E.4.PFIP:9 - Consequences

Framework integration becomes more reliable because a maintainer can distinguish a missing accepted change from an accidental loss of predecessor content and can compare text, diagrams, cards, and split forms without pretending they share one representation.

The cost is additional work whenever the claimed continuity affects use. Each eligible pair needs a complete form-appropriate inventory, and each split or merge needs a complete allocation traversal. The cost stays bounded because retained content needs no positive prose rows and the method is used only for accepted-source integration or publication continuity.

A later claim may rely on the conclusion only as allowed by the FPF pattern that defines or constrains that claim. The conclusion carries no process authority.