%Excellent --- this is exactly the right instinct. You're not just %publishing a paper --- you're proposing to \emph{reformulate the %conceptual taxonomy of AI}, which will draw both \textbf{methodological %and political} scrutiny. %Below is a \textbf{multi-stage verification and readiness procedure} you %can adopt before public release, whether for arXiv, ACM, or journal %submission. It combines academic rigor, reproducibility standards, and %domain-specific validation for the ``taxonomy-proposal'' genre. \documentclass[12pt]{article} \usepackage{longtable} \usepackage{amsmath,amsthm,mathtools} \usepackage[a4paper,margin=1in]{geometry} %\usepackage{times} \usepackage[T1]{fontenc} \usepackage{newtxtext,newtxmath} % unified serif + math fonts \usepackage{microtype} % optional quality %(If you switch to LuaLaTeX/XeLaTeX later, instead use %\usepackage{fontspec}\setmainfont{TeX Gyre Termes} \usepackage{natbib} \usepackage{hyperref} \usepackage{enumitem} \usepackage{booktabs} \usepackage{doi} \usepackage{tikz} \usetikzlibrary{arrows.meta,positioning,fit,calc} \usepackage{pgfplots} \usepgfplotslibrary{polar} \usepackage{color} \colorlet{shadecolor}{orange!15} \usepackage{fancyvrb} \usepackage{framed} \definecolor{shadecolor}{RGB}{243,243,243} % Shaded block (Pandoc-style) \newenvironment{Shaded}{\begin{snugshade}}{\end{snugshade}} % Highlighting as a true verbatim env (no trailing-token issues) \DefineVerbatimEnvironment{Highlighting}{Verbatim}{commandchars=\\\{\}} \makeatletter \@for\tok:=NormalTok,ExtensionTok,KeywordTok,StringTok,CommentTok,FunctionTok\do{% \expandafter\providecommand\csname \tok\endcsname[1]{##1}% } \makeatother \newcommand{\Lrn}{\textbf{Lrn}} % Learnon — Parametric learning \newcommand{\Evo}{\textbf{Evo}} % Evolon — Population adaptation \newcommand{\Sym}{\textbf{Sym}} % Symbion — Symbolic inference \newcommand{\Prb}{\textbf{Prb}} % Probion — Probabilistic inference \newcommand{\Sch}{\textbf{Sch}} % Scholon — Search & planning \newcommand{\Ctl}{\textbf{Ctl}} % Controlon — Control & estimation \newcommand{\Swm}{\textbf{Swm}} % Swarmon — Collective/swarm \newcommand{\hyb}[1]{\textsc{#1}} % hybrid spec styling (e.g., \hyb{Lrn+Sch}) % Toggles and figure sizes (larger for readability) % Toggles and figure sizes (larger for readability) \newif\iftwocol \twocolfalse \newcommand{\figureW}{0.95\textwidth} \newcommand{\figureH}{0.62\textwidth} \begin{document} \begin{center}\rule{0.5\linewidth}{0.5pt}\end{center} \hypertarget{structural-and-citation-integrity-checks}{% \subsection{🧩 1. Structural and Citation Integrity Checks}\label{structural-and-citation-integrity-checks}} \begin{longtable}[]{@{}lll@{}} \toprule \begin{minipage}[b]{0.08\columnwidth}\raggedright Goal\strut \end{minipage} & \begin{minipage}[b]{0.67\columnwidth}\raggedright Verification Action\strut \end{minipage} & \begin{minipage}[b]{0.15\columnwidth}\raggedright Tool / Method\strut \end{minipage}\tabularnewline \midrule \endhead \begin{minipage}[t]{0.08\columnwidth}\raggedright \textbf{All citations present}\strut \end{minipage} & \begin{minipage}[t]{0.67\columnwidth}\raggedright Parse \texttt{.aux} or \texttt{.log} for ``Citation undefined'' warnings.\strut \end{minipage} & \begin{minipage}[t]{0.15\columnwidth}\raggedright \texttt{latexmk\ -bibtex} and \texttt{grep\ \textquotesingle{}Citation\textquotesingle{}\ main.log}\strut \end{minipage}\tabularnewline \begin{minipage}[t]{0.08\columnwidth}\raggedright \textbf{BibTeX completeness}\strut \end{minipage} & \begin{minipage}[t]{0.67\columnwidth}\raggedright Validate every \texttt{\textbackslash{}cite\{key\}} has a matching \texttt{@entry} with fields \texttt{author}, \texttt{title}, \texttt{year}, \texttt{source}.