Strong systems

Provenance Trail

preserve the origin and transformation history of content or data

Running the actual pattern live via applyPattern() — switch the substrate, stack overlays, watch the signals, or reverse the dynamics. Not a mock.

"Provenance Trail" — preserve the origin and transformation history of content or data. It has a memory layer (a decaying trail / hysteresis), a link layer (ropes / cloth between neighbours), a morph layer (assemble matter into a mark/shape (never words, §11)), and a cohesion layer (flocking — pull toward neighbours). The active render stack is links, trails, particles, field-lines.

Strong binding keeps sources fused to content while memory holds the trace and morph records each transformation; lineage stays inspectable without flooding the view.

Runtime tokens: memory a decaying trail / hysteresislink ropes / cloth between neighboursmorph assemble matter into a mark/shape (never words, §11)cohesion flocking — pull toward neighbours
Concepts: provenance lineage
Metrics: provenance a semantic lane — drive it with data-field-<metric> (or a domain model); without that its --field-<metric> stays inertmemory computed every frame by the platform (proximity · engagement · relationships · age)transform-count a semantic lane — drive it with data-field-<metric> (or a domain model); without that its --field-<metric> stays inertsource-strength a semantic lane — drive it with data-field-<metric> (or a domain model); without that its --field-<metric> stays inert provenance, transform-count, source-strength are host-supplied lanes — drive them with data-field-<metric> (or a domain model); without that, their --field-* stays inert.
Diagnostics: causality topology inspector
Render: links · trails · particles · field-lines
Reduced motion: a provenance drawer with a lineage list and source badges
Without motion: history becomes an ordered lineage list with source badges and a transform count per step

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<field-root></field-root>
  <div data-body="memory" data-strength="1.1" data-range="320" data-feedback></div>
  <div data-body="link" data-strength="0.8" data-range="360"></div>
  <div data-body="morph" data-strength="0.5" data-range="260"></div>
  <div data-body="cohesion" data-strength="0.6" data-range="280"></div>

<script type="module">
  import '@fundamental-engine/elements';
</script>

<field-root></field-root>
  <div data-body="memory" data-strength="1.1" data-range="320" data-feedback></div>
  <div data-body="link" data-strength="0.8" data-range="360"></div>
  <div data-body="morph" data-strength="0.5" data-range="260"></div>
  <div data-body="cohesion" data-strength="0.6" data-range="280"></div>

import { FieldField } from '@fundamental-engine/react';

export default function ProvenanceTrail() {
  return (
    <FieldField>
      <div data-body="memory" data-strength="1.1" data-range="320" data-feedback />
      <div data-body="link" data-strength="0.8" data-range="360" />
      <div data-body="morph" data-strength="0.5" data-range="260" />
      <div data-body="cohesion" data-strength="0.6" data-range="280" />
    </FieldField>
  );
}

{
  "id": "provenance-trail",
  "name": "Provenance Trail",
  "intent": "preserve the origin and transformation history of content or data",
  "naturalField": "strong",
  "primitives": [
    "memory",
    "link",
    "morph",
    "cohesion"
  ],
  "bodies": [
    {
      "body": "memory",
      "strength": 1.1,
      "range": 320,
      "feedback": true
    },
    {
      "body": "link",
      "strength": 0.8,
      "range": 360
    },
    {
      "body": "morph",
      "strength": 0.5,
      "range": 260
    },
    {
      "body": "cohesion",
      "strength": 0.6,
      "range": 280
    }
  ],
  "render": [
    "links",
    "trails",
    "particles",
    "field-lines"
  ],
  "metrics": [
    "provenance",
    "memory",
    "transform-count",
    "source-strength"
  ],
  "diagnostics": [
    "causality",
    "topology",
    "inspector"
  ],
  "accessibility": {
    "reducedMotion": "a provenance drawer with a lineage list and source badges",
    "meaningWithoutMotion": "history becomes an ordered lineage list with source badges and a transform count per step"
  },
  "notes": "Strong binding keeps sources fused to content while memory holds the trace and morph records each transformation; lineage stays inspectable without flooding the view.",
  "tier": "systems",
  "status": "shipped",
  "concepts": [
    "provenance",
    "lineage"
  ]
}

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