research-library-v0-2-2/)
+Covers Purpose; Research Rules; L-001: Law of Relative Separation; L-002: Law of Peripheral Separation Cost.
+## PATH-EDD42711F0E6: Composition Science Research Library
+- Status: draft
+- Updated: 2026-07-22
+- Tags: none
+- Canonical source: [content/projects/composition-science/canonical/composition-science-research-library-v0-4.md](https://github.com/kemiller2002/Visual-Engineering/blob/0be73c83d8c257794d53cb9ddc9a6db69f843fbf/content/projects/composition-science/canonical/composition-science-research-library-v0-4.md)
+- Published research: [Open document](https://kemiller2002.github.io/Visual-Engineering/research/composition-science-research-library-v0-4/)
+Covers Purpose; Research Rules; L-001: Law of Relative Separation; L-002: Law of Peripheral Separation Cost.
+## PATH-FFFCBD46FBD0: Composition Science: Architecture Research - Human Scale and Proportion
+- Status: draft
+- Updated: 2026-07-22
+- Tags: none
+- Canonical source: [content/projects/composition-science/research-note/composition-science-architecture-human-scale-and-proportion-research.md](https://github.com/kemiller2002/Visual-Engineering/blob/0be73c83d8c257794d53cb9ddc9a6db69f843fbf/content/projects/composition-science/research-note/composition-science-architecture-human-scale-and-proportion-research.md)
+- Published research: [Open document](https://kemiller2002.github.io/Visual-Engineering/research/composition-science-architecture-research-human-scale-and-proportion/)
+Covers Executive Summary; Expanded Findings; Candidate Laws; Cross-Domain Connections.
+## EX-COMP-011: Context Reliability Reversal
+- Status: proposed
+- Updated: 2026-07-22
+- Tags: none
+- Canonical source: [content/projects/composition-science/experiment-report/ex-comp-011-context-reliability-reversal.md](https://github.com/kemiller2002/Visual-Engineering/blob/0be73c83d8c257794d53cb9ddc9a6db69f843fbf/content/projects/composition-science/experiment-report/ex-comp-011-context-reliability-reversal.md)
+- Published research: [Open document](https://kemiller2002.github.io/Visual-Engineering/research/ex-comp-011-context-reliability-reversal/)
+Covers Objective; Design; Measures; Prediction.
+## EX-ITTEN-002: Contextual Color-Token Robustness
+- Status: computational-pilot-complete-human-study-pending
+- Updated: 2026-07-28
+- Tags: none
+- Canonical source: [content/projects/itten-color-contrasts/experiment-report/EX-ITTEN-002-contextual-token-robustness.md](https://github.com/kemiller2002/Visual-Engineering/blob/0be73c83d8c257794d53cb9ddc9a6db69f843fbf/content/projects/itten-color-contrasts/experiment-report/EX-ITTEN-002-contextual-token-robustness.md)
+- Published research: [Open document](https://kemiller2002.github.io/Visual-Engineering/research/ex-itten-002-contextual-color-token-robustness/)
+Covers Question and falsifier; Work completed; Pilot results; Human experiment ready to run.
+## EX-ITTEN-005: Cross-Cultural Transfer of Warm and Cool Color Associations
+- Status: power-pilot-complete-field-study-pending
+- Updated: 2026-07-28
+- Tags: none
+- Canonical source: [content/projects/itten-color-contrasts/experiment-report/EX-ITTEN-005-warm-cool-cross-cultural.md](https://github.com/kemiller2002/Visual-Engineering/blob/0be73c83d8c257794d53cb9ddc9a6db69f843fbf/content/projects/itten-color-contrasts/experiment-report/EX-ITTEN-005-warm-cool-cross-cultural.md)
+- Published research: [Open document](https://kemiller2002.github.io/Visual-Engineering/research/ex-itten-005-cross-cultural-transfer-of-warm-and-cool-color-associations/)
+Covers Question and falsifier; Work completed; Pilot results; Field experiment ready to run.
+## ARC-WC-0001: Cross-Project Web Component Framework Architecture Recommendation
+- Status: verified
+- Updated: 2026-07-22
+- Tags: architecture, web-components
+- Canonical source: [content/projects/design-library/architecture/web-component-framework-architecture-recommendation-v1.md](https://github.com/kemiller2002/Visual-Engineering/blob/0be73c83d8c257794d53cb9ddc9a6db69f843fbf/content/projects/design-library/architecture/web-component-framework-architecture-recommendation-v1.md)
+- Published research: [Open document](https://kemiller2002.github.io/Visual-Engineering/research/arc-wc-0001-cross-project-web-component-framework-architecture-recommendation/)
+Covers 1. System context; 2. Layer model; 3. Dependency rules; 4. Proposed repository layout.
+## RP-WC-0001: Cross-Project Web Component Framework Research Execution Package
+- Status: verified
+- Updated: 2026-07-22
+- Tags: rep, web-components, architecture
+- Canonical source: [content/projects/design-library/research-execution-package/rep-wc-0001-cross-project-web-component-framework.md](https://github.com/kemiller2002/Visual-Engineering/blob/0be73c83d8c257794d53cb9ddc9a6db69f843fbf/content/projects/design-library/research-execution-package/rep-wc-0001-cross-project-web-component-framework.md)
+- Published research: [Open document](https://kemiller2002.github.io/Visual-Engineering/research/rp-wc-0001-cross-project-web-component-framework-research-execution-package/)
+Covers Research status; Repository reality; Major conclusions; Diminishing-returns evidence.
+## REP-VE-EVL-001: Evaluation, Measurement, and Experimentation Foundation and Falsification
+- Status: active-research-package
+- Updated: 2026-07-25
+- Tags: measurement, experiments, falsification, replication
+- Canonical source: [content/projects/evaluation-measurement/research-execution-package/rep-ve-evl-001-foundation-and-falsification.md](https://github.com/kemiller2002/Visual-Engineering/blob/0be73c83d8c257794d53cb9ddc9a6db69f843fbf/content/projects/evaluation-measurement/research-execution-package/rep-ve-evl-001-foundation-and-falsification.md)
+- Published research: [Open document](https://kemiller2002.github.io/Visual-Engineering/research/rep-ve-evl-001-evaluation-measurement-and-experimentation-foundation-and-falsification/)
+Covers Executive synthesis; Objective and scope; Repository context; External evidence: first pass.
