docs/caad/architecture/grounding/grounding-manifest.md

Grounding Knowledge Base — Provenance Manifest

Real-world, working references downloaded to ground Lantern OS design decisions in solved problems from across human industry — not AI metaphors. PDFs are git-ignored (large, re-downloadable); this manifest is the tracked record. Every SHA-256 and page count below was measured from the downloaded file, not asserted.

Restore rule: external reference, not stored knowledge. These ground design choices; they never enter the CSF/CADD flywheel except through the DCF→NAP→CCF gates.

Manifest (measured)

Industry File Pages KB SHA-256(16) Source License Grounds
AI governance NIST-AI-RMF-1.0-AI.100-1.pdf 48 1901 7576edb531d98488 NIST AI 100-1 (US Gov) Public domain Governance pipeline DCF/NAP/CCF/AAPF; regulatory moat
AI governance NIST-SP-800-92-Log-Management.pdf 72 1719 466c3ab1580bc3b2 NIST SP 800-92 (US Gov) Public domain AAPF audit-log/provenance discipline
aerospace/systems NASA-Systems-Engineering-Handbook-SP-2016-6105-Rev2.pdf 297 3685 8eeb4887a4dc57a2 NASA SP-2016-6105 Rev2 Public domain Verify stage; build-it-right discipline
information theory Shannon-1948-Mathematical-Theory-of-Communication.pdf 55 358 6e4e3411984f3edf Shannon(Harvard host) © Bell/Nokia, academic use — reference only Compression / Kolmogorov / π floor
agriculture industry-agriculture_USDA-National-Organic-Farming-Handbook.pdf 43 5711 9c737f5efe233f5c USDA NRCS 190-612-H Public domain Working farm-systems manual
aviation industry-aviation_FAA-Pilots-Handbook-Aeronautical-Knowledge.pdf 524 54818 9c07502b29fc1e23 FAA-H-8083-25 (US Gov) Public domain Pilot working knowledge manual
aviation industry-aviation_FAA-Aviation-Maintenance-Technician-Handbook-General.pdf 677 90371 0a39c01bbc454e77 FAA-H-8083-30 (US Gov) Public domain Aircraft maintenance working manual
defense/medical industry-defense_US-Army-FM-4-25.11-First-Aid.pdf 224 2397 f4b7d1e5f3597d81 US Army FM 4-25.11 Public domain Field first-aid working manual
earth science industry-earth-science_USGS-This-Dynamic-Earth.pdf 77 3694 61be59c6ce15a0d1 USGS (US Gov) Public domain Plate-tectonics reference
economics/finance industry-economics_OpenStax-Principles-of-Economics.pdf 948 13845 a92031388e23f7d5 OpenStax CC BY 4.0 Economics working textbook
energy/power industry-energy_DOE-Fundamentals-Thermodynamics-Heat-Fluid.pdf 82 1011 0930365baf0f404d DOE-HDBK-1012 Public domain (US Gov; mirror host) Thermo / heat / fluid working handbook
food service industry-food_FDA-Food-Code-2022.pdf 668 4873 aa523bbee8e4fd90 FDA Food Code(US Gov) Public domain Food-safety working code
healthcare industry-healthcare_WHO-Surgical-Care-District-Hospital.pdf 514 6798 747007a0ad9cd75a WHO 2003 © WHO, free for academic use — reference only District-hospital surgical manual
maritime industry-maritime_Bowditch-American-Practical-Navigator.pdf 1542 130740 5c1ff945e5671a6a Bowditch / US Navy (Internet Archive) Public domain Practical navigation manual

Industry coverage (honest)

14 manuals acrossdomains. Two-per-industry reached: AI governance, aviation. The rest have one working manual each; a clean second is pending — several official hosts (US Coast Guard, the DOE standards portal) block automated download or serve HTML viewers, so the 2nd-per-industry sweep needs another verify pass.

Not yet covered (candidates for the next pass): construction/civil (FHWA MUTCD, USACE engineering manuals), manufacturing/industrial safety (full NIOSH Pocket Guide, OSHA), law, telecom (ITU), chemistry (OpenStax), education.

License note (honesty)

  • US-Gov works (NIST, NASA, FAA, USDA, USGS, FDA, US Army, Bowditch) are public domain.
  • OpenStax is CC BY 4.0 (redistributable with attribution).
  • Shannonand WHOare not public domain — freely distributed for

academic use; logged here as reference-only (PDFs git-ignored, not redistributed).

  • DOE handbook content is public domain (US Gov) but was fetched from a mirror, not

the official portal (which served an HTML viewer); flagged accordingly.

Re-fetch

All files re-downloadable from their sources. Rebuild by re-running the download + verify steps and confirming the SHA-256(16) prefixes above match.