# Keep Release Reasoning as Records

## Context

Provisions state obligations, but they hold no question, no dated sources, and no conclusion a later change can cite.

## Decision

LiteSpec keeps its own research and decisions as consumer-shaped records under `docs/intent/research/` and `docs/intent/decisions/`, checked by `litespec-maintain validate` and shown by the site as a non-applied area.

## Evidence with Confidence

`research/comparable-rationale-practice` is read in full from five project templates, high confidence. `research/established-traceability-practice` rests on vendor restatements for the regulated regimes and a second-hand glossary quotation, medium confidence on those claims.