# OCT (Ordinative Category Theory)

English OCT corpus for public dissemination and reproducible validation.

## Scope

This folder contains the OCT research materials in English for:
- GitHub public repository content
- Zenodo deposits
- OSF deposits
- Hugging Face documentation/dataset cards

## Notes

- This is an English publication mirror of the OCT research corpus.
- Translation was generated automatically and then normalized on key technical terminology.
- A final human editorial pass is recommended before journal-level submission.

## Start Here

1. `START_HERE_OCT.md`
2. `OCT_BOOK/OCT_FOUNDATIONAL_BOOK_CHAPTER_01_v1_0.md`
3. `OCT_FULL/OCT_FOUNDATIONAL_BOOK_FULL_v1_0.md`
4. `OCT_BOOK_LATEX/README.md`
5. `validation/OCT_PUBLICATION_PROGRESS_TRACKER_v0_1.md`
6. `validation/OCT_UPDATE_PLAN_v5_3.md`
7. `validation/external_reviews_2026-05-01/anti_patterns_validation.md`
8. `validation/external_reviews_2026-05-01/a01_gate_design.md`
9. `validation/OCT_EX_ANTE_PROXY_GATE_POLICY_v0_1.md`
10. `validation/templates/OCT_PROXY_PREVALIDATION_SHEET_v0_1.md`
11. `validation/OCT_CLAIM_TYPE_ANTIPATTERN_CHECKLIST_v0_1.md`
12. `validation/CYCLE_5_2026-05-01/CYCLE_5_OVERVIEW_v0_1.md`
13. `validation/runtime/README.md`

## Legacy Material

- `OCT_FOUNDATIONAL_OPERA_PREPRINT_CANDIDATE_v1_0.md` and related preprint files are preserved for traceability.
- The `OCT_BOOK` and `OCT_FULL` folders represent the current working manuscript state.
