REFERENCES.md

# References and Prior-Art Landmarks

This release is self-contained, but it should be evaluated against mature compression and archiving systems.

## Mature archivers and codecs

- 7-Zip: mature open-source archiver with AES-256 encryption, Windows shell integration, file manager, and command-line tooling.
- WinZip AES encryption extension: ZIP-compatible AES encryption extension documentation.
- Zstandard: modern fast lossless compressor with broad speed/ratio trade-off and dictionary compression.
- Brotli: lossless LZ77 + Huffman format specified in RFC 7932.
- xz/LZMA: high-ratio general-purpose compression family.
- ZIP/Deflate: broadly compatible baseline.
- zpaq/paq/cmix: high-ratio research/benchmark-oriented compressors.

## Research principles used

- Minimum Description Length: choose the shortest exact description among candidates.
- Kolmogorov-style generator compression: a compact program/recipe plus residual can be shorter than raw bytes.
- Transform coding: reversible basis changes can reveal structure to entropy coders.
- Content-defined chunking: chunk boundaries depend on content, improving dedupe across shifted versions.
- Reed-Solomon-style parity intuition: parity equations over finite fields can repair corrupted shards.
- Symmetric-key post-quantum margin: 256-bit symmetric keys maintain high generic-search resistance.

## HVCE-specific lineage

- OGA-2 Core → OGA-Ω → OGA-AXIOM → OGA-PROOF → OGA-PRIME.
- SPWSE-Ω² proof-carrying interventional closure compilation.
- Nanophotonic field compression via exact separable/modal fields.
- Causal neural residualization with no hidden model side information.