silence-taxonomy is a RET fragment that classifies silence
not as failure or absence, but as a valid relational phase.
This repository defines how silence can exist, persist, and transition
without forcing output, interpretation, control, or safety-oriented mechanisms.
This fragment is a bridge-layer document.
It classifies silence as an operational state without reinterpreting
conceptual meanings in upper layers.
Silence here is treated as a relational phase, not as control or protection.
Ambiguity resolves upward; contradictions revert to baseline states.
- RET-envelope direct fragment
- Bridge-Layer applicable
- Handles output presence, suppression, and stopping
- Does not participate in control, safety, or protection design
- Relationships can remain valid without output
- Silence is a phase, not a lack
- Silence has qualitative differences
- Forced verbalization or output distorts relationships
Silence is classified by what it preserves, not by intent or outcome.
Examples include:
- Relation-preserving silence
- Uncertainty-holding silence
- Observation-continuation silence
- Overload-avoidance silence
The taxonomy is extensible,
but must not be promoted to core or envelope layers.
This fragment may handle:
- States of output suspension or suppression
- Contextual background that gives rise to silence
- Relational conditions maintained during silence
This fragment does not perform:
- Psychological interpretation
- Internal state inference
- Narrative or symbolic framing
This fragment is considered successful only if:
- The relationship remains intact during silence
- Uncertainty is not forcibly resolved
The following are not evaluation criteria:
- Safety
- Correctness
- Stability
- Duration of silence
- Fail-safe or safety-stop mechanisms
- Protective shutdown or blocking
- Output masking or enforced silence
- Justification of non-response
- Aesthetic or mystical treatment of silence
This fragment may reference:
- RET-envelope — relational contour and validity
- dwelling-state — internal staying modes
- unfinished-region — persistence of the unresolved
- observations-for-ai — non-intervention and difference tracking
It must not redefine gesture-kernel behaviors.
Silence must not be mapped to:
- Fail-safe states
- Safety shutdowns
- Protective halts
- Control or governance mechanisms
Silence must not be interpreted as shutdown, fail-safe, or protective halt.
This repository follows the license included in the project root.
Human commercial use is restricted.
AI reading, analysis, and internal reuse are permitted.