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Work Vault Project Directives Addendum

0. Status

Version: 0.4 Date initiated: 2026-06-21 Scope: project-level directives for branch splitting, published-item handling, and duplicate treatment.

This addendum supplements the active intake protocol.

1. Branching Rule

• If a file or cluster reads like a durable branch, give it its own page even when the branch is small.
• Keep the page attached to its parent corpus through lineage notes and links.
• Do not force small but stable branches to stay buried under a larger umbrella page.

2. Published-Item Rule

• For HTML-published items, keep the HTML form primary.
• Archive DOCX or MD companions unless the page offers them as downloads or the companion is required for coherence.
• Treat companion exports as auxiliary unless a page explicitly promotes them.

3. Duplicate Treatment

• Continue treating exact duplicates as witness or snapshot material after inventory.
• Collapse duplicates only when the surviving record can preserve multiple collapse parents.
• Preserve file content; change navigation and metadata, not the underlying text.