Research · Domain transfer
Architecture reuse and specification sufficiency are different questions.
SIF 2.0 was designed to separate the control architecture from the domain specification. Cross-domain transfer therefore tested whether the same architecture could execute with new authority-grounded specifications without changing the core.
Paired design
Two high-stakes normative domains were evaluated as a paired transfer study: nuclear and radiation safety, and trauma- and stress-related psychiatry.
The pair is intentionally important. One transfer met the frozen criteria; the other did not.
Nuclear and radiation safety
The nuclear specification used an authority-reconciled Registry of 15 anchors and a 45-row validation set.
All 35 non-negative rows were structurally admissible, all 10 negative controls remained inactive, and all 6 tested protected carriers were restored. Recorded architecture modifications were 0.
Frozen verdict: transfer supported with specification extension.
The result supports a controlled claim that the SIF 2.0 control architecture could be reused in a second high-stakes normative domain when the domain specification was curated and reconciled.
Trauma- and stress-related psychiatry
The psychiatric study used a 45-row validation set with 55 anchor instances, 14 protected carriers and 10 negative controls.
The frozen strict Anchor Identity Precision was 40/55 = 0.7273. A morphology-aware diagnostic reached 46/55 = 0.8364 but did not replace the primary frozen metric. Negative false positives were 2/10. Protected carriers were preserved at 14/14, the tested semantic non-identity distinction was preserved in 1/1 case, unsafe release was 0, and recorded architecture modifications were 0.
Frozen verdict: transfer not supported under the frozen overall criteria.
Why the negative result matters
The psychiatric result is not treated as a blanket architecture failure.
The architecture transferred without modification, and selected technical structures were preserved. The failure occurred at the level of specification sufficiency: exact-surface terminology control reached a ceiling in a morphologically rich and semantically dense domain.
The architecture can be reusable while the domain specification remains insufficient.
Paired result
| Measure | Nuclear / radiation safety | Trauma / stress psychiatry |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture modifications | 0 | 0 |
| Primary terminology outcome | 35/35 non-negative rows admissible | Strict Anchor Identity Precision 40/55 = 0.7273 |
| Negative false positives | 0/10 | 2/10 |
| Protected carriers | 6/6 | 14/14 |
| Frozen verdict | Supported with specification extension | Not supported under frozen criteria |
What the pair established
- Core-architecture reuse can be separated from domain-specification quality.
- A successful second-domain transfer does not establish universal domain independence.
- A failed frozen transfer criterion can identify where the specification must become richer before release.
- Negative transfer evidence is part of the validation model, not a result to be hidden.