What this is
Header Automation
Header Automation remains under Systems Lab as a research archive. Violet helps explain what the experiment proved and what it did not.
Working Network · Systems Lab
Headers that know when the rule is not settled.
Research archive
The project explored how a document could choose the right header rule, show its source, and stop when the available information was incomplete.
What can be shown
- One working type-over-family rule example
- A clear list of missing source and fingerprint information
- Refusal controls and recovery tests built with fictional material
- Useful failures found through independent review
What remains open
- A new design that verifies the exact source before applying a rule
- Early rejection of ambiguous or conflicting input
- Recovery checks that return to the intended document and stage
Current limits
What visitors should know.
- The earlier design is retained as a research record because its trust checks were not strong enough
- No repair has been selected for use with real documents
- The current work supports learning and a future redesign