{
  "code": "S08",
  "name": "Divider",
  "shape": "section-break",
  "family": "Openers and endings",
  "fits": "A part number and a part title.",
  "use_when": "Between parts of a long piece; rotate the surface each time.",
  "slots": [
    {
      "name": "number",
      "holds": "part label",
      "budget": "1-2 words"
    },
    {
      "name": "title",
      "holds": "part title",
      "budget": "under 8 words"
    },
    {
      "name": "emoji",
      "holds": "one Noto emoji, top right (decks only)",
      "budget": "1"
    }
  ],
  "columns": 1,
  "density": "airy",
  "surface": "beet",
  "works_on": [
    "deck",
    "page"
  ],
  "library": "Hoffman",
  "dir": "S08-divider",
  "semantic": {
    "audience_question": "Which part begins here, and what question will it answer?",
    "intent": "Orient to the next argument section without mistaking the divider for evidence.",
    "reasoning_relation": "section navigation",
    "message_pattern": "[Section purpose or next question].",
    "required_content": [
      "An intentional section boundary.",
      "A title that accurately represents the pages following it."
    ],
    "narrative_positions": [
      "section transition"
    ],
    "requires_before": [
      "Close the current section with a clear takeaway."
    ],
    "enables_after": [
      "Answer the named question promptly on the following page."
    ],
    "slot_roles": {
      "number": "Position in the authored sequence, not priority or importance.",
      "title": "The upcoming section’s subject or governing question.",
      "emoji": "Deck-only orientation cue; never the only indication of topic."
    },
    "avoid_when": [
      "Evidence pages",
      "Short sequences where another divider adds friction"
    ],
    "layout_specific_contract": "A part number and a part title.",
    "provenance": {
      "basis": "interpretation of the existing layout and slot contracts",
      "review": "Tessel model-authored guidance; implementation approved by Nic, 2026-10-10",
      "corpus_evidence_status": "not yet established",
      "guide": "../SEMANTICS.md"
    },
    "variation_rule": "Read the selected option’s actual markup, slot count and source record. Preserve this reasoning relationship only if the option still expresses it; flag a mismatch before adapting.",
    "reader_outcome": "Orient to the next argument section without mistaking the divider for evidence.",
    "matching": {
      "audience_question": "Which part begins here, and what question will it answer?",
      "reader_outcome": "Orient to the next argument section without mistaking the divider for evidence.",
      "reasoning_relation": "section navigation",
      "content_shape": {
        "composition": "A part number and a part title.",
        "selected_state": "A part number and a part title.",
        "density": "airy",
        "columns": 1,
        "column_note": "Base metadata only; selected option can replace the base geometry."
      },
      "required_slots": [
        {
          "name": "number",
          "reader_question": "What kind of content or argument section am I reading?",
          "semantic_role": "Position in the authored sequence, not priority or importance.",
          "content_unit_count": {
            "min": 1,
            "max": 1,
            "basis": "authored composition members where a repeated group is specified; otherwise one named slot; not a required amount of evidence"
          },
          "placeholder": "[REAL CONTENT · number · part label]",
          "layout_budget": {
            "authored": "1-2 words",
            "policy": "Working composition guidance: preserve scope and qualification; change layout rather than truncate the argument."
          },
          "markup": {
            "slot": "number",
            "occurrences": 1,
            "annotation_status": "present",
            "visibility_status": "not asserted from static parsing",
            "sample_word_counts": [
              2
            ]
          }
        },
        {
          "name": "title",
          "reader_question": "Which part begins here, and what question will it answer?",
          "semantic_role": "The upcoming section’s subject or governing question.",
          "content_unit_count": {
            "min": 1,
            "max": 1,
            "basis": "authored composition members where a repeated group is specified; otherwise one named slot; not a required amount of evidence"
          },
          "placeholder": "[REAL CONTENT · title · part title]",
          "layout_budget": {
            "authored": "under 8 words",
            "policy": "Working composition guidance: preserve scope and qualification; change layout rather than truncate the argument."
