Materials
A material is not a single number.
Future material records will connect reported identity, role, observations, experimental context, and primary sources without collapsing different measurements into one property.
Record anatomy
Evidence model
Identity first.
Observation second.
A reported compound name does not establish an exact molecular structure. A measured value does not become an intrinsic material property when its environment changes.
Publication gate
What a record must carry.
The initial explorer will open only after source-backed records pass scientific and editorial review.
Stable identity
Record ID, reported name, class or role, aliases, and explicit structure status.
Contextual observations
Parameter, units, method, medium, host or solvent, concentration, temperature, and uncertainty where reported.
Traceable provenance
Source record, page or figure locator, evidence class, review state, reviewer, and date.