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ORDERING & SERIALIZATION

Stable order for reproducible diffs—not ranking.

Deterministic ordering exists for reproducibility and diffability. It is not popularity, relevance, recommendation, importance or scientific-confidence ranking.

RULES8
PASSING3
FAILING5
ascending

catalog

id · sorted

ascending

claims

id · attention

ascending

sources

id · attention

newest-first

changelog

date then source order · sorted

ascending

categories

slug · attention

ascending

descriptors

slug · attention

ascending

types

slug · attention

ascending

snapshots

snapshot date (from the snapshot ID), then registration order · sorted

/data/ordering.json

Machine ordering contract

Deterministic order and serialization rules.

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