          },
          "markup": {
            "slot": "title",
            "occurrences": 1,
            "annotation_status": "present",
            "visibility_status": "not asserted from static parsing",
            "sample_word_counts": [
              7
            ]
          }
        },
        {
          "name": "emoji",
          "reader_question": "What does the emoji contribute to this page’s reader outcome?",
          "semantic_role": "Deck-only orientation cue; never the only indication of topic.",
          "content_unit_count": {
            "min": 1,
            "max": 1,
            "basis": "authored composition members where a repeated group is specified; otherwise one named slot; not a required amount of evidence"
          },
          "placeholder": "[REAL CONTENT · emoji · one Noto emoji, top right (decks only)]",
          "layout_budget": {
            "authored": "1",
            "policy": "Working composition guidance: preserve scope and qualification; change layout rather than truncate the argument."
          },
          "markup": {
            "slot": "emoji",
            "occurrences": 1,
            "annotation_status": "present",
            "visibility_status": "not asserted from static parsing",
            "sample_word_counts": [
              1
            ]
          }
        }
      ],
      "rejection_constraints": [
        "A substantive claim that needs a proof body or several competing section topics.",
        "Adding an empty break that interrupts a logical connection."
      ],
      "option_guidance": {
        "option": "default",
        "composition_delta": "A part number and a part title.",
        "semantic_change": "retains base content relationship; changes presentation or disclosure",
        "matching_instruction": "Select S08 default when the supplied material answers “Which part begins here, and what question will it answer?” through section navigation. Respect this state: A part number and a part title."
      },
      "provenance": {
        "status": "inferred composition evidence",
        "author_intent": "not independently confirmed",
        "basis": [
          "retained source composition where available",
          "authored layout and slot contracts",
          "static implementation inspection"
        ],
        "source_visual_count": 1,
        "source_visual_sha256": [
          "70ddfa3d1fcdebba6a7943d69e6c83191d043d45c841b3f16d487b5bb0722546"
        ],
        "source_export": "private source images remain outside this draft site",
        "markup_sha256": "c40897032de66e526bddc82b175ea78bd3774307bf9b760abda371789201fc44",
        "limits": [
          "Static parsing inventories authored nodes; it does not certify rendered visibility, responsive fit or interactive state.",
          "Budgets are authored layout guidance, not a content-writing limit or proof of fit.",
          "Matching guidance is a draft inference; it does not establish facts, endorsement, causation or source author intent."
        ]
      },
      "adaptation_rules": [
        "Choose by audience question, reasoning relation and required content before aesthetic preference.",
        "Supply every required semantic role; retain visible unknowns as labelled real-content placeholders.",
        "A number needs source, scope and units; a quotation needs faithful wording and attribution.",
        "Do not infer importance from area, colour, depth or movement unless the content explicitly defines that encoding.",
        "Keep colour token roles, structural objects, licences and source records; changing content does not authorize changing them."
      ]
    },
    "rejection_constraints": [
      "A substantive claim that needs a proof body or several competing section topics.",
      "Adding an empty break that interrupts a logical connection."
