Point
A same-corpus reader control is required
A generic reader over the same documents is required to separate Atlas-specific context effects from typography, hierarchy, links, search, and navigation quality.
- Posture
- asserted
- Lifecycle
- active
A credible study gives a generic reader the same source corpus and useful baseline capabilities: hierarchy, full-text search, tables of contents, related pages, and direct document routes. This isolates the contribution of Point identity, Map-local context, state, relations, evidence roles, and provenance from the contribution of competent UI design.
The control is an experimental instrument, not the product Atlas is trying to replace. Tasks must be declared before outcome collection and should include known-document retrieval, authoritative explanation, lifecycle, cross-perspective understanding, evidence roles, and continuation. If a semantic feature adds no measured benefit, that feature should be simplified; reusable portal generation remains a separate baseline claim.
ControlsThe control must use the same corpus and credible generic reader features so interface quality is not misreported as a semantic effect.