# KORA First Paper v0.9 Working Draft Delta

Delta date: 2026-05-18

## Purpose

This note records the narrow manuscript v0.9 working-draft update from manuscript v0.8. It applies only the v0.9 working-inclusion items from `docs/paper/kora-first-paper-v0-8-source-verification-decision-note.md`.

It does not apply manual/external-verification items, final-packaging/export deferrals, keep-excluded/do-not-add items, external reference additions, bibliography finalization, figure rebuild, Word export, PDF export, arXiv work, archive creation, or generated artifact creation.

## Working-Inclusion Items Applied

| Decision-note item | v0.9 treatment | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Current cited marker/reference set | Preserved the manuscript v0.8 cited record set for working review: `[R01]`, `[R03]`, `[R04]`, `[R05]`, `[R06]`, `[R07]`, `[R08]`, `[R09]`, `[R10]`, `[R11]`, `[R12]`, and `[R13]`. | Applied |
| `[R01]`, `[R06]`, `[R08]`, and `[R11]` working inclusion | Kept these records in the working cited set without broadening related-work or benchmark claims. | Applied |
| Figure placeholder separation | Kept Figure 1 and Figure 2 as text placeholders only. | Applied |
| Manuscript status and traceability | Updated manuscript v0.9 status language, artifact inventory, references note, and claim-boundary note to describe v0.9 as a working draft. | Applied |

## Items Not Applied

- No manual/external-verification items were applied.
- No final-packaging/export deferrals were applied.
- No keep-excluded/do-not-add items were applied.
- Optional preliminary records `[R14]`, `[R16]`, `[R21]`, and `[R24]` remain outside the manuscript body.
- Deferred records `[R17]` and `[R18]` remain outside the manuscript body.
- Blocked records `[R02]`, `[R15]`, `[R19]`, `[R20]`, `[R22]`, and `[R23]` remain outside the manuscript body.
- No unsupported bibliography entries were added.
- No references were invented.
- The bibliography is not final.

## v0.9 Citation State

Manuscript v0.9 preserves the manuscript-cited record set from v0.8:

- `[R01]`
- `[R03]`
- `[R04]`
- `[R05]`
- `[R06]`
- `[R07]`
- `[R08]`
- `[R09]`
- `[R10]`
- `[R11]`
- `[R12]`
- `[R13]`

The cited set remains covered by current preliminary BibTeX, but source verification execution, final citation style conversion, final bibliography formatting, and final manuscript-to-final-BibTeX synchronization remain unresolved.

## Status

Manuscript v0.9 is a working draft, not a submission package. Figure 1 and Figure 2 remain placeholders. Figure rebuild, Word/PDF/arXiv/export work, full bibliography finalization, source verification execution, and final human review remain pending. The paper remains not submission-ready.
