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              "cites": [
                "token_rule:layout-3",
                "token_rule:density-6"
              ],
              "because": "Balanced, not asymmetric, and less empty than Japanese Minimalism."
            }
          ]
        },
        "input": {
          "name": "Input",
          "becomes": "A rounded card-white field with a thin oak edge and a label above.",
          "anatomy": [
            "card-white field",
            "2px oak border",
            "12px radius",
            "label above, 600"
          ],
          "tokens": {
            "background": "#FBF8F3",
            "border": "2px solid #B48A63",
            "radius": "12px"
          },
          "states": {
            "default": "Oak edge.",
            "focus": "Edge turns ink, 3px outline outside.",
            "error": "Message below in ink, beginning \"Error:\".",
            "disabled": "Linen fill, label says \"unavailable\"."
          },
          "accessibility": [
            "A visible label on every field.",
            "The oak edge is decoration; focus and error are marked in ink and words."
          ],
          "values": [
            {
              "rule": "Round the field and edge it in oak; put focus and errors in ink.",
              "basis": "translation",
              "cites": [
                "claim:failure-4",
                "token_rule:color-5"
              ],
              "because": "No sharp corners; oak is decoration only, never a carrier of meaning on its own."
            }
          ]
        },
        "navigation": {
          "name": "Navigation",
          "becomes": "A plain row of links underlined in oak; the current one sits on a rounded linen tab.",
          "anatomy": [
            "links in the page face",
            "oak underline",
            "current page on a rounded linen tab"
          ],
          "tokens": {
            "underline": "2px solid #C9A27C",
            "current": "#ECE5D9",
            "radius": "999px"
          },
          "states": {
            "default": "Ink text, oak underline.",
            "hover": "Underline turns oak-ink.",
            "focus": "3px ink outline.",
            "current": "Rounded linen tab, no link."
          },
          "accessibility": [
            "aria-current on the current page.",
            "Current is marked by shape and fill, not only colour."
          ],
          "values": [
            {
              "rule": "Mark the current page with a modest step, not a dramatic one.",
              "basis": "translation",
              "cites": [
                "token_rule:hierarchy-13"
              ],
              "because": "Rank by quiet emphasis: modest scale steps, no dramatic ratio anywhere."
            }
          ]
        }
      },
      "motion": {
        "spec": null,
        "rules": [
          {
            "rule": "Whether movement matters to this formation is an open question.",
            "basis": "not_recorded",
            "cites": [
              "claim:kcc:w2-motion-1"
            ],
            "guidance": "Keep state changes instant and add no entrance motion; some objects swivel or fold, but the sources do not make movement a trait.",
            "silence": "source"
          }
        ]
      },
      "dimensions": [
        {
          "key": "position",
          "label": "Where it sits",
          "summary": "Defined by its neighbours: warmer and more balanced than Swiss, less empty and less asymmetric than Japanese Minimalism.",
          "values": [
            {
              "rule": "Warmer and more balanced than Swiss Style; less empty and less asymmetric than Japanese Minimalism.",
              "basis": "record",
              "cites": [
                "token_rule:sm-r2"
              ]
            },
            {
              "rule": "Whether a unified \"Scandinavian design\" exists or was assembled for export is a live scholarly dispute.",
              "basis": "record",
              "cites": [
                "token_rule:sm-r1"
              ]
            },
            {
              "rule": "Never present minimalism as essentially Scandinavian.",
              "basis": "translation",
              "cites": [
                "claim:kcc:definition",
                "claim:kcc:technique-3"
              ],
              "because": "The reduced register and the \"minimalism\" framing are our reading; the formation spanned handicraft, applied art and industry."
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "notRecorded": [
        {
          "category": "typography",
          "what": "Letterforms",
          "why": "An open question: the literature has largely not examined graphic design in relation to Scandinavian Design."
        },
        {
          "category": "motion",
          "what": "Any motion",
          "why": "An open question: the sources do not treat movement as a trait of the formation."
        },
        {
          "category": "components",
          "what": "Interface conventions",
          "why": "The formation is furniture and objects; the four components are translations of the record's rules."
        }
      ],
      "silence": {
        "color": "source",
        "typography": "source",
        "gridLayout": "source",
        "shapeGeometry": "source",
        "imagery": "source",
        "components": "source",
        "motion": "source"
      },
      "uiNote": "The record documents interface conventions for Scandinavian Minimalism. These four components are contemporary builds on those conventions, not historical artefacts."
    }
  }
}