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A.7.2:4.3 - Record claim-relative source use

OntologyClaimSourceUseRelation@Context relates one source episteme, one receiving ontology claim, and the dated ontology-decision or reconciliation work occurrence that actually consumes that source for that claim. It is local to this use and does not create a universal source-authority relation.

OntologySourceUseFunctionValue ::=
  formulateReceivingClaim
  | constrainReceivingClaim
  | testOrStressReceivingClaim
  | interpretFormalOrImplementationSemantics
  | compareReceivingAlternatives
  | traceLineage

OntologySourceUseDispositionValue ::=
  adopt | adapt | reject | comparatorOnly | lineageOnly | unresolved

ReceivingClaimChangeDispositionValue ::=
  changed | unchanged | undeterminedPendingResolution

OntologyClaimSourceUseRelation@Context <: U.Relation

RelationSignature:
  SourceEpistemeSlot:
    SlotKind: SourceEpistemeSlot
    ValueKind: U.Episteme
    refMode: U.EpistemeRef
  ReceivingOntologyClaimSlot:
    SlotKind: ReceivingOntologyClaimSlot
    ValueKind: U.Episteme
    refMode: U.EpistemeRef
  OntologyDecisionWorkSlot:
    SlotKind: OntologyDecisionWorkSlot
    ValueKind: U.Work
    refMode: WorkRef

semanticDirection: SourceEpistemeSlot -> ReceivingOntologyClaimSlot
  through the named OntologyDecisionWorkSlot

RelationOccurrenceQualifiers:
  sourceUseScope: U.ClaimScope
  useFunction: OntologySourceUseFunctionValue
  sourceContentSliceRef?: U.EpistemeRef
  sourceContentKindRef?: U.KindRef
  modelUseStructureRef?: U.StructureRef
  sourceCurrentnessResultRef?: U.EpistemeRef
  receivingClaimCurrentnessResultRef?: U.EpistemeRef
  landedFPFDecisionRef?: U.EpistemeRef
  evidenceUseRelationRefs[]?: U.EntityRef
  disposition?: OntologySourceUseDispositionValue
  blockedOverreadRef?: U.EpistemeRef
  receivingClaimChangeDisposition?: ReceivingClaimChangeDispositionValue

OccurrenceIdentity:
  <exact source-episteme edition,
   exact receiving-claim edition,
   exact ontology-decision work occurrence,
   useFunction,
   sourceUseScope,
   maximalContinuousUseInterval>

The source participant is the source episteme and edition consumed. The receiving participant is the ontology-claim episteme and edition being formulated, constrained, tested, interpreted, compared, or traced. For the Work participant, use A.13 to identify the actual performer and A.15.1 to admit the dated ontology-decision U.Work independently. If the case must also identify the assignment under which that Work was performed, F.6 checks the assignment used by A.13 and compares its holder with the already identified performer. The assignment relates the independently identified System to its assigned-kind value; that System performs the Work.

The minimal occurrence needs only those three exact participants, useFunction, sourceUseScope, and the derived maximal continuous interval during which the named work actually consumes content from that source episteme for that receiving claim. Citation, access, bibliography membership, prestige, publication status, or co-location alone is insufficient. If the work consumes only a separately identified claim or content episteme inside the source, sourceContentSliceRef names that slice; it does not duplicate the source participant under a bundle alias. Changing a source or receiving-claim edition, work occurrence, function, scope, or demonstrated actual-use interval identifies another occurrence. A changed optional qualifier identifies another occurrence only when it changes the content or direct use predicate; a later review record alone does not.

Add modelUseStructureRef only when one independently selected BoundedModelUseStructure changes interpretation of this use. Add source-content kind, currentness-result, landed-decision, evidence-use, disposition, blocked-overread, or receiving-claim-change references only when the reconciliation work actually asserts or consumes that item under its subject pattern. A recorded unresolved disposition needs no fabricated blocked-overread episteme; unchanged is recorded only when the work actually reaches that result, while absence of a change disposition remains no claim.