    ],
    "markup_inventory": {
      "file": "spread.html",
      "sha256": "c40897032de66e526bddc82b175ea78bd3774307bf9b760abda371789201fc44",
      "method": "static lxml markup plus authored option description; no rendered-visibility claim",
      "all_markup_slot_counts": {
        "bar": 1,
        "emoji": 1,
        "number": 1,
        "title": 1,
        "illustration": 1
      },
      "slot_evidence": {
        "bar": [
          {
            "tag": "div",
            "classes": "edgebar",
            "sample_word_count": 0,
            "repeated_children": 0
          }
        ],
        "emoji": [
          {
            "tag": "span",
            "classes": "accent",
            "sample_word_count": 1,
            "repeated_children": 0
          }
        ],
        "number": [
          {
            "tag": "span",
            "classes": "n",
            "sample_word_count": 2,
            "repeated_children": 0
          }
        ],
        "title": [
          {
            "tag": "h2",
            "classes": "display ink-plum",
            "sample_word_count": 7,
            "repeated_children": 0
          }
        ],
        "illustration": [
          {
            "tag": "figure",
            "classes": "ph scene",
            "sample_word_count": 0,
            "repeated_children": 1
          }
        ]
      },
      "option_selectors": [
        "bar",
        "scene"
      ],
      "linked_implementation": [
        {
          "file": "../spreads.css",
          "sha256": "32da94472b0c9131e4d5dae7d5bf0498b09202a9e66294b4e4f23e6ddfbf37ba"
        },
        {
          "file": "../spread.js",
          "sha256": "3d99948b83f750bd4ae95dac08e3e50a395de7c149c90a6f1a1c0ea36a2634a4"
        }
      ]
    },
    "variations": {
      "bar": {
        "audience_question": "Which part begins here, and what question will it answer?",
        "intent": "Orient to the next argument section without mistaking the divider for evidence.",
        "reader_outcome": "Orient to the next argument section without mistaking the divider for evidence.",
        "reasoning_relation": "section navigation",
        "slot_roles": {
          "number": "Position in the authored sequence, not priority or importance.",
          "title": "The upcoming section’s subject or governing question.",
          "bar": "A structural accent with no factual content."
        },
        "matching": {
          "audience_question": "Which part begins here, and what question will it answer?",
          "reader_outcome": "Orient to the next argument section without mistaking the divider for evidence.",
          "reasoning_relation": "section navigation",
          "content_shape": {
            "composition": "A part number and a part title.",
            "selected_state": "Colour bar down the left edge",
            "density": "airy",
            "columns": 1,
            "column_note": "Base metadata only; selected option can replace the base geometry."
          },
          "required_slots": [
            {
              "name": "number",
              "reader_question": "What kind of content or argument section am I reading?",
              "semantic_role": "Position in the authored sequence, not priority or importance.",
              "content_unit_count": {
                "min": 1,
                "max": 1,
                "basis": "authored composition members where a repeated group is specified; otherwise one named slot; not a required amount of evidence"
              },
              "placeholder": "[REAL CONTENT · number · part label]",
              "layout_budget": {
                "authored": "1-2 words",
                "policy": "Working composition guidance: preserve scope and qualification; change layout rather than truncate the argument."
              },
              "markup": {
                "slot": "number",
                "occurrences": 1,
                "annotation_status": "present",
                "visibility_status": "not asserted from static parsing",
                "sample_word_counts": [
                  2
                ]
              }
            },
            {
              "name": "title",
              "reader_question": "Which part begins here, and what question will it answer?",
              "semantic_role": "The upcoming section’s subject or governing question.",
              "content_unit_count": {
                "min": 1,
                "max": 1,
                "basis": "authored composition members where a repeated group is specified; otherwise one named slot; not a required amount of evidence"
              },
              "placeholder": "[REAL CONTENT · title · part title]",
              "layout_budget": {
                "authored": "under 8 words",
                "policy": "Working composition guidance: preserve scope and qualification; change layout rather than truncate the argument."
              },
              "markup": {
                "slot": "title",
                "occurrences": 1,
                "annotation_status": "present",
                "visibility_status": "not asserted from static parsing",
                "sample_word_counts": [
                  7
                ]
              }
            },
            {
              "name": "bar",
              "reader_question": "What does the bar contribute to this page’s reader outcome?",
              "semantic_role": "A structural accent with no factual content.",
              "content_unit_count": {
                "min": 1,
                "max": 1,
                "basis": "authored composition members where a repeated group is specified; otherwise one named slot; not a required amount of evidence"
              },
              "placeholder": "[REAL CONTENT · bar · Optional structural colour bar; no factual content.]",
              "layout_budget": {
                "authored": "no copy",
                "policy": "Working composition guidance: preserve scope and qualification; change layout rather than truncate the argument."
              },
              "markup": {
                "slot": "bar",
                "occurrences": 1,
                "annotation_status": "present",
                "visibility_status": "not asserted from static parsing",
                "sample_word_counts": [
                  0
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "rejection_constraints": [
            "A substantive claim that needs a proof body or several competing section topics.",
            "Adding an empty break that interrupts a logical connection."
