rule · _guidelines/spec/1.15 · s-9hfbxv5pfnsh4kc
The base specification holds no figure of one instance
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The base specification holds no figure measured on an instance — a population, a rate, a duration observed there. A threshold a rule needs is stated by the method an instance measures it with, and its value is a setting of the technical appendix.
Why
A figure belongs to the instance it was measured on and to the day it was measured, so every other instance would pass or fail the rule by accident.
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The decisions taken on it
2026-10-27 · textual
- Problem
A rule of the writing doctrine forbade numbers measured on a running instance, written to repair rules into which one instance's data had leaked.
- Ruling
The owner: in a specification written fresh it is one case of the base being tied to no implementation, and stands beside the rules on technology and on a look.