# Four-way attribution catalog (joint piece, pre-committed)

**Status**: DRAFT for joint deposit prep. All vocabulary quotes
verbatim from LinkedIn DM threads + dev.to comment chains, 2026-05
window.

**Source documents**:
- `docs/handovers/v0.4.x-session-2026-05-29-collaboration-checkpoint.md` §4
- `docs/handovers/v0.3.x-ali-collaboration-track.md` §Track 5
- `memory/robin_26b_2x2_matrix_watch.md`
- `memory/feedback_robin_routing_precision_endorsement.md`
- `memory/feedback_robin_doi_attribution_pattern_endorsement.md`
- `memory/feedback_m6_vadym_attribution_3way_timing.md`

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## 1. Robin Converse — Triava Labs

### Role
Mode-split observer + 26b sovereign-stack executor + 3rd-axis
data + sovereign-infra principle. Independent reproduction track
owner.

### Vocabulary contributions (verbatim, attribution-required)
- "eval_count gap widens with query difficulty" (her original)
- **"discoverable threshold below which output is impossible"**
- **"synthesis-mode entry has a token cost — testable, falsifiable, design-actionable"**
- **"two operating modes, one model"** (canonical joint piece title)
- **"fanning out vs clustering"**
- **"parameter count buys reasoning routing precision"**
- **"second confirmation axis — across stacks + across model scales"**
- **"three axes, three stacks, one architectural property"**
- "When you own the inference path, you see the work" (sovereign principle)

### Data contributions
- 26b sovereign-stack 2×2 matrix (companion repo
  `triavalabs/gemma4-26b-mode-split`, 80 calls / 6 min / 0
  failures, 2026-05-23)
- Robin DOI **10.5281/zenodo.20570701** (2026-06-08): byte-
  identical substitution determinism on 26B + cap-invariant,
  leaner 38 eval_count vs JAMES 62. Four-way credited, cites PR
  #440. Track 1 priority record.

### Endorsement record (joint-piece-binding)
- 2026-05-24 Robin LinkedIn endorsement of "parameter count buys
  reasoning routing precision" — "**the line that travels**"
  (Ali also liked)
- 2026-05-24 lock of "three axes, three stacks, one architectural
  property" as joint-piece outline structure
- 2026-05-24 reframe endorsement: "**The reframe sits right...
  Appreciate the discipline of the correction**"

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## 2. Ali Afana — Provia

### Role
Architectural framer + walk-back hero + audience expansion via
Provia network + Track 2c Arabic adversarial fixtures.

### Vocabulary contributions (verbatim, attribution-required)
- "ambiguity in chat-reply synthesis layer, not retrieval-conditioning"
- "architecture under low-entropy routing" (fallback framing)
- "collapses for typed-graph-path conditioning, holds for natural-language synthesis"
- "three contexts, two architectures, single mechanism" (Phase 5 walk-back)
- **"cost asymmetry in ten words"** (canonical line)
- **"ceiling vs path / shortening the path to the same answer"**
- **"each variant has its own tax"** (Vadym-credit phrase, see §3)
- "architectural primitive everyone building agentic systems needs to internalize"
- "audit-trail framing — Carrying that forward"

### Data contributions
- Ali walk-back article (2026-05-22, dev.to + LinkedIn) — Phase
  6 publication that anchored the "audit-trail framing" lineage
- ar_ecommerce.yaml deliverable (2026-05-19→6/2 sent: README-ali
  + REPORT-provia + provia-results.json + v1.1 yaml 2종, commit
  `9925755`/#686) — Track 2c
- mid-June Gemini API backend PR (Provider contract impl) — Track
  3 enabler, pending

### Endorsement record (joint-piece-binding)
- 2026-05-19 Track 1 velocity acknowledgement (month-early
  contract land)
- 2026-05-22 walk-back hero deposit
- 2026-05-28 reframe endorse: "**the reframe reads right ...
  Solo DOIs as engineering records, joint 3-author deposit as the
  discovery anchor — clean separation. ... no revisions from me.
  ... If a window opens before then, the joint record is what I'd
  pick up first**"

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## 3. Vadym Arnaut — observer / framer

### Role
Substitution-vs-decision boundary observer via Ali walk-back
article comment thread. Flagged by Robin Phase R6 DM
(2026-05-24) as part of four-way provenance.

### Vocabulary contribution
- **"each variant has its own tax"** — the canonical sub-clause
  Ali subsequently used. Robin attribution: Vadym was the source
  of this specific phrasing in the article comment thread, Ali
  adopted it.

### Status
- **3-way confirmation chain INCOMPLETE as of 2026-06-08**:
  - Phase 1 (Robin → JAMES): Robin flagged the contribution but
    JAMES has not yet confirmed the exact primary citation with
    Robin. Pending natural-trigger piggyback on next Robin DM.
  - Phase 2 (JAMES → Ali): Ali has not yet been confirmed-aware
    that Vadym is in the joint deposit catalog. Pending Ali joint
    deposit discussion DM (post 6/7+ resume).
  - Phase 3 (JAMES → docs): NOT YET. Awaits Phase 1 + Phase 2.
- **Joint deposit author decision** (3 vs 4-author) is gated on
  these phases. Default if both confirm = 4-author with Vadym as
  last alphabetical-by-surname.
- Per `memory/feedback_m6_vadym_attribution_3way_timing.md` —
  single-purpose Robin DM for Vadym ask is PROHIBITED. Must
  piggyback natural trigger.