          ],
          "option_guidance": {
            "option": "bar",
            "composition_delta": "Colour bar down the left edge",
            "semantic_change": "retains base content relationship; changes presentation or disclosure",
            "matching_instruction": "Select S08 bar when the supplied material answers “Which part begins here, and what question will it answer?” through section navigation. Respect this state: Colour bar down the left edge"
          },
          "provenance": {
            "status": "inferred composition evidence",
            "author_intent": "not independently confirmed",
            "basis": [
              "retained source composition where available",
              "authored layout and slot contracts",
              "static implementation inspection"
            ],
            "source_visual_count": 1,
            "source_visual_sha256": [
              "70ddfa3d1fcdebba6a7943d69e6c83191d043d45c841b3f16d487b5bb0722546"
            ],
            "source_export": "private source images remain outside this draft site",
            "markup_sha256": "c40897032de66e526bddc82b175ea78bd3774307bf9b760abda371789201fc44",
            "limits": [
              "Static parsing inventories authored nodes; it does not certify rendered visibility, responsive fit or interactive state.",
              "Budgets are authored layout guidance, not a content-writing limit or proof of fit.",
              "Matching guidance is a draft inference; it does not establish facts, endorsement, causation or source author intent."
            ]
          },
          "adaptation_rules": [
            "Choose by audience question, reasoning relation and required content before aesthetic preference.",
            "Supply every required semantic role; retain visible unknowns as labelled real-content placeholders.",
            "A number needs source, scope and units; a quotation needs faithful wording and attribution.",
            "Do not infer importance from area, colour, depth or movement unless the content explicitly defines that encoding.",
            "Keep colour token roles, structural objects, licences and source records; changing content does not authorize changing them."
          ]
        },
        "narrative_profile": {
          "central_point": "The argument is moving into a named new part.",
          "communication_job": "Reorient the audience at a chapter boundary. A side colour bar replaces the decorative symbol; section orientation is unchanged.",
          "audience_value": "Orientation and pacing: tells readers where they are and what question comes next.",
          "reading_path": [
            "Read the part marker for location.",
            "Read the title as the next subject or question.",
            "Use the pause to connect the preceding conclusion to the next section."
          ],
          "adaptation": {
            "required_inputs": [
              "An intentional section boundary.",
              "A title that accurately represents the pages following it."
            ],
            "slot_guidance": {
              "number": "Position in the authored sequence, not priority or importance.",
              "title": "The upcoming section’s subject or governing question.",
              "bar": "A structural accent with no factual content."
            },
            "can_change": [
              "Part number and title.",
              "Bar or scene option when it serves the same orientation job.",
              "A side colour bar replaces the decorative symbol; section orientation is unchanged."
            ],
            "must_survive": [
              "Section title matches what follows.",
              "Numbering matches the actual sequence."
            ]
          },
          "worked_example": {
            "fictional": true,
            "scenario": "A fictional repair cooperative is preparing a pilot proposal; all people, events and data are teaching examples.",
            "slot_fills": {
              "number": "Part II",
              "title": "What makes a booking dependable?",
              "bar": "Retain the side bar as a section cue."
            },
            "reasoning": "The divider shifts from diagnosing delay to defining dependable service, without pretending to prove anything itself.",
            "qualification": "Fictional teaching example. Replace with authorised facts, evidence and destinations before delivery; no results or audience effect are claimed."
          },
          "narrative_fit": {
            "before": "Close the current section with a clear takeaway.",
            "after": "Answer the named question promptly on the following page.",
            "good_uses": [
              "Long-form chapter breaks",
              "A pitch moving from problem to response"
            ],
            "poor_fits": [
              "Evidence pages",
              "Short sequences where another divider adds friction"
            ]
          },
          "evidence": {
            "observations": [
              "Current option markup/CSS and selected contract show: A side colour bar replaces the decorative symbol; section orientation is unchanged."
