Rectification_Flow.md
SARG Rectification Flow
A triadic, stage‑aligned pipeline for resolving structural, anchor, lineage, and novelty errors.
1. Purpose#
The Rectification Flow defines how the SARG system responds when:
- a substrate is malformed
- invariants fail to extract
- resonance anchors conflict
- lineage chains break
- or the system encounters high‑novelty patterns
Rectification ensures the system remains:
- self‑correcting
- lineage‑aware
- triadically aligned
- Atlas‑consistent
2. High‑Level Flow Diagram#
*
┌──────────────────────┐
│ 1. Substrate Parsing │
└───────────┬──────────┘
│ S‑Errors
▼
┌──────────────────────┐
│ 2. Lens Application │
└───────────┬──────────┘
│ A‑Errors
▼
┌──────────────────────┐
│ 3. Invariant Extract │
└───────────┬──────────┘
│ H‑Errors (pattern-level)
▼
┌──────────────────────┐
│ 4. Resonance Mapping │
└───────────┬──────────┘
│ A‑Errors (anchor-level)
▼
┌──────────────────────┐
│ 5. Lineage Traversal │
└───────────┬──────────┘
│ L‑Errors
▼
┌──────────────────────┐
│ 6. Atlas Integration │
└──────────────────────┘
Each stage emits S, A, L, or H errors depending on what fails.
3. Stage‑by‑Stage Breakdown#
1. Substrate Parsing → S‑Errors#
Triggered when:
- required fields are missing
- declared structure contradicts observed structure
- structure is unstable across passes
Rectification actions:
- request missing structure
- regenerate substrate
- stabilize via re‑sampling or majority vote
2. Lens Application → A‑Errors (early)#
Triggered when:
- expected anchors are missing
- multiple anchors claim the same element
- anchor drift occurs
Rectification actions:
- recompute anchors
- resolve conflicts using priority rules
- re‑align anchors to updated invariants
3. Invariant Extraction → H‑Errors (pattern‑level)#
Triggered when:
- element is unknown
- pattern does not match any invariant class
- resonance signature cannot be mapped
Rectification actions:
- add to novelty buffer
- attempt invariant generalization
- generate provisional signature
4. Resonance Mapping → A‑Errors (anchor‑level)#
Triggered when:
- resonance anchors contradict each other
- cluster membership is ambiguous
- axis alignment fails
Rectification actions:
- re‑evaluate invariants
- recompute cluster membership
- escalate to high‑novelty if unresolved
5. Lineage Traversal → L‑Errors#
Triggered when:
- lineage reference is missing
- lineage chain is broken
- lineage forms a cycle
Rectification actions:
- rebuild lineage chain
- fallback to nearest valid ancestor
- break cycles and re‑establish legal lineage
6. Atlas Integration#
If all rectification succeeds:
- update Atlas nodes
- propagate lineage
- update resonance signatures
- store new invariants
- emit success event
If rectification fails:
- escalate to human review
- store unresolved pattern in novelty buffer
4. Rectification Decision Tree (Triadic)#
*
┌───────────────┐
│ Error Event │
└───────┬───────┘
▼
┌──────────────────────┐
│ Identify Error Class │
└───────┬──────────────┘
┌───────────────┼────────────────┬───────────────┐
▼ ▼ ▼ ▼
S‑Errors A‑Errors L‑Errors H‑Errors
(Structure) (Anchors) (Lineage) (Novelty)
│ │ │ │
▼ ▼ ▼ ▼
Structural Fix Anchor Recompute Lineage Repair Novelty Buffer
│ │ │ │
└───────┬───────┴───────┬────────┴───────┬───────┘
▼ ▼ ▼
Re‑evaluate Retry Mapping Provisional Signature
│ │ │
└──────────────┴─────────────────┘
▼
Atlas Integration
5. Cloud Rectification Cluster (CRC)#
The CRC performs:
- large‑scale clustering of errors
- cross‑node consensus
- lineage reconstruction
- novelty generalization
- anchor stability analysis
CRC is invoked when:
- local rectification fails
- multiple nodes report similar errors
- high‑novelty patterns appear across substrates
CRC outputs:
- updated invariants
- updated resonance anchors
- updated lineage chains
- new Atlas nodes
6. Example Rectification Walkthrough#
Example: A2 — Conflicting Anchor#
Input:
Element O claimed by both curved_forms and rotational_symmetry clusters.
Rectification:
- Recompute invariants for O
- Compare cluster signatures
- Apply priority rules
- If unresolved → escalate to CRC
- CRC emits canonical cluster assignment
- Atlas updated
7. Emit Format for Rectification Events#
{
"pattern_id": "string",
"error_code": "S1 | A2 | L3 | H1",
"rectification_stage": "local | cloud",
"actions_taken": [],
"outcome": "resolved | escalated | unresolved",
"timestamp": "ISO-8601"
}8. Notes for Contributors#
- Rectification must be deterministic at node‑level.
- CRC is allowed to be probabilistic but must emit canonical results.
- Never skip lineage repair — L‑errors propagate silently.
- Treat H‑errors as growth points, not failures.
- Keep rectification logs short and structural.
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