Components · Evidence and interpretation
Interpretation Block
A reading of evidence, with the premises it rests on and the information that could change it. Fluent prose does not raise its strength.
Overview
This compact example shows the component inside the shared contract. The detailed galleries below exercise its edge states without granting additional authority.
States
Interpretations allow supported, inferred and ambiguous. Observed, conflicted and unknown below describe the premise context; the reading remains inferred. An observation is never relabeled as an observed interpretation.
Each example is checked against its full resolver plan. Explore with a pointer or keyboard; Escape folds evidence back. The source rows and their citations light together.
Freshness
Freshness belongs to an observation, not to the strength of a claim. Unknown age is still, not a loading state.
Withheld fields
Permission boundaries remain visible as “withheld · reason”. The withheld value is absent, including from hidden content and accessibility labels (INV-10).
Anatomy
- 01 Reading and epistemic pill
- A supported, inferred or ambiguous reading stays separate from an observed premise.
- 02 Premises
- The starting claims are explicit, not silently folded into an explanation.
- 03 Uncertainty and revision condition
- Still uncertain and Would change it show where the reading can break.
- 04 Set aside
- Alternative readings remain visible as history, not silently deleted.
Usage and avoid
Use: preserve what the fields mean
5,400 Produced Quantity and 1,620 Available to Sell answer different questions. Review the meanings before proposing a correction (INV-19).
Avoid: turning a model score into a fact
0.82 is an observation about the classifier. Keep the proposed alias inferred, and keep insufficient evidence visible (INV-01, INV-20).
Contract checks and limits
Running negative controls…
The live checks do not validate the truth of fixture data, motion quality, assistive-technology announcements or equivalence to the film. Review those separately at 1440px and 390px, in both themes and with reduced motion.
Contract
A component without this contract may wear Lyotic’s style; it does not implement Lyotic.
| Semantic inputs | An interpretation with text, epistemic state, premises, uncertainty, wouldChange, rejected |
|---|---|
| Allowed states | Supported, inferred or ambiguous |
| Forbidden states | observed; an interpretation without premises |
| Evidence requirements | Premises cite claims |
| Action scope | Presentation only; no external writes or authority changes |
| Meaning of authority | None |
| External effects | None in this component. The application re-evaluates dependent actions through the resolver |
| Verification conditions | None |
| Failure and recovery | A broken premise re-opens the interpretation |
| Transitions | Appears in compare when meaning shifts |
| Accessibility | Labelled section with headed parts |
| Observable events | None |
| Test conditions | Premises present |
Accessibility
Preserve native names, reading order, keyboard exploration, focus continuity and text-based state. Reduced motion removes spatial movement without removing evidence or status meaning.
Code
const reading = interpretationBlock(input.interpretations[0], input); container.append(reading); reading.update(nextInterpretation, nextInput);
Reference and verification
Compare card rhythm to scene 02 at 24 seconds and meaning lenses to scene 04 at 49 seconds. The film is a visual reference, not evidence that an action has been verified.
For integration, walk Inventory mapping on both paths. The Work Object Shell must pass its plan to enable local Claim Block exploration; legacy two-argument calls remain non-authorizing and show evidence directly.