B.2.4:4.4 - When B.2.4 Requires B.2
Use B.2 when the exact direct facts show that the existing whole cannot carry the current subject claim and an exact candidate new whole must be tested. Examples:
- a production cell has an exact capability envelope, obtaining coordination and functioning relations, a selected in-life transformation-flow structure, and external commitments that cannot be explained by individual machines or the old aggregate;
- a service platform has an obtaining functioning relation and external commitments that cannot be assigned to one service or module;
- exact coordination and work facts concerning a team, a toolchain, and the enacted Methods from a method family make a result-system candidate live; or
- a candidate episteme has exact constitution and explanatory-use facts that leave an episteme whole-reidentification question.
After the return, use B.2 for the existing-whole/new-whole comparison, its one exact candidate, and any optional record. B.2.4 adds no result record or evidence slice. The direct patterns still define and test the contributing facts, while evidence or measurement supports the associated claims.