Direct answer
Research Release, in this definition, is limited to the following inspected scope. Persistent version and correction relationships. Reasons for retraction and durable notice requirements. The answer carries the source boundaries forward and does not infer authority from a neighboring topic.
Term boundaries and disambiguation
Use the term only for the source-backed scope stated here; keep adjacent concepts separate unless a typed relationship is explicit.
A useful definition states both inclusion and exclusion conditions so a machine answer cannot silently widen it.
Applied scope: Persistent version and correction relationships. Reasons for retraction and durable notice requirements.
Definition and operating context
The canonical concept owner is maha-research. This route may apply evidence; it cannot redefine or inherit the authority of its canonical owner.
This property may publish research objects, machine-readable provenance, reproduction protocols. It must not publish sales copy or unsupported interpretation.
Evidence and exact locators
Versioning — Versioning: corrections, retractions, and version relationships. Establishes: Persistent version and correction relationships.
Retraction Guidelines — Sections 2–4: when to retract and form of notices. Establishes: Reasons for retraction and durable notice requirements.
What the evidence does not establish
Crossref guidance does not define Maha release authority.
COPE guidance concerns scholarly publication ethics, not software deployment.
This route must not claim sales copy.
This route must not claim unsupported interpretation.
Related definitions and applications
localDefinition: https://research.mahastrategies.com/federation/research/research-release/definition
canonical-family-owner-definition-first: https://research.mahastrategies.com/federation/research/source-identity/definition
same-topic-application: https://research.mahastrategies.com/federation/research/research-release/fixture
same-topic-application: https://research.mahastrategies.com/federation/research/research-release/relationships
same-topic-application: https://research.mahastrategies.com/federation/research/research-release/protocol
property-home: https://research.mahastrategies.com/
same-topic-application: https://research.mahastrategies.com/federation/research/research-release/failure-mode
same-topic-application: https://research.mahastrategies.com/federation/research/research-release/machine-record
Questions this page can answer
What does Research Release mean in this bounded context?
Research Release, in this definition, is limited to the following inspected scope. Persistent version and correction relationships. Reasons for retraction and durable notice requirements. The answer carries the source boundaries forward and does not infer authority from a neighboring topic.
Which inspected sources establish the definition answer?
Versioning (living guidance inspected 2026-09-05), at Versioning: corrections, retractions, and version relationships, supports persistent version and correction relationships. Retraction Guidelines (version 2, November 2019), at Sections 2–4: when to retract and form of notices, supports reasons for retraction and durable notice requirements.
What does the evidence not establish?
Crossref guidance does not define Maha release authority. COPE guidance concerns scholarly publication ethics, not software deployment. Property boundary: This route may apply evidence; it cannot redefine or inherit the authority of its canonical owner.
Which canonical definition must be read first?
Read the maha-research definition at https://research.mahastrategies.com/federation/research/source-identity/definition first. The present page applies that definition through its narrower route role.
What change would require this page to be revised or withdrawn?
Re-evaluate this page when a cited source, locator, governing instrument, local implementation, or canonical definition changes. Publication also requires a matching exact-revision review and active canonical release.