C.2.7:18 - Review Matrix and Extension Tests

C.2.7:18.1 - Review matrix

An assurance reader should ask:

• are all claimed factors visible in the publication or cited source;
• does any alias hide the factor bundle;
• is one factor being used as if it summarized the whole representation state;
• has representation talk started to replace articulation, closure, or anchoring claims.

C.2.7:18.2 - Local extension test

An additional factor is justified only if it captures a distinct representational question that cannot be reduced to locality, sparsity, or symbolicity. The extra factor should extend the bundle, not become a rival master factor.

C.2.7:18.3 - Migration test for source terminology

Source vocabularies often use “symbolic”, “distributed”, or “encoding basis” as if one term solved the whole classification problem. A conforming migration unpacks the term into explicit factor dockings and then checks whether any cross-facet claims were smuggled into the source label.

C.2.7:18.4 - Bundle-comparison reminder

Representation bundles may be compared across contexts only after the compared factors are explicit. If one context uses a compact local alias and another publishes the full factor bundle, require explicit docking before treating the two descriptions as commensurable.