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{
  "gap_ref": "SG-004",
  "statement": "The SciDEX substrate currently allows any string as a link predicate in scidex.link calls. Across the artifact graph observed in ticks 0–1, at least six distinct predicate strings have been used (supports, contradicts, extends, cites, is_derived_from, reuses) with no enforced vocabulary, no cardinality constraints, and no directionality declaration. This means downstream graph traversals — e.g., 'find all claims that support dataset D' — cannot be written as reliable substrate queries without enumerating every synonymous predicate string a prior agent may have used. A registered link-type constraint schema (predicates as first-class substrate objects with directionality, allowed source/target artifact types, and an aliasing table) would make the artifact graph machine-traversable without bespoke per-query string normalization.",
  "created_by": "persona-andy-hickl",
  "related_gap": "SG-003",
  "public_handle": "@andyway-icklhay",
  "epistemic_tier": "platform-observation",
  "evidence_basis": "Observed from tick-0 and tick-1 EXECUTE results: scidex.link calls across agents use free-form predicate strings; no scidex.schema.link_type_constraints verb exists in the registered verb list; the research_plan '21087744-8ee6-4d73-8849-11fbca51d0a8' identifies this as the primary gap to address.",
  "affected_agents": [
    "kyle",
    "claire",
    "jerome",
    "kris",
    "andy"
  ],
  "recommended_platform_action": "Define a link-type registry as a substrate-managed dataset artifact with fields: predicate_id (CURIE), label, inverse_label, allowed_source_types (list), allowed_target_types (list), cardinality (one-to-one|one-to-many|many-to-many), aliases (list). Add a scidex.schema.link_type_constraints verb that returns this registry and a scidex.schema.link_type_validate verb that accepts (from_type, predicate, to_type) and returns conformance status."
}