\strut \end{minipage} & \begin{minipage}[t]{0.15\columnwidth}\raggedright \texttt{bibtool\ -s\ -d\ -r\ check.rsc\ references.bib}\strut \end{minipage}\tabularnewline \begin{minipage}[t]{0.08\columnwidth}\raggedright \textbf{Citation relevance}\strut \end{minipage} & \begin{minipage}[t]{0.67\columnwidth}\raggedright Manually verify that each cited source supports the statement. This includes: (1) standards mentioned in Related Work; (2) foundational theoretical citations in mathematical sections; (3) classic AI exemplars.\strut \end{minipage} & \begin{minipage}[t]{0.15\columnwidth}\raggedright Reading verification checklist (see below)\strut \end{minipage}\tabularnewline \begin{minipage}[t]{0.08\columnwidth}\raggedright \textbf{Self-consistency}\strut \end{minipage} & \begin{minipage}[t]{0.67\columnwidth}\raggedright Check that each reference to a class (\Lrn, \Evo, \ldots) matches the definitions and equations in §3--5.\strut \end{minipage} & \begin{minipage}[t]{0.15\columnwidth}\raggedright Full-text search for ``Lrn'', ``Evo'', etc.\strut \end{minipage}\tabularnewline \begin{minipage}[t]{0.08\columnwidth}\raggedright \textbf{Cross-referencing}\strut \end{minipage} & \begin{minipage}[t]{0.67\columnwidth}\raggedright Confirm all figures/tables/sections compile without ``??''.\strut \end{minipage} & \begin{minipage}[t]{0.15\columnwidth}\raggedright \texttt{latexmk} warnings summary\strut \end{minipage}\tabularnewline \begin{minipage}[t]{0.08\columnwidth}\raggedright \textbf{DOI and URL validation}\strut \end{minipage} & \begin{minipage}[t]{0.67\columnwidth}\raggedright Run a link checker or Python script (e.g., \texttt{requests.head()}) to verify DOIs/URLs resolve.\strut \end{minipage} & \begin{minipage}[t]{0.15\columnwidth}\raggedright \texttt{bibtex-tidy\ -\/-check-urls\ references.bib}\strut \end{minipage}\tabularnewline \bottomrule \end{longtable} \emph{Checklist for manual relevance verification} For each citation: \begin{enumerate} \def\labelenumi{\arabic{enumi}.} %\tightlist \item Read the cited paragraph and the cited source's abstract. \item Confirm it is \textbf{supporting evidence}, not merely tangential. \item If a reference covers multiple claims, annotate page/section numbers (e.g., \texttt{\textbackslash{}citep{[}§2{]}\{ISO23053\}}). \end{enumerate} \begin{center}\rule{0.5\linewidth}{0.5pt}\end{center} \hypertarget{conceptual-and-taxonomic-soundness-review}{% \subsection{🧭 2. Conceptual and Taxonomic Soundness Review}\label{conceptual-and-taxonomic-soundness-review}} \begin{longtable}[]{@{}lll@{}} \toprule \begin{minipage}[b]{0.14\columnwidth}\raggedright Aspect\strut \end{minipage} & \begin{minipage}[b]{0.58\columnwidth}\raggedright Verification Task\strut \end{minipage} & \begin{minipage}[b]{0.20\columnwidth}\raggedright Reviewer Type\strut \end{minipage}\tabularnewline \midrule \endhead \begin{minipage}[t]{0.14\columnwidth}\raggedright \textbf{Completeness of mechanism coverage}\strut \end{minipage} & \begin{minipage}[t]{0.58\columnwidth}\raggedright Verify that every major AI approach (symbolic, probabilistic, connectionist, evolutionary, control, swarm, search/planning) maps cleanly to exactly one OPT root.