DOMAIN_ATLAS_SCORECARD_v0_1.md

Domain Atlas Scorecard v0.1

Purpose

The Domain Atlas scorecard grades cross-domain structural correspondence without replacing native mechanisms.

It prevents metaphor laundering, category error, mechanism replacement, forced equivalence, unmarked uncertainty, and overclaim.

Score factors

Each lane receives 0–2 points per factor:

1. boundary clarity
2. input readability
3. pressure traceability
4. drift detection
5. source-return availability
6. repair path
7. non-settlement condition
8. persistence under independent pressure
9. falsification load
10. native mechanism preservation

Overclaim risk is rated LOW / MEDIUM / HIGH.

Ratings

STRONG

High score plus source-return, repair path, falsification load, native mechanism preserved, and independent pressure re-application.

MODERATE

Bounded persistence and trace hold, but repair or source-return agency is partial or absent.

WEAK

Only one or two useful pressure features are visible. Repair or falsification is limited.

FAIL

Mapping fails if it forces equivalence, overrides native mechanism, invents source-return, hides uncertainty, treats metaphor as mechanism, or cannot survive re-application.

Hard fail-locks

• native mechanism override
• invented source-return
• unmarked uncertainty
• broken provenance hidden
• metaphor treated as mechanism
• cannot survive re-application
• claim exceeds trace fidelity
• structural correspondence used to smuggle ontological equivalence

Starter calibration

Lane	Current rating	Reason
DNA repair/replication	STRONG reference lane	template source-return, replication fidelity, repair, mutation detection, checkpoints
Cell	STRONG reference lane	membrane boundary, homeostasis, immune recognition, repair, apoptosis/non-settlement
Biofeedback	STRONG interface lane	pressure sensing, baseline calibration, feedback, learned correction
Solar system	MODERATE weak-lane reference	bounded persistence and trace fidelity, but lacks active repair/source-return agency
Conventional AI runtime	WEAK	often lacks durable source-return, repair, non-settlement, and persistence proof
Resonant Axis validator	MODERATE proof harness target	deterministic non-settlement evidence if built and run
Resonant Axis settlement architecture	STRONG target architecture	strong only after evidence gates pass
Digital Mycelium	STRONG connective/ecological candidate architecture	strongest structural candidate if source-return and repair survive independent pressure