--- title: "Independent multi-vendor validation corpus" output: rmarkdown::html_vignette vignette: > %\VignetteIndexEntry{Independent multi-vendor validation corpus} %\VignetteEngine{knitr::rmarkdown} %\VignetteEncoding{UTF-8} --- ```{r setup, include=FALSE} knitr::opts_chunk$set(collapse = TRUE, comment = "#>") ``` # Evidence levels Vendor support is reported at three distinct levels: 1. `declared`: an adapter and semantic mapping exist; 2. `fixture-tested`: synthetic or developer fixtures pass; 3. `empirically-validated`: independent real exports with version metadata, licensing review, validation artifacts, and successful audits pass. The third level cannot be created by software alone. # Registering a case ```{r, eval=FALSE} corpus <- init_vendor_corpus("private/vendor-corpus") register_validation_case( corpus_path = corpus, source_path = "private/exports/tobii-study-01", vendor = "Tobii", device_model = "Tobii Pro Spectrum", software_name = "Tobii Pro Lab", software_version = "1.x", export_profile = "gaze data + events", sampling_rate_hz = 300, coordinate_system = "display area normalized", timebase = "microseconds", event_semantics = "stimulus and trial markers", ocular_structure = "binocular", missingness_convention = "vendor validity codes", vendor_fixations = "exported fixation filter retained separately", package_transformations = "canonical renaming and unit normalization", unsupported_fields = "declared explicitly", independent_source = TRUE, licence_reviewed = TRUE, redistribution_allowed = FALSE, support_level = "empirically-validated", mode = "reference" ) ``` # Fingerprinting, redaction, and semantics ```{r, eval=FALSE} fingerprint_validation_case("private/exports/tobii-study-01") redact_validation_case(corpus, "tobii-study-01", remove_columns = c("participant_name")) register_vendor_semantics( corpus, data.frame( vendor = "tobii", native_field = "Gaze point X", native_meaning = "horizontal display-area coordinate", canonical_table = "gaze_samples", canonical_field = "x", unit = "normalized", transformation = "identity", loss_risk = "none", evidence_case_id = "tobii-study-01" ) ) compare_vendor_semantics(corpus) ``` # Compatibility evidence ```{r, eval=FALSE} build_compatibility_matrix(corpus, min_empirical_cases = 2L) audit_vendor_field_coverage(corpus) audit_roundtrip_loss(original, roundtrip) write_vendor_case_report(corpus, "tobii-study-01") ``` A production claim should remain version-specific and should identify unsupported semantics rather than presenting a binary vendor badge.