+## PATH-BC0B5EFD96B8: Evidence
+- Status: draft
+- Updated: 2026-07-22
+- Tags: none
+- Canonical source: [content/concepts/evidence/index.md](https://github.com/kemiller2002/Visual-Engineering/blob/0be73c83d8c257794d53cb9ddc9a6db69f843fbf/content/concepts/evidence/index.md)
+- Published research: [Open document](https://kemiller2002.github.io/Visual-Engineering/research/evidence-concept/)
+Covers Related Documents.
+## PATH-A7980179E0FA: Executive Summary
+- Status: completed research phase
+- Updated: 2026-07-22
+- Tags: none
+- Canonical source: [content/projects/project-atlas/research-report/project-atlas-typography-autonomous-research-report-v1.md](https://github.com/kemiller2002/Visual-Engineering/blob/0be73c83d8c257794d53cb9ddc9a6db69f843fbf/content/projects/project-atlas/research-report/project-atlas-typography-autonomous-research-report-v1.md)
+- Published research: [Open document](https://kemiller2002.github.io/Visual-Engineering/research/executive-summary/)
+Multi-cycle investigation of typography as a constrained visual communication system. The work tested information-theoretic, geometric, crowding, spacing, contextual-inference, familiarity, and functional-aesthetic hypotheses. The strongest conclusion is that typography cannot be optimized with one global readability score. It is an adaptive, layered inference system whose active bottleneck changes with observer, environment, task, language context, and consequence of error. Glyph-level robustness remains measurable and important, but improvements transfer upward only when glyph recognition is the limiting factor. The proposed Atlas model therefore combines conditional confusion networks, degradation curves, language redundancy, eye-movement adaptation, and task-weighted error costs.
+## EX-COMP-012: First Glance Versus Verified Understanding
+- Status: proposed
+- Updated: 2026-07-22
+- Tags: none
+- Canonical source: [content/projects/composition-science/experiment-report/ex-comp-012-first-glance-vs-verification.md](https://github.com/kemiller2002/Visual-Engineering/blob/0be73c83d8c257794d53cb9ddc9a6db69f843fbf/content/projects/composition-science/experiment-report/ex-comp-012-first-glance-vs-verification.md)
+- Published research: [Open document](https://kemiller2002.github.io/Visual-Engineering/research/ex-comp-012-first-glance-versus-verified-understanding/)
+Covers Objective; Design; Measures; Prediction.
+## PATH-FB98592328D1: Hierarchy
+- Status: draft
+- Updated: 2026-07-22
+- Tags: none
+- Canonical source: [content/concepts/hierarchy/index.md](https://github.com/kemiller2002/Visual-Engineering/blob/0be73c83d8c257794d53cb9ddc9a6db69f843fbf/content/concepts/hierarchy/index.md)
+- Published research: [Open document](https://kemiller2002.github.io/Visual-Engineering/research/hierarchy/)
+Covers Related Documents.
+## PATH-DCDF3DCABF0D: Human Factors
+- Status: draft
+- Updated: 2026-07-22
+- Tags: none
+- Canonical source: [content/concepts/human-factors/index.md](https://github.com/kemiller2002/Visual-Engineering/blob/0be73c83d8c257794d53cb9ddc9a6db69f843fbf/content/concepts/human-factors/index.md)
+- Published research: [Open document](https://kemiller2002.github.io/Visual-Engineering/research/human-factors/)
+Covers Related Documents.
+## PATH-E2248AE8E6DD: Intuitive Is Just Familiar
+- Status: research-extension-complete
+- Updated: 2026-07-22
+- Tags: none
+- Canonical source: [content/projects/composition-science/research-note/intuitive-is-just-familiar-predictive-fit-rep-v2.md](https://github.com/kemiller2002/Visual-Engineering/blob/0be73c83d8c257794d53cb9ddc9a6db69f843fbf/content/projects/composition-science/research-note/intuitive-is-just-familiar-predictive-fit-rep-v2.md)
+- Published research: [Open document](https://kemiller2002.github.io/Visual-Engineering/research/intuitive-is-just-familiar/)
+Familiarity is a major source of what users call intuitive, but it is not the whole phenomenon. Repetition increases processing fluency, liking, confidence, speed, accuracy, and automaticity. It can therefore make an initially mediocre interface feel natural and, for practiced users, perform well. However, familiarity cannot reliably repair poor task structure, excessive physical effort, weak feedback, hidden state, preventable errors, or dangerous mappings. The report proposes that perceived intuitiveness is an inference generated from processing fluency and prediction success, while durable design quality depends on separate dimensions: immediate legibility, learnability, practiced efficiency, error resistance, transferability, and adaptability. Familiarity is best modeled as a performance multiplier and switching-cost generator, not as evidence that the underlying design is good.
+## PATH-0C358FE09A1C: Intuitive Is Just Familiar
+- Status: research-complete
+- Updated: 2026-07-22
+- Tags: none
+- Canonical source: [content/projects/composition-science/research-report/intuitive-is-just-familiar-research-report.md](https://github.com/kemiller2002/Visual-Engineering/blob/0be73c83d8c257794d53cb9ddc9a6db69f843fbf/content/projects/composition-science/research-report/intuitive-is-just-familiar-research-report.md)
+- Published research: [Open document](https://kemiller2002.github.io/Visual-Engineering/research/intuitive-is-just-familiar-research-report/)
+Familiarity is a major source of what users call intuitive, but it is not the whole phenomenon. Repetition increases processing fluency, liking, confidence, speed, accuracy, and automaticity. It can therefore make an initially mediocre interface feel natural and, for practiced users, perform well. However, familiarity cannot reliably repair poor task structure, excessive physical effort, weak feedback, hidden state, preventable errors, or dangerous mappings. The report proposes that perceived intuitiveness is an inference generated from processing fluency and prediction success, while durable design quality depends on separate dimensions: immediate legibility, learnability, practiced efficiency, error resistance, transferability, and adaptability. Familiarity is best modeled as a performance multiplier and switching-cost generator, not as evidence that the underlying design is good.
