Research · Roadmap
A program, not a schedule
Six research themes connect evidence, narrative architecture, discovery, compilation, experience design, and spatial heritage around lighthouse continuity.
Framing
Product, research, infrastructure, vision
Product is reviewed user-facing work: LUX Light Archive, Heritage Journeys, and public Story/Research experiences.
Research is unsettled method work that may produce prototypes, papers, or internal reports — not public fact until reviewed.
Infrastructure is the durable machinery: knowledge and evidence layers, QA, renderers, and publication boundaries.
Vision is trustworthy heritage intelligence — helping people recognize lighthouse heritage that is no longer obvious.
Theme 01
Evidence-grounded narrative infrastructure
Narration stays subordinate to evidence. The minimum contract before a claim appears in public Story must be explicit, reviewable, and source-backed.
Maturity: stable baseline. Trajectory 2026–2028: stabilize public evidence vocabulary, generalize provenance contracts, publish reusable patterns.
Theme 02
Narrative architecture and focus
Narrative focus lets readers follow an asset, place, route, or phenomenon without confusing the technical root object with the reader's subject.
Story and Research remain two renderers over one evidence base. Meaning stays authored and reviewed.
Maturity: active prototype.
Theme 03
Discovery, knowledge graph, and GraphRAG
Discovery finds candidates before authoring begins. Graph-assisted retrieval must return source-backed records and relations — never turn graph proximity into causation.
Maturity: active prototype.
Theme 04
Narrative compiler and guided authoring
The Narrative Compiler is warning-only: it compares authored plans with graph signals and flags unsupported claims. It does not write final prose or publish meaning.
Maturity: research pilot.
Theme 05
Experience architecture and AAA renderer
Immersive Story presentation must meet editorial, navigational, and trust polish on light.lux143.org — contrast discipline, chapter rhythm, and evidence handoff to Research.
Maturity: active prototype.
Theme 06
Spatial heritage and meaning layer
Places, routes, and landscapes may carry heritage meaning when evidence, rights, and publication boundaries support public presentation. Place-centered work remains internal until gates are met.
Maturity: research pilot.
Note
Not a public feature promise
This page describes research direction for the LUX143 ecosystem. It is not a publication schedule, product roadmap, or commitment to ship specific features.