HCD.16:4.2 - Recover Method and candidate status from Method Engineering

Recover the Method or candidate status and the reusable semantics needed to identify the present claim. Obtain admission, description, variant lineage, provenance, generic trial, fit, worth, introduction or currentness results from their direct Method-Engineering owners only when this bounded HCD judgement consumes them. Preserve every candidate as a candidate until independent Method admission obtains.

A changed file, source, prompt, support configuration, tool, provider, or local Work deviation does not create a Method variant. When the evidence suggests changed reusable semantics, return the exact changed operation, dependency, entry or stop rule to ME.15. When it concerns description, support, introduction, or performed Work, return it to the corresponding direct result instead.

HCD.16 consumes these results to know what it is evaluating. It neither admits a Method nor retires one universally.