+## RJ-VE-ITTEN-002: Itten Color Contrasts — Experiment Pilot Cycle
+- Status: computational-pilots-complete
+- Updated: 2026-07-28
+- Tags: none
+- Canonical source: [content/projects/itten-color-contrasts/research-journal/2026-07-28-cycle-2-experiment-pilots.md](https://github.com/kemiller2002/Visual-Engineering/blob/0be73c83d8c257794d53cb9ddc9a6db69f843fbf/content/projects/itten-color-contrasts/research-journal/2026-07-28-cycle-2-experiment-pilots.md)
+- Published research: [Open document](https://kemiller2002.github.io/Visual-Engineering/research/rj-ve-itten-002-itten-color-contrasts-experiment-pilot-cycle/)
+Covers Purpose; Execution record; Results checkpoint; Where work should resume.
+## RJ-VE-ITTEN-001: Itten Color Contrasts — Research Cycle 1
+- Status: complete
+- Updated: 2026-07-28
+- Tags: none
+- Canonical source: [content/projects/itten-color-contrasts/research-journal/2026-07-28-cycle-1.md](https://github.com/kemiller2002/Visual-Engineering/blob/0be73c83d8c257794d53cb9ddc9a6db69f843fbf/content/projects/itten-color-contrasts/research-journal/2026-07-28-cycle-1.md)
+- Published research: [Open document](https://kemiller2002.github.io/Visual-Engineering/research/rj-ve-itten-001-itten-color-contrasts-research-cycle-1/)
+Covers Question; Iterations; Revisions; Saturation decision.
+## EVREG-VE-ITTEN-001: Itten Color Contrasts Evidence Registry v1
+- Status: active
+- Updated: 2026-07-28
+- Tags: none
+- Canonical source: [content/projects/itten-color-contrasts/evidence-registry/itten-color-evidence-registry-v1.md](https://github.com/kemiller2002/Visual-Engineering/blob/0be73c83d8c257794d53cb9ddc9a6db69f843fbf/content/projects/itten-color-contrasts/evidence-registry/itten-color-evidence-registry-v1.md)
+- Published research: [Open document](https://kemiller2002.github.io/Visual-Engineering/research/evreg-ve-itten-001-itten-color-contrasts-evidence-registry-v1/)
+Covers Claim disposition ledger.
+## IDX-VE-ITTEN-EX-001: Itten Modern Color Theory Experiment Program
+- Status: active
+- Updated: 2026-07-28
+- Tags: none
+- Canonical source: [content/projects/itten-color-contrasts/experiment-report/README.md](https://github.com/kemiller2002/Visual-Engineering/blob/0be73c83d8c257794d53cb9ddc9a6db69f843fbf/content/projects/itten-color-contrasts/experiment-report/README.md)
+- Published research: [Open document](https://kemiller2002.github.io/Visual-Engineering/research/idx-ve-itten-ex-001-itten-modern-color-theory-experiment-program/)
+Covers Status at handoff; Reproduction; Continuation order.
+## REP-VE-ITTEN-001: Johannes Itten Revisited — Seven Color Contrasts Through Modern Vision Science
+- Status: active-research-package
+- Updated: 2026-07-28
+- Tags: none
+- Canonical source: [content/projects/itten-color-contrasts/research-execution-package/REP_Visual_Engineering_Johannes_Itten_Modern_Color_Theory.md](https://github.com/kemiller2002/Visual-Engineering/blob/0be73c83d8c257794d53cb9ddc9a6db69f843fbf/content/projects/itten-color-contrasts/research-execution-package/REP_Visual_Engineering_Johannes_Itten_Modern_Color_Theory.md)
+- Published research: [Open document](https://kemiller2002.github.io/Visual-Engineering/research/rep-ve-itten-001-johannes-itten-revisited-seven-color-contrasts-through-modern-vision-science/)
+Covers Executive summary; Scope and method; Historical review; Scientific evaluation.
+## PATH-20309AB9BB97: Knowledge Graph
+- Status: draft
+- Updated: 2026-07-22
+- Tags: none
+- Canonical source: [content/concepts/knowledge-graph/index.md](https://github.com/kemiller2002/Visual-Engineering/blob/0be73c83d8c257794d53cb9ddc9a6db69f843fbf/content/concepts/knowledge-graph/index.md)
+- Published research: [Open document](https://kemiller2002.github.io/Visual-Engineering/research/knowledge-graph/)
+Covers Related Documents.
+## PATH-6EF3D84D7D7E: Learning
+- Status: draft
+- Updated: 2026-07-22
+- Tags: none
+- Canonical source: [content/concepts/learning/index.md](https://github.com/kemiller2002/Visual-Engineering/blob/0be73c83d8c257794d53cb9ddc9a6db69f843fbf/content/concepts/learning/index.md)
+- Published research: [Open document](https://kemiller2002.github.io/Visual-Engineering/research/learning/)
+Covers Related Documents.
+## PATH-9CAAA7118381: Letter-Confusion Data Audit and Measurement Plan
+- Status: research draft
+- Updated: 2026-07-22
+- Tags: none
+- Canonical source: [content/projects/project-atlas/audit/project-atlas-letter-confusion-data-audit-v1.md](https://github.com/kemiller2002/Visual-Engineering/blob/0be73c83d8c257794d53cb9ddc9a6db69f843fbf/content/projects/project-atlas/audit/project-atlas-letter-confusion-data-audit-v1.md)
+- Published research: [Open document](https://kemiller2002.github.io/Visual-Engineering/research/letter-confusion-data-audit-and-measurement-plan/)
+Audit of existing letter-similarity, letter-confusion, visual-span, and synthetic glyph datasets. The main finding is that these data classes answer different questions and must remain condition-aware.
+## PATH-7CC204104669: Masters vs. Modern Science 01: Michel-Eugène Chevreul
+- Status: Working Draft
+- Updated: 2026-07-22
+- Tags: color, Chevreul, simultaneous contrast, chromatic induction, assimilation, color appearance, tapestry, painting
+- Canonical source: [content/projects/project-atlas/research-note/project-atlas-masters-vs-modern-science-01-chevreul-v0-1.md](https://github.com/kemiller2002/Visual-Engineering/blob/0be73c83d8c257794d53cb9ddc9a6db69f843fbf/content/projects/project-atlas/research-note/project-atlas-masters-vs-modern-science-01-chevreul-v0-1.md)
+- Published research: [Open document](https://kemiller2002.github.io/Visual-Engineering/research/masters-vs-modern-science-01-michel-eug-ne-chevreul/)
+Covers Executive Summary; CHV-CLM-001 — Colors change one another in juxtaposition; CHV-CLM-002 — Difference is perceptually exaggerated; CHV-CLM-003 — Each color shifts toward the complement of its neighbor.
