BMMS White Paper v0.4: Scientific and Technical Review Edition

This public-release white paper presents an evidence-first research and engineering framework for semantic NLP, hybrid retrieval and maritime decision support. It distinguishes verified current evidence, historical TASK-010 retrieval results, and proposed research. It documents role separation across lexical retrieval, semantic embeddings, PostgreSQL/pgvector, LLM assistance, bounded Jev/JEV evaluation, and Nimble-assisted public-source discovery. It does not claim production readiness, operational deployment, or independent peer-reviewed validation. The record includes the public PDF and editable DOCX source for BMMS White Paper v0.4.