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C.18:3 - Forces

ForceTension
Exploration valueA retained variant may be valuable as a stepping stone even when it is not on the current front.
Front honestyA front must preserve the declared comparator, dominance set, admissibility, and partial-order semantics.
Descriptor currentnessDescriptor maps, distance definitions, characteristic spaces, and family coordinates change over time.
Practical continuationEngineering teams need selected sets, architecture candidates, work plans, and measurements from archives without letting the archive authorize those moves.
Cultural and style casesMusic, dance, science, medical, product, and AI-agent variants need source labels and term bridges without minting cultural root kinds.
Telemetry usefulnessCoverage, novelty, diversity, QD score, and lineage are useful signals but can be overread as value, proof, or decision.