+## PATH-86A75C171C8F: Ontology
+- Status: draft
+- Updated: 2026-07-22
+- Tags: none
+- Canonical source: [content/concepts/ontology/index.md](https://github.com/kemiller2002/Visual-Engineering/blob/0be73c83d8c257794d53cb9ddc9a6db69f843fbf/content/concepts/ontology/index.md)
+- Published research: [Open document](https://kemiller2002.github.io/Visual-Engineering/research/ontology/)
+Covers Related Documents.
+## RP-PROD-002: Operationalizing Product Legibility
+- Status: complete
+- Updated: 2026-07-22
+- Tags: product-design, product-legibility, usability, human-factors, ergonomics, measurement
+- Canonical source: [content/projects/product-genome/canonical/product-genome-research-execution-package-run-02.md](https://github.com/kemiller2002/Visual-Engineering/blob/0be73c83d8c257794d53cb9ddc9a6db69f843fbf/content/projects/product-genome/canonical/product-genome-research-execution-package-run-02.md)
+- Published research: [Open document](https://kemiller2002.github.io/Visual-Engineering/research/rp-prod-002-operationalizing-product-legibility/)
+Product Legibility can be measured, but not responsibly as a context-free aesthetic score. The evidence supports a task-, population-, and environment-specific profile built from six gates: action possibility, discoverability, interpretability, executability, feedback closure, and consequence comprehension. A single average is unsafe because severe failure in one critical dimension can be concealed by strength elsewhere. This REP replaces the proposed additive score with a gated measurement architecture, distinguishes diagnostic metrics from outcome metrics, and provides a repeatable Product Legibility Evaluation Protocol. It also finds that classic predictive laws such as Fitts' and Hick's are useful locally but cannot serve as universal product-quality laws without checking their assumptions.
+## PATH-53467B36F2F6: Perception
+- Status: draft
+- Updated: 2026-07-22
+- Tags: none
+- Canonical source: [content/concepts/perception/index.md](https://github.com/kemiller2002/Visual-Engineering/blob/0be73c83d8c257794d53cb9ddc9a6db69f843fbf/content/concepts/perception/index.md)
+- Published research: [Open document](https://kemiller2002.github.io/Visual-Engineering/research/perception/)
+Covers Related Documents.
+## PATH-007823D20BAE: Product Design
+- Status: draft
+- Updated: 2026-07-22
+- Tags: none
+- Canonical source: [content/concepts/product-design/index.md](https://github.com/kemiller2002/Visual-Engineering/blob/0be73c83d8c257794d53cb9ddc9a6db69f843fbf/content/concepts/product-design/index.md)
+- Published research: [Open document](https://kemiller2002.github.io/Visual-Engineering/research/product-design/)
+Covers Related Documents.
+## PATH-81286D9F89AD: Product Genome Autonomous Research Report: Run 01
+- Status: active
+- Updated: 2026-07-22
+- Tags: none
+- Canonical source: [content/projects/product-genome/knowledge-model/product-genome-autonomous-research-run-01.md](https://github.com/kemiller2002/Visual-Engineering/blob/0be73c83d8c257794d53cb9ddc9a6db69f843fbf/content/projects/product-genome/knowledge-model/product-genome-autonomous-research-run-01.md)
+- Published research: [Open document](https://kemiller2002.github.io/Visual-Engineering/research/product-genome-autonomous-research-report-run-01/)
+This research run rejects minimalism as a universal product-design law and replaces it with a stronger model: products should minimize unnecessary interaction cost while preserving the complexity required by capability, safety, expertise, and context. The most defensible cross-domain principles concern compatibility between controls and user expectations, perceptible action possibilities, closed feedback loops, biomechanical fit, error-resistant constraints, and support for maintenance over time. Rams and Sapper are best understood not as opposing aesthetics but as different strategies for managing complexity. Rams tends to externalize order and suppress nonessential signals; Sapper often internalizes technical complexity while preserving direct manipulation and mechanical intelligibility. Repairability and emotional durability appear related to product lifetime, but current evidence does not justify treating either as independently sufficient. The report proposes a Product Legibility Model and a Complexity Allocation Model for future testing.
+## PATH-A6FF0EC93DC7: Product Genome: Project Atlas Research Framework
+- Status: active
+- Updated: 2026-07-22
+- Tags: none
+- Canonical source: [content/projects/product-genome/canonical/product-genome-project-atlas-v1.md](https://github.com/kemiller2002/Visual-Engineering/blob/0be73c83d8c257794d53cb9ddc9a6db69f843fbf/content/projects/product-genome/canonical/product-genome-project-atlas-v1.md)
+- Published research: [Open document](https://kemiller2002.github.io/Visual-Engineering/research/product-genome-project-atlas-research-framework/)
+Product design is treated here as the design of sustained physical interaction between humans, objects, systems, and environments. The Product Genome will not begin as a catalog of famous designers or stylistic movements. It will identify recurring variables, constraints, interaction patterns, and perceptual effects, then map how individual designers and product categories weight those variables differently. The goal is to distinguish biological and functional regularities from cultural conventions, manufacturing artifacts, brand language, and temporary fashion.
+## PATH-24E0768B31BF: Project Atlas
+- Status: draft
+- Updated: 2026-07-22
+- Tags: none
+- Canonical source: [content/projects/project-atlas/canonical/project-atlas-project-charter-v0-1.md](https://github.com/kemiller2002/Visual-Engineering/blob/0be73c83d8c257794d53cb9ddc9a6db69f843fbf/content/projects/project-atlas/canonical/project-atlas-project-charter-v0-1.md)
+- Published research: [Open document](https://kemiller2002.github.io/Visual-Engineering/research/project-atlas/)
+Covers Vision; Evidence over Opinion; Quantification over Description; Relationships over Categories.
