FORENSIC RESEARCH ARCHIVE
Method and provenance
The rules that keep a forensic dossier distinct from an ARG theory thread.
Evidence discipline
- PRIMARY
- Original book images, author-signed messages, contemporary artifacts, and cryptographically bound bytes.
- SECONDARY
- Contemporary external reporting and community solve records.
- INVESTIGATOR-DERIVED
- Deterministic computation performed from preserved inputs, including arithmetic re-derivations and controlled tests.
- SPECULATION
- Later claims, unverified authorship theories, and proposals without a defined reproducible operation.
Reproducibility rule
A solve must name exact inputs, normalization, orientation, operation, key, and output; it must survive independent reruns and appropriate controls. Fluent-looking text, thematic association, or a numerical coincidence alone is not a solution.
Preservation rule
Original archive bytes are immutable. Site-facing images are separate, metadata-minimized derivatives with a machine-readable lineage record.