Implements both alias mechanisms (citation-aliases #000041,
term-aliases #000042) as one cohesive layer. Same audit
discipline; same opt-in via --use-aliases on warrant-resolve;
same distinct process_id "warrant-resolver-v1+alias" on alias-
resolved derivations rows.
What landed
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arborist/store.py — two new tables under SCHEMA_SQL:
citation_aliases — substitute textbook for proprietary cite
term_aliases — bridge vocabulary mismatches (incidence ↔
connection in geometry, etc.)
Both with NOT NULL audit fields (decision_at + decision_by
+ optional decision_rationale); both with PK constraints
ensuring idempotent re-add.
arborist/qa/aliases.py — helper module:
add_citation_alias / list / lookup / remove
add_term_alias / list / lookup (bidirectional) / remove
expand_query_with_term_aliases — OR-rewrites FTS5 tokens
while preserving phrase syntax
domain_for_pillar — Roman numeral → domain string
arborist/qa/warrant_resolver.py — two-pass cascade:
Pass 1: unaliased queries (matches carry via_alias=False)
Pass 2: alias-expanded queries (only when pass 1 missed;
matches carry via_alias=True)
ResolutionMatch grew a via_alias field; warrant_resolve
uses it to pick the right process_id per derivation row.
iter_claim_pack_records now yields a 6-tuple including the
pillar (parsed from doc URI) so domain lookup works.
arborist/cli.py — alias subcommand group:
arborist alias citation add ORIGINAL --substitute SUB --by FOX [...]
arborist alias citation list / remove
arborist alias term add TERM ALT --domain D --by FOX [...]
arborist alias term list / remove
warrant-resolve --use-aliases flag
sweep --target warrants --use-aliases flag
All audit fields fail-closed at the API surface (refuses on
empty --by; ValueError raised at the helper level).
End-to-end smoke test
=====================
Registered the Hilbert smoke-test alias:
arborist alias term add incidence connection \
--domain geometry \
--by "blackops 2026-05-09 (smoke test)" \
--rationale "Hilbert 1902 Townsend uses 'connection' for
what modern texts call 'incidence'"
Re-ran warrant-resolve --use-aliases --write:
records_total: 92
records_resolved: 15 (was 11 without aliases)
derivations_written: 15
Breakdown by process_id:
warrant-resolver-v1: 11 (original-citation matches)
warrant-resolver-v1+alias: 4 (alias-resolved Hilbert axioms)
The 4 alias-resolved records are exactly the Hilbert "Incidence"
axioms blocked by terminology mismatch in #000040 §6:
Axiom of Line Incidence
Axiom of Plane Incidence
Axiom of Point-Line Incidence
Axiom of Point-Plane Incidence
All four bound to chunk 56 in the Hilbert TeX surface — the
chapter discussing "axioms of connection" (Hilbert's original
1902 vocabulary). Audit trail correctly distinguishes
substituted chains from original ones.
Tests: 18 new in test_aliases.py covering add / list / lookup
/ remove / domain isolation / lowercase normalization /
bidirectional lookup / audit-discipline raises / query
expansion (basic + phrase-preserving + no-match passthrough +
unreachable-DB fallback). Full suite: 1623 passed / 28
skipped.
Tickets #000041 + #000042 closed. Operators can now add more
aliases via the CLI as fox makes decisions per #000038. The
alias mechanism is fail-closed by default — existing
warrant-resolve runs without --use-aliases continue to produce
the original 11/92 chains; --use-aliases opt-in adds the
substituted chains alongside without polluting the unsubsituted
audit trail.
russell@unturf.com
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