+## PATH-D884DED897E2: Project Atlas - Color Vocabulary and Mechanism Taxonomy
+- Status: draft
+- Updated: 2026-07-22
+- Tags: none
+- Canonical source: [content/projects/project-atlas/canonical/project-atlas-color-vocabulary-and-mechanism-taxonomy.md](https://github.com/kemiller2002/Visual-Engineering/blob/0be73c83d8c257794d53cb9ddc9a6db69f843fbf/content/projects/project-atlas/canonical/project-atlas-color-vocabulary-and-mechanism-taxonomy.md)
+- Published research: [Open document](https://kemiller2002.github.io/Visual-Engineering/research/project-atlas-color-vocabulary-and-mechanism-taxonomy/)
+Covers Purpose; Five Layers; Physical Variables; Perceptual Variables.
+## PATH-9776D1439D44: Project Atlas - Masters vs. Modern Science 02: Josef Albers
+- Status: draft
+- Updated: 2026-07-22
+- Tags: none
+- Canonical source: [content/projects/project-atlas/research-note/project-atlas-masters-vs-modern-science-02-josef-albers-v0-1.md](https://github.com/kemiller2002/Visual-Engineering/blob/0be73c83d8c257794d53cb9ddc9a6db69f843fbf/content/projects/project-atlas/research-note/project-atlas-masters-vs-modern-science-02-josef-albers-v0-1.md)
+- Published research: [Open document](https://kemiller2002.github.io/Visual-Engineering/research/project-atlas-masters-vs-modern-science-02-josef-albers/)
+Covers Executive Summary; Core Claims and Verdicts; What Albers Got Right; What Modern Science Adds.
+## PATH-3404CF8C3DA0: Project Atlas -- Foundation Research Plan
+- Status: draft
+- Updated: 2026-07-22
+- Tags: none
+- Canonical source: [content/projects/project-atlas/research-plan/project-atlas-foundation-research-plan.md](https://github.com/kemiller2002/Visual-Engineering/blob/0be73c83d8c257794d53cb9ddc9a6db69f843fbf/content/projects/project-atlas/research-plan/project-atlas-foundation-research-plan.md)
+- Published research: [Open document](https://kemiller2002.github.io/Visual-Engineering/research/project-atlas-foundation-research-plan/)
+Covers Core Insight; Level 0 -- Human Biology; Level 1 -- Perception; Level 2 -- Universal Composition.
+## PATH-4052EA1E4979: Project Atlas – Evidence Gallery v0.1
+- Status: draft
+- Updated: 2026-07-22
+- Tags: none
+- Canonical source: [content/projects/project-atlas/evidence-gallery/project-atlas-evidence-gallery-v0-1.md](https://github.com/kemiller2002/Visual-Engineering/blob/0be73c83d8c257794d53cb9ddc9a6db69f843fbf/content/projects/project-atlas/evidence-gallery/project-atlas-evidence-gallery-v0-1.md)
+- Published research: [Open document](https://kemiller2002.github.io/Visual-Engineering/research/project-atlas-evidence-gallery-v0-1/)
+Covers Purpose; GOV.UK Forms; Apple Settings; Uniform-Spacing Forms (Negative Pattern).
+## PATH-D01975B4C3A9: Project Atlas Applied Case Study 001: Account Settings Form
+- Status: Applied Analysis — Working Draft
+- Updated: 2026-07-22
+- Tags: none
+- Canonical source: [content/projects/project-atlas/case-study/project-atlas-applied-case-study-001-account-settings-form.md](https://github.com/kemiller2002/Visual-Engineering/blob/0be73c83d8c257794d53cb9ddc9a6db69f843fbf/content/projects/project-atlas/case-study/project-atlas-applied-case-study-001-account-settings-form.md)
+- Published research: [Open document](https://kemiller2002.github.io/Visual-Engineering/research/project-atlas-applied-case-study-001-account-settings-form/)
+Covers Account Settings Form; Objective; Group G1 — Profile information; Group G2 — Password information.
+## PATH-39860800AB37: Project Atlas Autonomous Research Report 001
+- Status: Research synthesis with falsification log
+- Updated: 2026-07-22
+- Tags: none
+- Canonical source: [content/projects/project-atlas/research-report/project-atlas-autonomous-research-report-001-relational-legibility.md](https://github.com/kemiller2002/Visual-Engineering/blob/0be73c83d8c257794d53cb9ddc9a6db69f843fbf/content/projects/project-atlas/research-report/project-atlas-autonomous-research-report-001-relational-legibility.md)
+- Published research: [Open document](https://kemiller2002.github.io/Visual-Engineering/research/project-atlas-autonomous-research-report-001/)
+Covers The Relational Legibility Model; Major discoveries; Confidence; Remaining uncertainty.
+## PATH-C3B0F7A49434: Project Atlas Autonomous Research Report: Johannes Itten's Seven Color Contrasts
+- Status: Research Synthesis
+- Updated: 2026-07-22
+- Tags: none
+- Canonical source: [content/projects/project-atlas/research-report/project-atlas-autonomous-research-itten-seven-contrasts-v0-1.md](https://github.com/kemiller2002/Visual-Engineering/blob/0be73c83d8c257794d53cb9ddc9a6db69f843fbf/content/projects/project-atlas/research-report/project-atlas-autonomous-research-itten-seven-contrasts-v0-1.md)
+- Published research: [Open document](https://kemiller2002.github.io/Visual-Engineering/research/project-atlas-autonomous-research-report-johannes-itten-s-seven-color-contrasts/)
+Covers Cycle 1 — Historical coherence; Cycle 2 — Independence; Cycle 3 — Contrast of hue; Cycle 4 — Light-dark contrast.
+## PATH-1E72A512B0FE: Project Atlas Color Evidence Registry v0.1
+- Status: Working Draft
+- Updated: 2026-07-22
+- Tags: color, perception, attention, accessibility, colorimetry, composition
+- Canonical source: [content/projects/project-atlas/evidence-registry/project-atlas-color-evidence-registry-v0-1.md](https://github.com/kemiller2002/Visual-Engineering/blob/0be73c83d8c257794d53cb9ddc9a6db69f843fbf/content/projects/project-atlas/evidence-registry/project-atlas-color-evidence-registry-v0-1.md)
+- Published research: [Open document](https://kemiller2002.github.io/Visual-Engineering/research/project-atlas-color-evidence-registry-v0-1/)
+Covers Purpose; Physical stimulus; Colorimetric representation; Perceptual appearance.
