The Orchard Cognitive Framework - Mark II - Foundations

Orchard Mk II foundations v0.1 Copyright © 2026 Kimberley Laverne Asher. CC BY-NC-ND 4.0. Licence and scope. Framework reconstruction, reproducible evidence and a proposed common development structure26 September 2026 · Stages 1 and 2 · Unicode mathematics What is delivered This release reconstructs the full eighteen-responsibility architectural map, records its algorithms and heuristics, explains its mathematical foundations and preserves the distinction between demonstrated finite mechanisms and wider proposals. It supplies approachable companions, a terminology and notation glossary, exact source snapshots, raw empirical data and a portable Python reproduction route. Stage 2 proposes a common structure for development across different kinds of change. The user's new insight is also captured: contextual descriptions could construct mathematical investigations through typed intermediate representations, retain unresolved choices among remedies, and eventually earn extensions to the language or composition machinery itself. This remains a destination and design proposal, not a newly demonstrated compiler. A–D have been reproduced; no Stage 3 experiment has been started. The next experimental choice is reserved for discussion. Historical A–D archives and source snapshots retain their original bytes. Read in the way that suits you Open the offline reading edition for a navigable view of all new documents. It works without a network connection. Markdown files below remain the primary editable source format; the rendered edition is generated from them. Need Start here Understand what has been achieved, without mathematical prerequisites The plain-English companion Understand the proposed next organisation How the Orchard could develop itself Explore the new language and self-evolving script idea From contextual description to a constructed investigation Inspect the whole framework Evidence-backed reconstruction and architectural wiring Find an algorithm or heuristic Mechanism catalogue: ALG01–ALG31 and HEU01–HEU12 Examine the arguments and premises Mathematical account: M01–M14 Decode a term or symbol Glossary and notation: 128 entries, notation guide and all 23 historical null states Check outcomes, baselines, failures and limits Evidence and failure atlas Review the proposed shared contracts Common development structure, schema and illustrative record Run and inspect the experiments Reproduction guide Discuss the next step Stage 3 handoff Trace source lineage and requirements Source guide, 121-requirement concordance, claim ledger How much is established The architectural reconstruction covers all eighteen responsibilities in the foundational brief. The source library contains 98 exact files, including three newly supplied proposal dialogues, the twenty-chapter v0.10 framework and supplements, companions, primary anchors and forward/backwards records. Seven empirical archives preserve A–D and four additional historical evidence folders. The historical folders are included for inspection; they were not newly replayed here. The new portable reproduction runs 25 focused tests across the three A–D packages, their full declared populations and separate auditors. A/B has 5,128 executions; C has 4,608 plus 388 composition microtraces; D has 224 sessions containing 49,536 transfer tasks. All logical comparisons pass, with the expected 13, 12 and 12 negative controls rejected respectively. These are different denominators, not a pooled count of independent experiments. M means mathematical consequence under premises; E means executed finite evidence; P means proposal; H means architectural hypothesis; U means unresolved. Historical results read from their reports remain source-level evidence unless explicitly identified as reproduced. A source snapshot, schema validation or clear diagram cannot raise a capability's standing by itself. What remains open This is not a general alignment solution, a deployed model harness, a validated whole cognitive runtime or an unrestricted self-improving language. Context grounding, coverage, general composition, qualifier evolution, physical containment and the newly proposed cognitive compiler retain explicit open obligations. The source register's unresolved identity and canonical-release questions also remain open. The package preserves the whole ambition while showing where the strong finite mechanisms actually connect. See citation and provenance and licensing scope before sharing.