External Review Packet

Status: draft

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Research Summary

Framework Engineering ran ECR-000003 to study topology perturbation, cross-representation stability, and cross-domain procedural isomorphism under a frozen measurement instrument.

Methodology Summary

• normalized and certified datasets
• official Comparator 3.1.0
• Comparator 3.2.0 explainability
• experiment EDRs
• hypothesis review synthesis

Experiment Descriptions

• EXP-001: topology perturbation
• EXP-002: cross-representation stability
• EXP-003: procedural isomorphism

Findings Summary

• evidence is consistent with partial backbone stability
• provider-specific variation remains material
• recognition pressure is real but not uniformly determinative
• cross-domain structural recovery remains provisional

Comparator Description

Comparator 3.1.0 produced official measurements.

Comparator 3.2.0 explains differences without changing official scores.

Threats To Validity

• no human baseline
• recognition leakage
• provider style effects
• topology recognizability
• limited artifact family count

Known Limitations

• hypothesis review remains draft
• claims remain provisional
• explainability is heuristic

Questions For Reviewers

1. Are the experiments discriminating?
2. Are interpretations stronger than the evidence permits?
3. Does Comparator v3.1 separate surface and structure responsibly?
4. Are alternative explanations missing?
5. Are kill conditions meaningful?
6. What replication would be most persuasive?
7. Is the paper framing defensible?