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# OE-0002: Core Vocabulary
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**Status:** Draft
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**Version:** 0.2.0-draft
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**Depends on:** OE-0001 (Foundation)
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**Phase:** The Bedrock Phase
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## Overview
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Engineers across disciplines share a conceptual vocabulary. Open Engineer documents that vocabulary's grammar — the precise definitions, relationships, and boundaries of terms that carry specific meaning within this standard.
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All terms defined here must be used consistently across all specification documents, RFCs, and reference materials. The authoritative editorial rules governing terminology are defined in `reference/editorial-principles.md` (see: Enduring Concept Test, Single Responsibility).
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## Terms
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### Bedrock (reality basis)
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Within this standard, the physical world and its constraints — materials, physics, the behavior of systems under load — which does not change regardless of an engineer's model of it. Where ambiguity with geotechnical usage is possible, the phrase "reality basis" is used as an unambiguous synonym. (Source: OE-0001)
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### The Thread
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The model of knowledge continuity through which engineering understanding passes between practitioners over time. The thread has defined properties: it requires deliberate maintenance, carries understanding rather than just information, has measurable integrity, and breaks when context is lost. (Source: OE-0001)
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### Engineering Context
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The structured record of the reasoning behind an engineering decision, including the observations, alternatives, constraints, and verification that produced it. The minimum required structure is defined in OE-0003. (Source: OE-0003)
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### Observation
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A verifiable encounter with reality, either direct (through measurement or experiment) or corroborated (independently confirmed by multiple traditions or domains). See OE-0004 for the full taxonomy. (Source: OE-0004)
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### Corroborated Observation
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An observation reported by a source outside direct engineering practice that has been independently confirmed by engineering evidence or by independent confirmation across multiple traditions. (Source: OE-0004)
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### Survey
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A structured assessment of the current state of engineering understanding on a specific topic, aggregating observations, identifying patterns, and flagging gaps. (Source: OE-0005)
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### Understanding
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A contextualized model of reality derived from observation and organized through survey. Understanding is the state an engineer reaches when they can explain not only what a system does, but why it was designed that way, what alternatives were considered, and what trade-offs were made. Understanding is distinct from information: information is the raw material; understanding is the structured relationship between information, context, and reality. (Source: OE-0006)
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### Verification
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The process of testing understanding against reality. Understanding is provisional until verified. See OE-0007. (Source: OE-0007)
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### Decision
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A choice made within a specific context, informed by observation and bounded by constraints, preserved as a structured record. See OE-0008. (Source: OE-0008)
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### Stewardship
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The obligation to maintain and improve engineering knowledge for future practitioners. Stewardship is the transmit discipline: the responsibility to pass knowledge forward in better condition than it was received. See OE-0009. (Source: OE-0009)
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### Inheritance
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The act of receiving and engaging with engineering knowledge from prior work. Inheritance is the receive discipline: the responsibility to actively understand what has been passed down, not merely to possess it. See OE-0010. (Source: OE-0010)
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### Spiral Re-evaluation
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The process of returning to previously examined questions with additional experience or evidence, producing progressively deeper understanding. (Source: OE-0001)
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### Translation
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The process of converting an observation from any domain into precise engineering language. Translation extracts the observation while discarding the surrounding ideology. The authoritative rules governing translation are defined in `reference/editorial-principles.md`. (Source: OE-0001, `reference/editorial-principles.md`)
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### Amendment
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The disciplined, verified extension or modification of the standard's body of knowledge through the change workflow defined in OE-0011. (Source: OE-0011)
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### Enduring Concept
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A concept identified by its function rather than by any technology that currently expresses it. Enduring concepts survive technology change. The test for enduring-concept compliance is defined in `reference/editorial-principles.md`. (Source: `laws/engineering-laws.md`, `reference/editorial-principles.md`)
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## Applicable Laws
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This document is governed by all Engineering Laws defined in `laws/engineering-laws.md`. |