            ],
            "interpretations": [
              "Communication job, audience value and adaptation advice are layout-contract interpretations. They are not verified statements of source-author intent."
            ],
            "not_verified": [
              "Source-author intent, surrounding source sequence, sample factual claims and audience effect were not independently verified.",
              "Option source pixels and live interaction were not separately reviewed in this authoring pass."
            ],
            "references": [
              "dist/S08-divider/spread.html",
              "dist/S08-divider/spread.json",
              "https://github.com/neekchan/hoffman-agency-design-system/blob/main/templates/deck/Deck.dc.html"
            ]
          },
          "review": {
            "status": "reviewed",
            "basis": "Reviewed actual option markup, selected contract and example mapping; source intent and interaction fidelity not asserted."
          },
          "variation_relationship": "same-job"
        },
        "required_content": [
          "An intentional section boundary.",
          "A title that accurately represents the pages following it."
        ],
        "requires_before": [
          "Close the current section with a clear takeaway."
        ],
        "enables_after": [
          "Answer the named question promptly on the following page."
        ],
        "avoid_when": [
          "Evidence pages",
          "Short sequences where another divider adds friction"
        ]
      },
      "scene": {
        "audience_question": "Which part begins here, and what question will it answer?",
        "intent": "Orient to the next argument section without mistaking the divider for evidence.",
        "reader_outcome": "Orient to the next argument section without mistaking the divider for evidence.",
        "reasoning_relation": "section navigation",
        "slot_roles": {
          "number": "Position in the authored sequence, not priority or importance.",
          "title": "The upcoming section’s subject or governing question.",
          "illustration": "A labelled scene relevant to the upcoming section, not evidence that its events occurred."
        },
        "matching": {
          "audience_question": "Which part begins here, and what question will it answer?",
          "reader_outcome": "Orient to the next argument section without mistaking the divider for evidence.",
          "reasoning_relation": "section navigation",
          "content_shape": {
            "composition": "A part number and a part title.",
            "selected_state": "Section cover with scene: part title in the top third, a wide scene picture filling the lower two thirds",
            "density": "airy",
            "columns": 1,
            "column_note": "Base metadata only; selected option can replace the base geometry."
          },
          "required_slots": [
            {
              "name": "number",
              "reader_question": "What kind of content or argument section am I reading?",
              "semantic_role": "Position in the authored sequence, not priority or importance.",
              "content_unit_count": {
                "min": 1,
                "max": 1,
                "basis": "authored composition members where a repeated group is specified; otherwise one named slot; not a required amount of evidence"
              },
              "placeholder": "[REAL CONTENT · number · part label]",
              "layout_budget": {
                "authored": "1-2 words",
                "policy": "Working composition guidance: preserve scope and qualification; change layout rather than truncate the argument."
              },
              "markup": {
                "slot": "number",
                "occurrences": 1,
                "annotation_status": "present",
                "visibility_status": "not asserted from static parsing",
                "sample_word_counts": [
                  2
                ]
              }
            },
            {
              "name": "title",
              "reader_question": "Which part begins here, and what question will it answer?",
              "semantic_role": "The upcoming section’s subject or governing question.",
              "content_unit_count": {
                "min": 1,
                "max": 1,
                "basis": "authored composition members where a repeated group is specified; otherwise one named slot; not a required amount of evidence"
              },
              "placeholder": "[REAL CONTENT · title · part title]",
              "layout_budget": {
                "authored": "under 8 words",
                "policy": "Working composition guidance: preserve scope and qualification; change layout rather than truncate the argument."
              },
              "markup": {
                "slot": "title",
                "occurrences": 1,
                "annotation_status": "present",
                "visibility_status": "not asserted from static parsing",
                "sample_word_counts": [
                  7
                ]
              }
            },
            {
              "name": "illustration",
              "reader_question": "What subject, example or view must I inspect, and is it evidence or illustration?",
              "semantic_role": "A labelled scene relevant to the upcoming section, not evidence that its events occurred.",
              "content_unit_count": {
                "min": 1,
                "max": 1,
                "basis": "authored composition members where a repeated group is specified; otherwise one named slot; not a required amount of evidence"
              },
              "placeholder": "[CLEARED IMAGE OR LABELLED ILLUSTRATION · illustration · A relevant cleared or explicitly generated image; keep its evidence status visible.]",
              "layout_budget": {
                "authored": "one image with meaningful alt text",
                "policy": "Working composition guidance: preserve scope and qualification; change layout rather than truncate the argument."
