【Notice】Revision Notes on the FireMatch Empire Archive Numbering System

Document ID

Document ID: FM-ARCHIVE-0018 【PST】

Release Time: 2026-01-09 16:28

Official Notice

This document serves as a supplemental explanatory notice regarding the
FireMatch Official Public Archive System,
specifically addressing adjustments at the level of classification structure and interpretation of the numbering system.

This notice does not negate or replace the existing Archive System.
Rather, it builds upon the established framework to clearly document and semantically clarify
a set of structural adjustments that have already been put into practice.

I. Relationship to FM-ARCHIVE-0000

The foundational numbering rules of the FireMatch Official Public Archive
were formally established in [FM-ARCHIVE-0000],
FireMatch Archive Numbering System.

Within that framework, and as the project progressed through practical documentation use,
FireMatch Studio implemented a number of adjustments related to:

the real-world application of certain Archive categories; and
technical details concerning identifier length.

These adjustments have already been reflected in the current content of FM-ARCHIVE-0000.

This notice, FM-ARCHIVE-0020, exists to provide a
centralized, explicit, and traceable explanation
of those changes, in order to prevent future ambiguity in interpretation.

II. Reclassification of Former 【State】 Content

In earlier versions of the public Archive System,
there existed a category labeled:

【State】 — Archived State Records (fully determined development directions)

As the project entered a long-term development phase,
this category was found in practice to be inherently stage-bound and time-sensitive,
and therefore unsuitable for preservation as permanent, civilization-level public records.

Under the current documentation structure:

All content previously classified as
“【State】 — Archived State Records”
has been uniformly migrated and reclassified into the
development/ Development Stage information domain.

This change does not invalidate the judgments those records represented at the time of publication.
Instead, it clarifies their proper informational nature as:

tied to specific Development Stages;
subject to revision as the project evolves;
not carrying permanent, civilization-level canonical status.

III. Positioning of the `development/` Domain

The development/ domain is designated to contain all information
directly related to current Development Progress, stage status, and directional judgments,
including but not limited to:

Current Status notes;
Directional planning (non-binding);
Content confirmed as stable within the current stage;
Content not yet confirmed and still subject to change.

Content within this domain is explicitly stage-bound and time-sensitive:

It is not assigned FM-ARCHIVE identifiers;
It does not constitute part of the public civilization Archive;
It is not preserved as historically frozen record.

This separation exists to clearly distinguish between:

The history that a civilization formally remembers
and
the judgments a civilization makes at its current stage.

IV. Renaming of the 【Design】 Classification

In the early FireMatch public Archive System,
the 【Design】 category was used to contain:

explanations of design logic;
frameworks for system understanding;
civilization-level modes of expression and naming rules.

As the project evolved, this category name gradually developed semantic ambiguity,
and was increasingly misinterpreted as referring to concrete system implementation or engineering specifications.

In the current public Archive System, this ambiguity has been formally resolved:

The former classification
“【Design】 — Design Logic and System Definitions”
has been officially renamed to:
“【Expression】 — Civilization Language, Expression, and Record Systems.”

This renaming is a clarification at the level of categorical semantics.
It does not affect the historical identifiers or authoritative status of existing Archive Entries.

All public Archive Entries previously marked as 【Design】
are now uniformly recognized as 【Expression】 entries within the current system.

V. Supplemental Notes on FM-ARCHIVE Identifier Length

In consideration of the long-term growth of the FireMatch Official Public Archive,
the Archive identifier format has been expanded
from a three-digit sequential system to a four-digit sequential system.

Specifically:

Former format:
FM-ARCHIVE-XXX
Current format:
FM-ARCHIVE-XXXX

This expansion does not alter the historical ordering represented by Archive identifiers.
Its sole purpose is to increase the long-term capacity and maintainability of the numbering system.

VI. Effective Status

This notice is supplemental in nature,
intended to clearly articulate the currently enforced interpretations and structural assignments.

Its contents take effect immediately upon publication
and, together with FM-ARCHIVE-0000,
constitute the authoritative interpretive basis of the
FireMatch Official Public Archive System.

— FireMatch Studio