These documents are superseded by /NORTH-STAR.md as of 2026-04-22.
They are preserved for history — so that anyone tracing how the methodology evolved can see the earlier iterations — but they should not be used as the current standard. Any conflict between an archived doc and NORTH-STAR.md → NORTH-STAR.md wins.
| File | What it was | Why archived |
|---|---|---|
PROVENANCE-INTEGRITY-PLAN.md |
First-pass provenance architecture (Categories A-E, allowlist pattern) | Concepts merged into NORTH-STAR.md §3 (tiers) and §4 (schema) |
NORTH-STAR-STANDARD.md |
5-criterion structural audit for the 3 reference councils | Concepts merged into NORTH-STAR.md §19 (Definition of Done) |
DATA-PIPELINE.md |
Draft pipeline for owner review (tier classification, verification gate) | Absorbed into NORTH-STAR.md wholesale |
DATA-YEAR-POLICY.md |
Year-strictness contract | Merged into NORTH-STAR.md §5 (Date discipline) |
COUNCIL-AUDIT-PLAYBOOK.md |
Per-council audit workflow | Superseded by NORTH-STAR.md §6 (Phases 0-7) |
VALUE-VERIFICATION-PLAN.md |
Cross-check plan | Superseded by NORTH-STAR.md §16 (validator stack) |
ISSUES-FOUND.md |
Running log of issues | Superseded by per-council <COUNCIL>-AUDIT.md in the data repo + status/<slug>.json |
BRADFORD-AUDIT.md |
First audit doc, written before Datasheet-for-Datasets pattern | Will be regenerated under NORTH-STAR.md §6 Phase 6 structure; this is the archival version |
/NORTH-STAR.md— methodology contract (22 sections)/ROADMAP.md— sequenced implementation plan/docs/PROGRESS.md— per-council pipeline state/scripts/council-research/README.md— toolkit docs- per-council
<COUNCIL>-AUDIT.md— in the data repo underdocs/, one per council
They are frozen as of 2026-04-22. If you need to reference or update concepts they contain, do it in the canonical docs above.