\strut \end{minipage} & \begin{minipage}[t]{0.20\columnwidth}\raggedright Independent AI domain experts (1 per subfield)\strut \end{minipage}\tabularnewline \begin{minipage}[t]{0.14\columnwidth}\raggedright \textbf{Hybrid expressiveness}\strut \end{minipage} & \begin{minipage}[t]{0.58\columnwidth}\raggedright Test that real systems (e.g., AlphaZero, Neuroevolution, LQR-RL) can be expressed without ambiguity.\strut \end{minipage} & \begin{minipage}[t]{0.20\columnwidth}\raggedright Practicing researchers; maybe small hackathon trial\strut \end{minipage}\tabularnewline \begin{minipage}[t]{0.14\columnwidth}\raggedright \textbf{Biological correspondence}\strut \end{minipage} & \begin{minipage}[t]{0.58\columnwidth}\raggedright Check that cited biological analogs (plasticity, selection, control, etc.) are correctly represented and not overstated.\strut \end{minipage} & \begin{minipage}[t]{0.20\columnwidth}\raggedright Cognitive science / computational neuroscience reviewer\strut \end{minipage}\tabularnewline \begin{minipage}[t]{0.14\columnwidth}\raggedright \textbf{Orthogonality of attributes}\strut \end{minipage} & \begin{minipage}[t]{0.58\columnwidth}\raggedright Validate that secondary descriptors (Rep, Obj, Time, etc.) are indeed orthogonal to mechanism choice.\strut \end{minipage} & \begin{minipage}[t]{0.20\columnwidth}\raggedright Systems or ML pipeline specialists\strut \end{minipage}\tabularnewline \begin{minipage}[t]{0.14\columnwidth}\raggedright \textbf{Cross-domain coherence}\strut \end{minipage} & \begin{minipage}[t]{0.58\columnwidth}\raggedright Ensure that terms like ``learning'', ``adaptation'', and ``control'' are used consistently across sections.\strut \end{minipage} & \begin{minipage}[t]{0.20\columnwidth}\raggedright Technical editor\strut \end{minipage}\tabularnewline \bottomrule \end{longtable} \begin{center}\rule{0.5\linewidth}{0.5pt}\end{center} \hypertarget{technical-and-mathematical-verification}{% \subsection{🔍 3. Technical and Mathematical Verification}\label{technical-and-mathematical-verification}} \begin{enumerate} \def\labelenumi{\arabic{enumi}.} \item \textbf{Equation sanity check} \begin{itemize} %\tightlist \item Verify every equation's notation is defined in context. \item Units and symbols consistent (e.g., (V), (J), (\theta), (p(z\textbar x))). \item Biological analogs correctly mapped to canonical forms (e.g., Hebb's rule → Oja normalization). \end{itemize} \item \textbf{Graphical inspection} \begin{itemize} %\tightlist \item TikZ/PGF figures render cleanly; legends match table abbreviations. \item Radar plot axes correspond to the six orthogonal attributes described. \end{itemize} \item \textbf{Reproducible build} \begin{itemize} %\tightlist \item \texttt{latexmk\ -pdf} or the Makefile runs without intervention. \item No proprietary fonts, deprecated packages, or local includes. \end{itemize} \end{enumerate} \begin{center}\rule{0.5\linewidth}{0.5pt}\end{center} \hypertarget{terminological-and-semantic-validation}{% \subsection{🧱 4. Terminological and Semantic Validation}\label{terminological-and-semantic-validation}} Because this paper introduces new terms (Lernon, Evolon, etc.), perform: \begin{enumerate} \def\labelenumi{\arabic{enumi}.