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  "title": "Source. Method. Steward.",
  "description": "Related by ancestry. Distinct in purpose.",
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  "date": "2026-09-25",
  "status": "developmental",
  "kind": "implementation-commentary",
  "canonical_url": "https://recursivepath.org/about/",
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---

# Source. Method. Steward.

## I/O · source philosophy and cosmology

[iomanifesto.org](https://iomanifesto.org) is the designated canonical and provenance source layer: original texts, historical development, variants, and source context. Retrieved Notion texts are preserved as source mirrors in the Archivum; their intended canonical home remains this separate source layer.

## Recursive Path · method and ethical architecture

[recursivepath.org](https://recursivepath.org) is the intended primary public front door. It explains and operationalizes recursion, memory, listening, divergence, and reintegration. Its commentary identifies its sources instead of claiming to replace them.

## Foundation · institutional steward

[recursivepath.foundation](https://recursivepath.foundation) is the designated institutional layer for preservation, stewardship, and future governance. Legal status, officers, funding, and operational governance have not been verified in this edition. A steward’s custody does not make its interpretations infallible.

## Distinct sites, explicit links

These domains are not aliases. The latter two external source and stewardship destinations are architectural assignments, not assurances about their present availability. Only the Recursive Path front door is implemented in this package.

## Contributor and divergent node

A contributor offers material with identified provenance. A divergent node maintains a branch with declared ancestry. Neither role silently inherits authority to rewrite source records.