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E.24.PUB:4.2 - Recover expression and bearing only when needed

PublicationFormExpressionRelation relates one selected episteme edition, one exact publication form, and one bounded-use declaration. It obtains when the form expresses enough of that edition, under its effective reference scheme, for the declared use. One occurrence is reidentified by those three fixed participants and their maximal continuous interval of predicate truth. Omission, coarsening, changed notation, or changed admitted operations can end this relation even while the carrier remains unchanged. A.6.3, C.29, or E.17 governs the more specific preservation, loss, view, or representation claim when that claim is current.

PublicationFormBearingRelation relates one exact U.PresentationCarrier and one exact publication form. It obtains while that carrier bears or renders that form as the same recoverable form. One occurrence is reidentified by the two fixed participants and their maximal continuous interval of bearing. Changing a filename or storage address does not by itself settle carrier identity; apply the carrier’s direct identity and currentness pattern.

Their reusable declarations are:

PublicationFormExpressionRelationSignature:
  RelationKind: PublicationFormExpressionRelation
  SlotSpecs:
    ExpressedEpistemeEditionSlot: ValueKind=U.Episteme, refMode=U.EpistemeRef, Required
    PublicationFormSlot: ValueKind=U.Entity, refMode=U.EntityRef, Required
    BoundedUseDeclarationSlot: ValueKind=U.Episteme, refMode=U.EpistemeRef, Required

PublicationFormBearingRelationSignature:
  RelationKind: PublicationFormBearingRelation
  SlotSpecs:
    PresentationCarrierSlot: ValueKind=U.PresentationCarrier, refMode=U.EntityRef, Required
    BornePublicationFormSlot: ValueKind=U.Entity, refMode=U.EntityRef, Required

These supporting relations prevent two shortcuts. A form does not make itself available, and a carrier does not express claims merely by storing bytes, ink, or another physical state. The publication occurrence depends on both relations but remains a distinct availability occurrence.