# 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 |