Research Toolbox Glyph — Legend

Glyphs:

• research_toolbox_badge.svg
• research_toolbox_glyph.svg
• research_toolbox_glyph_animated.svg

This legend explains how to read the Research Toolbox marks.

1. Core shapes#

• Outer ring (large circle)

  • Meaning: Research field / triadic engine boundary
  • Palette: triadic gradient (indigo → cyan → violet)
  • Appears in: main glyph, animated glyph

• Concentric orbits (3 dashed circles)

  • Meaning: layers of analysis
    • outer: research field
    • middle: structural patterns
    • inner: resonance / coherence
  • Appears in: main glyph, animated glyph

• Central node (S1–S4)

  • Meaning: four-source substrate
    • S1: surface input
    • S2: model prior
    • S3: context window
    • S4: module stack
  • Visual: small circle at center, dark fill, triadic stroke

2. RTT nodes#

• Top node — RTT/1

  • Meaning: temporal actuals
  • Reads: “What changed?”
  • Position: top of the triad

• Bottom-left node — RTT/2

  • Meaning: regime literacy
  • Reads: “What mode is the system in?”
  • Position: lower-left

• Bottom-right node — RTT/3

  • Meaning: coherence layers
  • Reads: “How do the layers align?”
  • Position: lower-right

• Connecting lines between RTT nodes

  • Meaning: triadic engine
  • Not a pipeline; a closed structural loop.

3. Badge glyph#

File: research_toolbox_badge.svg

• Mini-ring + triangle:
  • Meaning: triadic engine anchored to a substrate
• Vertical bar through the mark:
  • Meaning: time / temporal axis
• Text:
  • “Research Toolbox”
  • “Four‑Source Substrate • RTT/1/2/3”

Use this where space is tight (buttons, small headers).

4. Animated glyph#

File: research_toolbox_glyph_animated.svg
See glyph_animation_spec.md for full motion details.

• Rotating outer ring:
  • Meaning: ongoing research cycle
• Pulsing center (S1–S4):
  • Meaning: active substrate
• Staggered RTT node glow:
  • Meaning: RTT/1 → RTT/2 → RTT/3 firing sequence

All semantics remain valid in the static version.

5. Reading the glyph at a glance#

• If you see S1–S4 at center → you are in a substrate-aware module.
• If you see RTT/1, RTT/2, RTT/3 nodes → the module uses the full triadic engine.
• If you see triadic ring + orbits → you are in a research / analysis context, not a pure teaching or narrative module.

This is the canonical legend for the Research Toolbox glyph family.