+## PATH-3D99B77EFFB0: Project Atlas Foundational Documents and Evidence Collection 001: Microsoft Ribbon
+- Status: Verified Source Register and Applied Evidence Review
+- Updated: 2026-07-22
+- Tags: none
+- Canonical source: [content/projects/project-atlas/evidence-collection/project-atlas-foundational-documents-and-ribbon-evidence-collection-001.md](https://github.com/kemiller2002/Visual-Engineering/blob/0be73c83d8c257794d53cb9ddc9a6db69f843fbf/content/projects/project-atlas/evidence-collection/project-atlas-foundational-documents-and-ribbon-evidence-collection-001.md)
+- Published research: [Open document](https://kemiller2002.github.io/Visual-Engineering/research/project-atlas-foundational-documents-and-evidence-collection-001-microsoft-ribbon/)
+Covers Microsoft Ribbon; Collection A — Foundational Documents; Collection B — Applied Evidence Gallery; Collection C — Scientific Literature.
+## PATH-2E0144E74D03: Project Atlas Rosetta Stone: Cross-System Design Mechanism Map
+- Status: Initial Verified Crosswalk
+- Updated: 2026-07-22
+- Tags: none
+- Canonical source: [content/projects/project-atlas/crosswalk/project-atlas-rosetta-stone-cross-system-design-mechanism-map-v0-1.md](https://github.com/kemiller2002/Visual-Engineering/blob/0be73c83d8c257794d53cb9ddc9a6db69f843fbf/content/projects/project-atlas/crosswalk/project-atlas-rosetta-stone-cross-system-design-mechanism-map-v0-1.md)
+- Published research: [Open document](https://kemiller2002.github.io/Visual-Engineering/research/project-atlas-rosetta-stone-cross-system-design-mechanism-map/)
+Covers Cross-System Design Mechanism Map; Atlas definition; Microsoft; Apple.
+## PATH-892C140ACF85: Project Atlas: Comparative Color Framework
+- Status: working-draft
+- Updated: 2026-07-22
+- Tags: none
+- Canonical source: [content/projects/project-atlas/research-framework/project-atlas-comparative-color-framework-v0-1.md](https://github.com/kemiller2002/Visual-Engineering/blob/0be73c83d8c257794d53cb9ddc9a6db69f843fbf/content/projects/project-atlas/research-framework/project-atlas-comparative-color-framework-v0-1.md)
+- Published research: [Open document](https://kemiller2002.github.io/Visual-Engineering/research/project-atlas-comparative-color-framework/)
+Color disciplines appear to conflict partly because they optimize for different outcomes: physical measurement, perceptual prediction, search performance, accessibility, expression, spatial experience, or narrative. The comparison supports reorganizing Atlas by perceptual mechanism and functional outcome rather than by profession. Traditional design concepts remain useful, but they should be treated as applied heuristics built on lower-level mechanisms such as adaptation, contrast, grouping, salience, ecological familiarity, and learned meaning.
+## PATH-4DB81E565967: Project Atlas: Perceptual Color Genome
+- Status: draft
+- Updated: 2026-07-22
+- Tags: none
+- Canonical source: [content/projects/project-atlas/canonical/project-atlas-perceptual-color-genome.md](https://github.com/kemiller2002/Visual-Engineering/blob/0be73c83d8c257794d53cb9ddc9a6db69f843fbf/content/projects/project-atlas/canonical/project-atlas-perceptual-color-genome.md)
+- Published research: [Open document](https://kemiller2002.github.io/Visual-Engineering/research/project-atlas-perceptual-color-genome/)
+Covers Purpose; Purpose; Purpose; Purpose.
+## PATH-1C2F52EC75CD: Research Methodology
+- Status: draft
+- Updated: 2026-07-22
+- Tags: none
+- Canonical source: [content/concepts/research-methodology/index.md](https://github.com/kemiller2002/Visual-Engineering/blob/0be73c83d8c257794d53cb9ddc9a6db69f843fbf/content/concepts/research-methodology/index.md)
+- Published research: [Open document](https://kemiller2002.github.io/Visual-Engineering/research/research-methodology/)
+Covers Related Documents.
+## RP-CLF-002: Semantic Durability Across Interface Contexts
+- Status: active-research-package
+- Updated: 2026-07-22
+- Tags: semantic-html, component-boundaries, stable-markup, accessibility, information-architecture, progressive-enhancement
+- Canonical source: [content/projects/design-library/research-note/2026-07-21-semantic-durability-research-execution-package.md](https://github.com/kemiller2002/Visual-Engineering/blob/0be73c83d8c257794d53cb9ddc9a6db69f843fbf/content/projects/design-library/research-note/2026-07-21-semantic-durability-research-execution-package.md)
+- Published research: [Open document](https://kemiller2002.github.io/Visual-Engineering/research/rp-clf-002-semantic-durability-across-interface-contexts/)
+This package defines the next foundational investigation for the component library: whether one durable semantic content model can support substantially different editorial, application, mobile, marketing, low-vision, and print presentations without inaccessible reordering, presentation-specific markup, or variant proliferation. Preliminary standards evidence supports semantic stability only when meaning and interaction remain stable. The package therefore treats stable markup as a bounded hypothesis, establishes competing models, measurable failure thresholds, evidence schemas, and handoff instructions for executing the study before production component APIs are designed.
+## PATH-DDE8D86507DE: Spacing
+- Status: draft
+- Updated: 2026-07-22
+- Tags: none
+- Canonical source: [content/concepts/spacing/index.md](https://github.com/kemiller2002/Visual-Engineering/blob/0be73c83d8c257794d53cb9ddc9a6db69f843fbf/content/concepts/spacing/index.md)
+- Published research: [Open document](https://kemiller2002.github.io/Visual-Engineering/research/spacing/)
+Covers Related Documents.
+## PATH-17CB44C62BB9: Typography
+- Status: draft
+- Updated: 2026-07-22
+- Tags: none
+- Canonical source: [content/concepts/typography/index.md](https://github.com/kemiller2002/Visual-Engineering/blob/0be73c83d8c257794d53cb9ddc9a6db69f843fbf/content/concepts/typography/index.md)
+- Published research: [Open document](https://kemiller2002.github.io/Visual-Engineering/research/typography/)
+Covers Related Documents.
