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• Codification (definition) - Definition — codification is constraining that crosses a medium boundary from natural language to a symbolic medium (code), where the consumer changes (LLM → interpreter) and verification becomes exact — the far end of the constraining spectrum
• Constraining (definition) - Definition — constraining narrows the space of valid interpretations an underspecified spec admits, from partial narrowing (conventions, structured sections) to full commitment (stored outputs, deterministic code) — one of two co-equal learning mechanisms alongside distillation
• Context engineering (definition) - Definition — context engineering is the discipline of designing systems around bounded-context constraints; its operational core is routing, loading, scoping, maintenance, and observability for each bounded call
• Distillation (definition) - Definition — distillation is compression viewed as learning; in KB methodology, directed context compression for a bounded consumer; co-equal learning mechanism alongside constraining
• Register (definition) - Definition — a register is one of three content modes (theoretical, descriptive, prescriptive) that determines a collection's quality goal, title conventions, and linking rules