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## 4. Jiwon (Seo Jiwon) — Hashevolution / PROJECT JAMES

### Role
Methodology + mechanism + measurement framework owner.
Course-correction discipline. Fair-witness publication discipline
origin.

### Vocabulary contributions (verbatim, attribution-required)
- "PROJECT JAMES" — system identity
- "V3' protocol" — research methodology spec
- **"~500-token reasoning floor"** (mechanism quantification,
  Direction 1 + V3'.e)
- **"workload axis — heavy / light / no synthesis"** (gradient
  framing, V3'.e refined Pattern S)
- **"Substitution is free. Synthesis costs in proportion to what
  it has to invent."** (10-word headline — 3-author locked)
- **"audit-trail framing"** (Phase 5/6 vocabulary that Ali
  adopted)
- **"three contexts, two architectures, one mechanism" → "three
  contexts, two architectures, **two mechanisms with task-weight
  gradient**"** (refinement after Robin's mode split lock)

### Data contributions
- V3'.a~d cognitive-stages eval (gemma4:e4b 4-stage replicator,
  cap-floor measurement)
- V3'.e e-commerce refund-policy fixture sweeps (PR #440):
  substitution 20/20 @ cap=400 (floor-immune), synthesis 14/20 @
  cap=400 (gradient with task weight)
- Direction 1 7-tier monotonic natural-stop gradient (62 → 1681
  tokens, 27× dynamic range)
- Provider contract (PR #324/#325/#326) — Track 1 infra, enabler
  for cross-stack swap
- Solo Zenodo DOIs reframed as JAMES-side measurement dataset &
  protocol records (v0.3.1 / v0.3.2 / v0.3.3 / v0.4.0 / v0.4.1 /
  v0.4.2) with explicit forward-pointer to "forthcoming joint 3-
  author Zenodo record"

### Discipline contributions
- Course-correction lineage (2026-05-24 DM reframing solo DOI as
  per-stack engineering record, joint discovery as forthcoming
  multi-author)
- 4-step Robin DOI attribution-pattern endorsement template
  (validated 2026-05-24)
- Phase 11 collaboration checkpoint discipline
  (`docs/handovers/v0.4.x-session-2026-05-29-collaboration-
  checkpoint.md`)

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## 5. Joint piece evidence pile (pre-committed — locked weeks ago)

| Track | Owner | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mode split | Robin | LinkedIn 2026-05-22 framing + 26b sovereign 2×2 matrix + DOI 10.5281/zenodo.20570701 (2026-06-08 byte-identical + cap-invariant) |
| Workload gradient | JAMES | V3'.a~d + V3'.e (PR #440) on gemma4:e4b, ~500-token floor + substitution-synthesis split |
| Model-scale efficiency | Robin | 26b clustering vs e4b fanning-out (Robin 26b finding 2026-05-23) |
| Architectural framing | Ali | "ceiling vs path" + "each variant has its own tax" + walk-back article |
| Substitution-vs-decision boundary | Vadym (via Ali article comments) | "each variant has its own tax" phrasing, Robin-flagged |
| Methodology + audit-trail | Jiwon | V3' protocol + Provider contract + audit-trail framing + course-correction discipline |
| Prior art anchor | Reference | arxiv:2605.09104 Yang et al. 2026 Token Economics (CES factor substitution) |

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## 6. What is NOT in this catalog (and why)

- **Cycle γ Phase B+C RGB-en abstention findings** (this session's
  measurement) — JAMES-internal evaluation arc, separate from joint
  piece. Per `memory/feedback_eval_cycle_vs_collab_arc_separation`
  rule.
- **JAMES Lifecycle Semantics (T1-T7) PR pile** — JAMES-internal
  platform release work, not joint piece scope.
- **Direction 3 cross-family measurement** — pending JAMES-internal
  pre-work; if completed in time, can become 4th joint piece
  evidence axis (Track 1.4 in collaboration checkpoint §6). Currently
  not in pile.
- **AbstentionBench / HALT-RAG / Schapire / KD literature** — these
  are cycle γ prior-art anchors, NOT joint piece anchors. Joint
  piece prior-art anchor is arxiv:2605.09104 Yang et al. only.

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## 7. Conflict resolution

If Ali / Robin / Vadym disagree with any vocabulary attribution
or evidence assignment in this catalog, **their version wins
unilaterally**. This catalog is JAMES's best-effort reconstruction
from DM threads and public posts; co-authors have authoritative
view of their own contributions.

The fastest way to resolve any disagreement is to draft an updated
row and ask in the Ali joint deposit discussion DM (post 6/7+
resume). Don't lock the deposit until catalog is mutually accepted.