+## RP-ATLAS-TYPO-TRANSFER-001: Typography Cross-Layer Transfer and Adaptive Reading
+- Status: canonical research package
+- Updated: 2026-07-22
+- Tags: typography, reading, transfer, eye movements, comprehension, adaptive systems, personalization
+- Canonical source: [content/projects/project-atlas/research-note/rp-atlas-typo-transfer-001.md](https://github.com/kemiller2002/Visual-Engineering/blob/0be73c83d8c257794d53cb9ddc9a6db69f843fbf/content/projects/project-atlas/research-note/rp-atlas-typo-transfer-001.md)
+- Published research: [Open document](https://kemiller2002.github.io/Visual-Engineering/research/rp-atlas-typo-transfer-001-typography-cross-layer-transfer-and-adaptive-reading/)
+This research package investigates when improvements to glyphs, fonts, spacing, size, width, and weight transfer to higher-level outcomes such as word recognition, continuous reading, comprehension, navigation, memory, and action. The research rejects a simple upward-transfer model. Typography changes can improve local perceptual capacity without improving reading, can preserve reading speed through increased compensatory effort, or can improve reading for some individuals while harming others. The strongest emerging theory is that transfer occurs when three conditions align: the manipulated typographic property affects the active bottleneck, the benefit survives interactions with layout and language, and the measured outcome is sensitive to the cost being reduced. Atlas should therefore model typography as a personalized adaptive control problem rather than search for one universally optimal typeface.
+## PATH-0D4ABF025BC8: Visual Density, Crowding, and Perceptual Separation
+- Status: research-draft
+- Updated: 2026-07-22
+- Tags: none
+- Canonical source: [content/projects/composition-science/research-note/composition-science-visual-density-crowding-and-perceptual-separation.md](https://github.com/kemiller2002/Visual-Engineering/blob/0be73c83d8c257794d53cb9ddc9a6db69f843fbf/content/projects/composition-science/research-note/composition-science-visual-density-crowding-and-perceptual-separation.md)
+- Published research: [Open document](https://kemiller2002.github.io/Visual-Engineering/research/visual-density-crowding-and-perceptual-separation/)
+Five iterative research cycles tested whether a universal minimum spacing exists for visual composition. The fixed-spacing hypothesis was rejected. The strongest quantitative regularity is that critical spacing for peripheral identification grows approximately in proportion to eccentricity, but the coefficient varies by target, observer, meridian, grouping, and display configuration. Global grouping can worsen or relieve crowding, and clutter cannot be predicted from element count alone. The resulting model treats perceptual separation as a relationship among visual angle, eccentricity, grouping compatibility, feature competition, task, viewing time, and observer capability. The report proposes a Perceptual Separation Envelope and a practical design-testing protocol rather than a universal pixel rule.
+## REP-ATLAS-0004: Visual Design Research Consolidation
+- Status: complete
+- Updated: 2026-07-22
+- Tags: none
+- Canonical source: [content/projects/project-atlas/research-execution-package/rep-atlas-0004-visual-design-research-consolidation.md](https://github.com/kemiller2002/Visual-Engineering/blob/0be73c83d8c257794d53cb9ddc9a6db69f843fbf/content/projects/project-atlas/research-execution-package/rep-atlas-0004-visual-design-research-consolidation.md)
+- Published research: [Open document](https://kemiller2002.github.io/Visual-Engineering/research/rep-atlas-0004-visual-design-research-consolidation/)
+Covers Research State Snapshot; Strongest consolidated position; Repository-wide recurring findings; Consolidated operating model.
+## AUD-VE-EVL-001: Visual Engineering Measurement Audit v0.1
+- Status: working-draft
+- Updated: 2026-07-25
+- Tags: measurement, audit, replication
+- Canonical source: [content/projects/evaluation-measurement/audit/visual-engineering-measurement-audit-v0-1.md](https://github.com/kemiller2002/Visual-Engineering/blob/0be73c83d8c257794d53cb9ddc9a6db69f843fbf/content/projects/evaluation-measurement/audit/visual-engineering-measurement-audit-v0-1.md)
+- Published research: [Open document](https://kemiller2002.github.io/Visual-Engineering/research/aud-ve-evl-001-visual-engineering-measurement-audit-v0-1/)
+Covers Audit question; Scope and method; Execution-state vocabulary proposed by the audit; Artifact inventory.
+## PATH-EAB1022557A0: Visual Information Transfer: Foundations for the Typography Genome
+- Status: research draft
+- Updated: 2026-07-22
+- Tags: none
+- Canonical source: [content/projects/project-atlas/canonical/project-atlas-visual-information-transfer-foundations-v1-2.md](https://github.com/kemiller2002/Visual-Engineering/blob/0be73c83d8c257794d53cb9ddc9a6db69f843fbf/content/projects/project-atlas/canonical/project-atlas-visual-information-transfer-foundations-v1-2.md)
+- Published research: [Open document](https://kemiller2002.github.io/Visual-Engineering/research/visual-information-transfer-foundations-for-the-typography-genome/)
+Typography can be usefully modeled as a noisy visual communication channel, but Shannon information cannot be equated with comprehension or meaning. The strongest measurable foundation is a layered model: physical signal preservation, perceptual discrimination, symbolic recognition, linguistic interpretation, and task success. Existing vision research already measures letter recognition in bits through confusion matrices and visual-span profiles, supporting the idea that type systems can be evaluated by information retained under degradation. However, alphabet fitness cannot be reduced to maximum geometric distinctiveness because familiarity, frequency, context, word structure, spacing, and reading strategy provide redundancy and alter the cost of individual confusions. Atlas should therefore measure conditional communication performance: how much task-relevant uncertainty a visual system removes for a defined reader, environment, and task.
