A.16.2:4 - Solution
This pattern defines the retreat, reframing, and retirement side of the A.16 move family.
A.16.2:4.1 - Move family
| Move | When to use it | What remains stable | What may change |
|---|---|---|---|
reopen | the current family is still right, but closure was over-committed | family and major orientation | closure, rival set, guards |
sketchBackoff | the current publication form overstates articulation or stability | witnesses, traces, some anchors | publication form, articulation-explicitness value, route certainty |
respecify | the family remains plausible, but the framing scaffold, route specification, or facet-profile reading is wrong | broad domain, witness base, and major family commitments | framing scaffold, route specification, facet-profile reading |
retire | a cue, route-bearing publication, episteme, or branch is no longer current or no longer worth preserving | historical continuity and any cited witnesses that still matter | current-use or retirement status, successor/no-successor status, and any separately established relation change |
respecify is intentionally narrower than epistemic precision repair. Slot-explicit epistemic precision restoration, bearer repair, or endpoint-local lexical precision remains with governing patterns such as A.6.P, C.16.Q, and A.6.A.
A.16.2:4.2 - Required publication note
Every retreat or retirement move shall name:
- source publication form,
- source articulation, closure, route plurality or selection, endpoint-use disposition, publication availability, and current-use status insofar as each is current,
- trigger or counter-evidence,
- target family or target publication form,
- retained witnesses,
- withdrawn assumptions, route claims, endpoint-use or current-use claims, and any exact authority, responsibility, permission, or commitment relation that separately changes,
- and whether a successor now exists or the branch is retired without successor.
A.16.2:4.3 - Status and relation discipline
A retreat or retirement move shall separately update any route selection, endpoint or gate result, publication availability, current-use or retirement claim that no longer holds. The move does not by itself establish a change in authority, responsibility, permission, or commitment. If one of those relations does change, name its exact predicate, participants, object or action, scope, interval, and ending or instituting act under its direct pattern.