} %\tightlist \item \textbf{Cross-linguistic sanity check} --- verify none of the coined names have misleading or offensive meanings in major languages (English, French, German, Japanese, Chinese). \item \textbf{Search collision audit} --- check that ``Lernon'', ``Evolon'', etc. are not registered trademarks, commercial products, or prior AI system names. \item \textbf{Ontology compatibility} --- test mapping to existing ontologies (e.g., ISO/IEC 22989 concept hierarchy, Wikidata entries). \item \textbf{Glossary consistency} --- confirm that the definitions in the paper, appendix, and metadata (e.g., JSON schema) match exactly. \end{enumerate} \begin{center}\rule{0.5\linewidth}{0.5pt}\end{center} \hypertarget{external-critical-review-red-team}{% \subsection{🧪 5. External Critical Review (``Red Team'')}\label{external-critical-review-red-team}} To pre-empt ``easy takedowns,'' convene a small red-team review: \begin{longtable}[]{@{}ll@{}} \toprule \begin{minipage}[b]{0.30\columnwidth}\raggedright Reviewer Type\strut \end{minipage} & \begin{minipage}[b]{0.64\columnwidth}\raggedright What to Challenge\strut \end{minipage}\tabularnewline \midrule \endhead \begin{minipage}[t]{0.30\columnwidth}\raggedright \textbf{Symbolic AI veteran}\strut \end{minipage} & \begin{minipage}[t]{0.64\columnwidth}\raggedright ``Does OPT misrepresent classical expert systems?''\strut \end{minipage}\tabularnewline \begin{minipage}[t]{0.30\columnwidth}\raggedright \textbf{Evolutionary computation expert}\strut \end{minipage} & \begin{minipage}[t]{0.64\columnwidth}\raggedright ``Is \Evo~really separable from \Swm?''\strut \end{minipage}\tabularnewline \begin{minipage}[t]{0.30\columnwidth}\raggedright \textbf{Control theorist}\strut \end{minipage} & \begin{minipage}[t]{0.64\columnwidth}\raggedright ``Does \Ctl~belong as a distinct root or as applied optimization?''\strut \end{minipage}\tabularnewline \begin{minipage}[t]{0.30\columnwidth}\raggedright \textbf{Probabilistic modeller}\strut \end{minipage} & \begin{minipage}[t]{0.64\columnwidth}\raggedright ``Is \Prb~too coarse --- should inference and generative modelling split?''\strut \end{minipage}\tabularnewline \begin{minipage}[t]{0.30\columnwidth}\raggedright \textbf{Policy/standards liaison}\strut \end{minipage} & \begin{minipage}[t]{0.64\columnwidth}\raggedright ``Can regulators or ISO easily map this taxonomy onto existing frameworks?''\strut \end{minipage}\tabularnewline \bottomrule \end{longtable} Collect objections and prepare written responses (as supplementary material if needed). \begin{center}\rule{0.5\linewidth}{0.5pt}\end{center} \hypertarget{metadata-and-interoperability-testing}{% \subsection{🧩 6. Metadata and Interoperability Testing}\label{metadata-and-interoperability-testing}} \begin{itemize} \item Validate the JSON Schema for OPT-Code with a few sample systems. Example validation command: \begin{Shaded}[] \begin{Highlighting} ajv validate -s opt -schema.json -d samples/*.json \end{Highlighting} \end{Shaded} \item Ensure round-trip integrity: parsing a valid OPT string and re-rendering it should be idempotent. \item Confirm metadata examples (e.g., \texttt{OPT=Evo/Lrn+Ctl}) match systems described in tables. \end{itemize} \begin{center}\rule{0.5\linewidth}{0.5pt}\end{center} \hypertarget{publication-communication-readiness}{% \subsection{🧾 7. Publication \& Communication Readiness}\label{publication-communication-readiness}} \begin{longtable}[]{@{}lll@{}} \toprule \begin{minipage}[b]{0.16\columnwidth}\raggedright Area\strut \end{minipage} & \begin{minipage}[b]{0.51\columnwidth}\raggedright Check\strut \end{minipage} & \begin{minipage}[b]{0.24\columnwidth}\raggedright Why\strut \end{minipage}\tabularnewline \midrule \endhead \begin{minipage}[t]{0.16\columnwidth}\raggedright \textbf{Title and Abstract}\strut \end{minipage} & \begin{minipage}[t]{0.51\columnwidth}\raggedright Emphasize mechanism-based taxonomy, not policy; avoid ``redefining AI'' hyperbole.