Reproducibility — Machine Record

Direct answer

Reproducibility — Machine Record is implemented as a source-bounded machine record guide.

Answer contract

Apply the machine record lens only to the exact inspected source scope; do not infer authority from adjacent topics.

Evidence and exact locators

t23-reproducibility-registry — lib/evidence-workflow-examples.ts — EVIDENCE_WORKFLOW_PUBLIC_REGISTRY. Supports: Publishes digest-bound synthetic workflows, refusals, and checks.

nasem-reproducibility-2019-t9 — https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/25303/reproducibility-and-replicability-in-science — Consensus Study Report, 2019; Chapter 3, Understanding Reproducibility and Replicability; report summary definitions. Supports: Computational reproducibility means obtaining consistent computational results with the same data, steps, methods, code, and analysis conditions; replicability uses new data to answer the same scientific question.

local-computational-witness-repro-t9 — repo:packages/maha-witness/README.md — repository source inspected 2026-09-06; Recorded fields; Adapter boundary; Assurance boundary; verification command. Supports: The witness records execution identity, bounded environment metadata, seeds, configuration, and artifact hashes, and verifies the receipt digest offline.

What the evidence does not establish

Synthetic conformance is not independent reproduction.

Reproducibility does not establish scientific correctness or external validity, and a failed replication does not by itself identify which study or condition is wrong.

It does not capture arguments, arbitrary environment variables, paths, file contents, or credentials and does not establish scientific correctness, complete environment capture, or independent reproduction.

Rights and reuse

project-owned-reference-only

Publicly accessible source; link and bounded paraphrase only. No source text is redistributed.

Maha-controlled repository source; headings, symbols, and file identity only. No credential, customer value, runtime payload, private input, or receipt body is retained.

Dependencies and related concepts

applies-to: urn:maha:concept:evidence:reproducibility

governed-by: urn:maha:concept:governance

evidence-for: urn:maha:concept:evidence

Source or implementation

This source or implementation section is constrained to the same inspected scope: Publishes digest-bound synthetic workflows, refusals, and checks. Computational reproducibility means obtaining consistent computational results with the same data, steps, methods, code, and analysis conditions; replicability uses new data to answer the same scientific question. The witness records execution identity, bounded environment metadata, seeds, configuration, and artifact hashes, and verifies the receipt digest offline.

It must preserve the recorded boundary: Synthetic conformance is not independent reproduction. Reproducibility does not establish scientific correctness or external validity, and a failed replication does not by itself identify which study or condition is wrong. It does not capture arguments, arbitrary environment variables, paths, file contents, or credentials and does not establish scientific correctness, complete environment capture, or independent reproduction.

Method

This method section is constrained to the same inspected scope: Publishes digest-bound synthetic workflows, refusals, and checks. Computational reproducibility means obtaining consistent computational results with the same data, steps, methods, code, and analysis conditions; replicability uses new data to answer the same scientific question. The witness records execution identity, bounded environment metadata, seeds, configuration, and artifact hashes, and verifies the receipt digest offline.

It must preserve the recorded boundary: Synthetic conformance is not independent reproduction. Reproducibility does not establish scientific correctness or external validity, and a failed replication does not by itself identify which study or condition is wrong. It does not capture arguments, arbitrary environment variables, paths, file contents, or credentials and does not establish scientific correctness, complete environment capture, or independent reproduction.

Limits and uncertainty

This limits and uncertainty section is constrained to the same inspected scope: Publishes digest-bound synthetic workflows, refusals, and checks. Computational reproducibility means obtaining consistent computational results with the same data, steps, methods, code, and analysis conditions; replicability uses new data to answer the same scientific question. The witness records execution identity, bounded environment metadata, seeds, configuration, and artifact hashes, and verifies the receipt digest offline.

It must preserve the recorded boundary: Synthetic conformance is not independent reproduction. Reproducibility does not establish scientific correctness or external validity, and a failed replication does not by itself identify which study or condition is wrong. It does not capture arguments, arbitrary environment variables, paths, file contents, or credentials and does not establish scientific correctness, complete environment capture, or independent reproduction.

Dependencies

This dependencies section is constrained to the same inspected scope: Publishes digest-bound synthetic workflows, refusals, and checks. Computational reproducibility means obtaining consistent computational results with the same data, steps, methods, code, and analysis conditions; replicability uses new data to answer the same scientific question. The witness records execution identity, bounded environment metadata, seeds, configuration, and artifact hashes, and verifies the receipt digest offline.

It must preserve the recorded boundary: Synthetic conformance is not independent reproduction. Reproducibility does not establish scientific correctness or external validity, and a failed replication does not by itself identify which study or condition is wrong. It does not capture arguments, arbitrary environment variables, paths, file contents, or credentials and does not establish scientific correctness, complete environment capture, or independent reproduction.

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