+## RP-COMP-005: Visual Scene Construction, Predictive Processing, and Active Perception
+- Status: complete
+- Updated: 2026-07-22
+- Tags: visual perception, scene perception, predictive processing, recurrent processing, active vision, eye movements
+- Canonical source: [content/projects/composition-science/research-execution-package/rp-comp-005-visual-scene-construction.md](https://github.com/kemiller2002/Visual-Engineering/blob/0be73c83d8c257794d53cb9ddc9a6db69f843fbf/content/projects/composition-science/research-execution-package/rp-comp-005-visual-scene-construction.md)
+- Published research: [Open document](https://kemiller2002.github.io/Visual-Engineering/research/rp-comp-005-visual-scene-construction-predictive-processing-and-active-perception/)
+Evidence supports a hybrid account in which rapid feedforward processing produces provisional scene and object hypotheses, recurrent and contextual interactions refine them, and active sampling obtains additional evidence. Prediction is important, but predictive coding is not established as the unique neural account.
+## PATH-F8BFD0E3FE03: Wayfinding
+- Status: draft
+- Updated: 2026-07-22
+- Tags: none
+- Canonical source: [content/concepts/wayfinding/index.md](https://github.com/kemiller2002/Visual-Engineering/blob/0be73c83d8c257794d53cb9ddc9a6db69f843fbf/content/concepts/wayfinding/index.md)
+- Published research: [Open document](https://kemiller2002.github.io/Visual-Engineering/research/wayfinding/)
+Covers Related Documents.
+## ADR-WC-INDEX-0001: Web Component Framework ADR Set
+- Status: verified
+- Updated: 2026-07-22
+- Tags: adr, web-components
+- Canonical source: [content/projects/design-library/decision-record/web-component-framework-adrs-v1.md](https://github.com/kemiller2002/Visual-Engineering/blob/0be73c83d8c257794d53cb9ddc9a6db69f843fbf/content/projects/design-library/decision-record/web-component-framework-adrs-v1.md)
+- Published research: [Open document](https://kemiller2002.github.io/Visual-Engineering/research/adr-wc-index-0001-web-component-framework-adr-set/)
+Covers ADR-WC-001; ADR-WC-002; ADR-WC-003; ADR-WC-004.
+## EX-WC-0001: Web Component Framework Architecture Probes
+- Status: verified
+- Updated: 2026-07-22
+- Tags: experiments, probes
+- Canonical source: [content/projects/design-library/experiment-report/web-component-framework-architecture-probes-v1.md](https://github.com/kemiller2002/Visual-Engineering/blob/0be73c83d8c257794d53cb9ddc9a6db69f843fbf/content/projects/design-library/experiment-report/web-component-framework-architecture-probes-v1.md)
+- Published research: [Open document](https://kemiller2002.github.io/Visual-Engineering/research/ex-wc-0001-web-component-framework-architecture-probes/)
+Covers Probe scope; Executed probes; Source-backed comparative probes; Required deferred probes.
+## EVR-WC-0001: Web Component Framework Evidence Registry
+- Status: verified
+- Updated: 2026-07-22
+- Tags: web-components, evidence-registry
+- Canonical source: [content/projects/design-library/evidence-registry/web-component-framework-evidence-registry-v1.md](https://github.com/kemiller2002/Visual-Engineering/blob/0be73c83d8c257794d53cb9ddc9a6db69f843fbf/content/projects/design-library/evidence-registry/web-component-framework-evidence-registry-v1.md)
+- Published research: [Open document](https://kemiller2002.github.io/Visual-Engineering/research/evr-wc-0001-web-component-framework-evidence-registry/)
+Covers EV-WC-001; EV-WC-002; EV-WC-003; EV-WC-004.
+## HYR-WC-0001: Web Component Framework Hypothesis Registry
+- Status: verified
+- Updated: 2026-07-22
+- Tags: hypotheses, web-components
+- Canonical source: [content/projects/design-library/hypothesis-registry/web-component-framework-hypothesis-registry-v1.md](https://github.com/kemiller2002/Visual-Engineering/blob/0be73c83d8c257794d53cb9ddc9a6db69f843fbf/content/projects/design-library/hypothesis-registry/web-component-framework-hypothesis-registry-v1.md)
+- Published research: [Open document](https://kemiller2002.github.io/Visual-Engineering/research/hyr-wc-0001-web-component-framework-hypothesis-registry/)
+Covers Notable revisions.
+## CHK-WC-0001: Web Component Framework Implementation Readiness Checklist
+- Status: verified
+- Updated: 2026-07-22
+- Tags: checklist, readiness
+- Canonical source: [content/projects/design-library/checklist/web-component-framework-implementation-readiness-checklist-v1.md](https://github.com/kemiller2002/Visual-Engineering/blob/0be73c83d8c257794d53cb9ddc9a6db69f843fbf/content/projects/design-library/checklist/web-component-framework-implementation-readiness-checklist-v1.md)
+- Published research: [Open document](https://kemiller2002.github.io/Visual-Engineering/research/chk-wc-0001-web-component-framework-implementation-readiness-checklist/)
+Covers Blockers; Required work before broad library expansion; Optional improvements; Deferred research debt.
+## JR-WC-0001: Web Component Framework Research Journal
+- Status: verified
+- Updated: 2026-07-22
+- Tags: web-components, research-journal, architecture
+- Canonical source: [content/projects/design-library/research-journal/2026-07-22-web-component-framework-research-journal.md](https://github.com/kemiller2002/Visual-Engineering/blob/0be73c83d8c257794d53cb9ddc9a6db69f843fbf/content/projects/design-library/research-journal/2026-07-22-web-component-framework-research-journal.md)
+- Published research: [Open document](https://kemiller2002.github.io/Visual-Engineering/research/jr-wc-0001-web-component-framework-research-journal/)
+Covers 2026-07-22 11:00-11:20 ET; 2026-07-22 11:20-11:45 ET; 2026-07-22 11:45-12:35 ET; 2026-07-22 12:35-13:05 ET.
+## THY-WC-0001: Web Component Framework Theory Registry Update
+- Status: verified
+- Updated: 2026-07-22
+- Tags: theory-registry, design-library
+- Canonical source: [content/projects/design-library/theory-registry/web-component-framework-theory-registry-update-v1.md](https://github.com/kemiller2002/Visual-Engineering/blob/0be73c83d8c257794d53cb9ddc9a6db69f843fbf/content/projects/design-library/theory-registry/web-component-framework-theory-registry-update-v1.md)
+- Published research: [Open document](https://kemiller2002.github.io/Visual-Engineering/research/thy-wc-0001-web-component-framework-theory-registry-update/)
+Covers Affected principles; Invalidated predictions; New theory candidates.