# KORA First Paper arXiv Bibliography Scope v0.1

Status date: 2026-05-13

## Purpose

This note records the conservative bibliography scope for the first arXiv-style preprint package draft. It does not add references, does not generate new BibTeX, and does not mark the paper as submission-ready.

## Source Files Reviewed

- `docs/paper/kora-first-paper-manuscript-v0-4.md`
- `docs/paper/kora-first-paper-preliminary-bibtex-v0-1.md`
- `docs/paper/kora-first-paper-manuscript-bibliography-sync-v0-1.md`
- `docs/paper/kora-first-paper-final-bibliography-claim-audit-v0-1.md`
- `docs/paper/kora-first-paper-reference-tracker.md`
- `docs/paper/kora-first-paper-reference-plan.md`

## Manuscript v0.4 Cited Records

Manuscript v0.4 currently cites:

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

All manuscript v0.4 cited records are present in preliminary BibTeX.

## Preliminary BibTeX Scope

- Preliminary BibTeX entries count: 16.
- Included ready records: `[R01]`, `[R06]`, `[R08]`, `[R11]`, `[R14]`, `[R21]`, `[R24]`.
- Included expanded candidate records: `[R03]`, `[R04]`, `[R05]`, `[R07]`, `[R09]`, `[R10]`, `[R12]`, `[R13]`, `[R16]`.
- Unused preliminary BibTeX records in manuscript v0.4: `[R14]`, `[R16]`, `[R21]`, `[R24]`.

Unused preliminary BibTeX records are available for final bibliography decisions. They should not be treated as new manuscript claims.

## First arXiv-Style Package Exclusions

- `[R17]` and `[R18]` remain excluded from the first arXiv-style package.
- `[R19]` through `[R24]` remain tracker/audit-only for now and should not be forced into methodology/background.
- Optional workload, latency, API-cost, production, energy, KORA Studio, and real customer-data evidence remain outside the first package scope.
- Deferred or still-not-eligible records should not be cited in the manuscript body.

## Full BibTeX Status

Full BibTeX remains incomplete. The first arXiv-style package draft may proceed using the current included bibliography subset, but final submission readiness still requires human approval, final citation formatting, and a final manuscript-to-bibliography sync.

## Claim Safety

The bibliography scope supports background, positioning, artifact practice, and reproducible evidence context only. It does not support production cost reduction proof, real API-cost reduction proof, production benchmark proof, broad workload superiority proof, energy reduction evidence, formal artifact approval, or paper submission readiness.
