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Document the specific conditions under which a schema…

Document the specific conditions under which a schema was validated, as the boundary of tested conditions defines the boundary of warranted confidence.

Why This Is a Principle

This principle derives from Abstraction Necessarily Discards Information (abstraction discards information) and Categories Are Human Constructions (categories are constructed for contexts). It prescribes that validation boundaries should be explicitly documented rather than assumed to be universal. This is actionable design guidance for knowledge systems, not a foundational claim about how validation works.