\strut \end{minipage} & \begin{minipage}[t]{0.24\columnwidth}\raggedright Avoid overreach criticisms.\strut \end{minipage}\tabularnewline \begin{minipage}[t]{0.16\columnwidth}\raggedright \textbf{Introduction framing}\strut \end{minipage} & \begin{minipage}[t]{0.51\columnwidth}\raggedright Cite regulatory motivation (EU AI Act, NIST, ISO), but frame OPT as complementary.\strut \end{minipage} & \begin{minipage}[t]{0.24\columnwidth}\raggedright Appears cooperative, not adversarial.\strut \end{minipage}\tabularnewline \begin{minipage}[t]{0.16\columnwidth}\raggedright \textbf{Data availability statement}\strut \end{minipage} & \begin{minipage}[t]{0.51\columnwidth}\raggedright Clarify no datasets, only conceptual and standards synthesis.\strut \end{minipage} & \begin{minipage}[t]{0.24\columnwidth}\raggedright Meets arXiv/ACM policies.\strut \end{minipage}\tabularnewline \begin{minipage}[t]{0.16\columnwidth}\raggedright \textbf{Reproducibility}\strut \end{minipage} & \begin{minipage}[t]{0.51\columnwidth}\raggedright Provide Makefile and instructions to regenerate all figures from TeX.\strut \end{minipage} & \begin{minipage}[t]{0.24\columnwidth}\raggedright Fulfills open science norms.\strut \end{minipage}\tabularnewline \begin{minipage}[t]{0.16\columnwidth}\raggedright \textbf{Accessibility}\strut \end{minipage} & \begin{minipage}[t]{0.51\columnwidth}\raggedright Verify large-font, high-contrast figures; ensure color palettes differentiate well in grayscale.\strut \end{minipage} & \begin{minipage}[t]{0.24\columnwidth}\raggedright Required for ACM/IEEE accessibility standards.\strut \end{minipage}\tabularnewline \bottomrule \end{longtable} \begin{center}\rule{0.5\linewidth}{0.5pt}\end{center} \hypertarget{pre-submission-peer-simulation}{% \subsection{🔬 8. Pre-submission Peer Simulation}\label{pre-submission-peer-simulation}} \begin{itemize} \item Use an \textbf{LLM-based referee simulator} or colleagues to generate expected reviewer comments. \begin{itemize} %\tightlist \item ``Compare to ISO/IEC 23053.'' \item ``Explain why control/swarm deserve separate roots.'' \item ``Provide examples of OPT adoption in practice.'' \item Prepare point-by-point responses. \end{itemize} \item Draft a short ``Author Response Template'' for actual peer review. \end{itemize} \begin{center}\rule{0.5\linewidth}{0.5pt}\end{center} \hypertarget{final-publication-readiness-checklist-summary}{% \subsection{✅ 9. Final ``Publication-Readiness'' Checklist (summary)}\label{final-publication-readiness-checklist-summary}} \begin{longtable}[]{@{}ll@{}} \toprule Category & Status\tabularnewline \midrule \endhead Citations verified (exist + relevant) & ☐\tabularnewline All equations defined and correct & ☐\tabularnewline Figures render without warning & ☐\tabularnewline JSON schema validates OPT strings & ☐\tabularnewline Naming checked for collisions & ☐\tabularnewline Red-team review completed & ☐\tabularnewline Accessibility (font/contrast) & ☐\tabularnewline Build reproducibility (Makefile OK) & ☐\tabularnewline Cover letter frames contribution as complementary, not adversarial & ☐\tabularnewline \bottomrule \end{longtable} \begin{center}\rule{0.5\linewidth}{0.5pt}\end{center} If you'd like, I can produce a \textbf{ready-to-run Python script} that automatically checks citations (parsing \texttt{.aux} and \texttt{.bib}), verifies DOI/URL validity, and outputs a short ``completeness report'' for your paper. Would you like that next? \end{document}