Author: Jiarui Liu
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Release Note: v1.0
Release date: January 2026Status: Active / Calibration Phase This release marks the first public prototype of TCI. Version 1.0 establishes the core methodology and classification schema and introduces an initial validation set of cases spanning technical and institutional domains. Included Cases Scope and Limitations The v1.0 dataset is intentionally tiny. Its purpose is to validate…
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Case CI-MET-ASTOR: The Astor Court Visitor Guide
Case ID CI-MET-ASTOR Status Documented Failure (Institutional / Educational) Domains Linguistic; Institutional; Educational Systems Source System Integrated epistemology of Chinese literati gardens, in which meaning emerges from relational synthesis, embodied experience, and processual engagement (e.g., jingjie as an achieved state arising from the interaction of external environment and internal cultivation). Target System Western museum educational…
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Case CI-1983-AC143: The Air Canada “Glider” Incident
Case IDCI-1983-AC143 StatusCritical Failure (Historical) DomainsAerospace Engineering; Metrology Source SystemMetric fuel measurement (kilograms per liter) Target SystemImperial fuel calculation (pounds per gallon) Translation OperationManual unit conversion performed during refueling under partial instrumentation failure. Failure ModeSilent unit mismatch Observable ImpactAircraft received approximately 50% of required fuel load, resulting in dual engine flameout at cruising altitude. Root…
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Introducing The Conversion Index
v1.0 — Initial Prototype The Conversion Index is a research prototype documenting failure modes in the transfer of knowledge between incompatible systems. It defines a conversion as the operational transfer of a concept, quantity, or procedure from a source system to a target system, and focuses on cases where this transfer produces measurable loss, distortion,…
