Infoconex AI Flywheel Specification v0.2.1

Infoconex AI Flywheel Specification v0.2.1

v0.2.1 is a defect-correction and consistency release following the major conceptual hardening completed in v0.2.0.

This release does not introduce a new operating model. It aligns terminology, supporting documentation, architecture, examples, conformance guidance, and reader-facing summaries with the hardened specification before implementation testing begins.

Highlights

• Restored Adapt to the canonical terminology definition while preserving the explicit no adaptation required outcome.
• Clarified the distinction between execution-time AI reasoning and Stage 5: Adapt.
• Refined the top-level README so the introduction focuses directly on the methodology, with project history maintained in the dedicated History and Development document.
• Established a chronological public release history with links to detailed GitHub release notes.
• Removed the Design Guide section from primary site navigation while retaining the underlying documentation.
• Completed a repository-wide consistency review of the specification, principles, lifecycle, terminology, conformance model, architecture, examples, Design Guide, contributor templates, and reader-facing documentation.
• Aligned Classify with the canonical responsibilities of determining what was learned, whether adaptation is justified, and where resulting learning belongs.
• Completed Persist summaries and architecture views so they consistently represent all supported outcomes:
  • Persist validated learning.
  • Reinforce an existing validated operating pattern.
  • Explicitly resolve that no new persistent learning is justified.
• Clarified that movement across the Moving Determinism Boundary is an outcome of classification rather than a separate learning destination.
• Aligned the Design Guide with the final lifecycle, principle, and conformance terminology.
• Reinforced the canonical conformance structure of:
  • Eight principles.
  • Eight lifecycle stages.
  • Eight principle-aligned conformance assessments.
• Preserved the conformance relationship Requirements → Observable operation evidence → Conformance decision.
• Removed remaining supporting-document language associated with the former conformance-area model.
• Confirmed that successful no-change cycles still resolve lifecycle responsibilities and may reinforce existing validated patterns without manufacturing an adaptation.
• Updated the specification, website, versioning guidance, and release history to v0.2.1.

Issues Addressed

• #30 — Align supporting documentation with hardened specification requirements.
• #43 — Refine README history placement and establish release history timeline.
• #44 — Restore Adapt in the canonical terminology definition.
• #45 — Clarify execution-time AI reasoning versus the Adapt lifecycle stage.
• #49 — Remove Design Guide section from site navigation.

What This Release Represents

v0.2.1 completes the correction and consistency pass following v0.2.0. The conceptual specification is now internally aligned around its eight principles, eight-stage lifecycle, evidence-based conformance model, successful no-change behavior, and final Adapt → Validate → Persist semantics.

The specification is ready to serve as the basis for practical implementation exploration and testing.