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Appendix G — Glossary
Scroll A formally structured, validator-sealed digital artifact encoding research content, authorship, licensing, and semantic continuation metadata.
ScrollChain An immutable registry layer recording scroll identifiers, validator seals, timestamps, and continuation relationships.
Digital Fabrica Theory (DFT) A formal reasoning framework structuring scientific logic as verifiable, ethically bounded, and semantically continuous digital artifacts.
Validator Circle The governance body responsible for reviewing, certifying, and sealing scroll submissions and milestone completions.
Frontier Challenge Registry (FCR) A structured index of formally defined scientific challenges governed under NMF protocols.
Milestone Certification Validator-confirmed verification of structured progress within a registered challenge.
Catalyst Fund The escrow-based funding mechanism supporting milestone-aligned research progress.
Kernel Stack The modular enforcement architecture (Signature, Ethics, Legal, Ontology, Treasury, Audit).
Escrow Mechanism Structured capital allocation held pending validator-certified milestone completion.
Semantic Continuation The structured extension of research artifacts through formally linked derivative scrolls preserving attribution lineage.