C.2.1:14 - Rationale

Adding empirical grounding, viewpoint, scope, edition, and publication to every identity would instead collapse distinct relations and make ordinary use needlessly heavy.

Separating the episteme from its constitution relation is equally important. The direct relation explains how the identity-bearing participants are organized. The episteme is the resulting holon with a whole-level capacity to carry interpretable claims. A relation declaration is first its own C.2.1 episteme; A.6.0 independently recognizes that same individual as a U.Signature, and RelationSignature names its relation-facing use. Its claims declare the direct relation for typed reuse; an assertion claims that the relation obtains, and a publication occurrence makes a selected episteme edition available. None replaces another.