Glossary of the Identity-Persistence Stack

Abstract This glossary defines the controlled vocabulary of the Identity-Persistence Program. Its purpose is to prevent semantic drift between related but non-equivalent concepts such as regularity, recurrence, symmetry, invariance, pattern, compression, coherence, stability, verification, trust, probability, and identity persistence. The central rule is that a claim of sameness through change is licensed only by a declared regime. The glossary organizes the program’s structural vocabulary across regime specification, persistence, admissibility, verdicts, capacity and coding, epistemic boundaries, engineering realization, and institutional applications. It distinguishes core roles and formal results from derived readings, exploratory realizations, open problems, and explicitly not-claimed boundaries. This document introduces no new mathematical results. It serves as the controlled vocabulary and drift-control reference for the Identity-Persistence Program, providing a stable reference for interpretation, indexing, and consistent use of terminology across the broader research corpus.