              },
              "markup": {
                "slot": "illustration",
                "occurrences": 1,
                "annotation_status": "present",
                "visibility_status": "not asserted from static parsing",
                "sample_word_counts": [
                  0
                ]
              },
              "integrity": "Clear rights and provenance, retain meaningful alt text; generated scenes illustrate and cannot prove a historical event."
            }
          ],
          "rejection_constraints": [
            "A substantive claim that needs a proof body or several competing section topics.",
            "Adding an empty break that interrupts a logical connection."
          ],
          "option_guidance": {
            "option": "scene",
            "composition_delta": "Section cover with scene: part title in the top third, a wide scene picture filling the lower two thirds",
            "semantic_change": "retains base content relationship; changes presentation or disclosure",
            "matching_instruction": "Select S08 scene when the supplied material answers “Which part begins here, and what question will it answer?” through section navigation. Respect this state: Section cover with scene: part title in the top third, a wide scene picture filling the lower two thirds"
          },
          "provenance": {
            "status": "inferred composition evidence",
            "author_intent": "not independently confirmed",
            "basis": [
              "retained source composition where available",
              "authored layout and slot contracts",
              "static implementation inspection"
            ],
            "source_visual_count": 1,
            "source_visual_sha256": [
              "70ddfa3d1fcdebba6a7943d69e6c83191d043d45c841b3f16d487b5bb0722546"
            ],
            "source_export": "private source images remain outside this draft site",
            "markup_sha256": "c40897032de66e526bddc82b175ea78bd3774307bf9b760abda371789201fc44",
            "limits": [
              "Static parsing inventories authored nodes; it does not certify rendered visibility, responsive fit or interactive state.",
              "Budgets are authored layout guidance, not a content-writing limit or proof of fit.",
              "Matching guidance is a draft inference; it does not establish facts, endorsement, causation or source author intent."
            ]
          },
          "adaptation_rules": [
            "Choose by audience question, reasoning relation and required content before aesthetic preference.",
            "Supply every required semantic role; retain visible unknowns as labelled real-content placeholders.",
            "A number needs source, scope and units; a quotation needs faithful wording and attribution.",
            "Do not infer importance from area, colour, depth or movement unless the content explicitly defines that encoding.",
            "Keep colour token roles, structural objects, licences and source records; changing content does not authorize changing them."
          ]
        },
        "narrative_profile": {
          "central_point": "The argument is moving into a named new part.",
          "communication_job": "Reorient the audience at a chapter boundary. A wide scene below the title makes the coming chapter’s setting tangible.",
          "audience_value": "Orientation and pacing: tells readers where they are and what question comes next.",
          "reading_path": [
            "Read the part marker for location.",
            "Read the title as the next subject or question.",
            "Use the pause to connect the preceding conclusion to the next section."
          ],
          "adaptation": {
            "required_inputs": [
              "An intentional section boundary.",
              "A title that accurately represents the pages following it."
            ],
            "slot_guidance": {
              "number": "Position in the authored sequence, not priority or importance.",
              "title": "The upcoming section’s subject or governing question.",
              "illustration": "A labelled scene relevant to the upcoming section, not evidence that its events occurred."
            },
            "can_change": [
              "Part number and title.",
              "Bar or scene option when it serves the same orientation job.",
              "A wide scene below the title makes the coming chapter’s setting tangible."
            ],
            "must_survive": [
              "Section title matches what follows.",
              "Numbering matches the actual sequence."
            ]
          },
          "worked_example": {
            "fictional": true,
            "scenario": "A fictional repair cooperative is preparing a pilot proposal; all people, events and data are teaching examples.",
            "slot_fills": {
              "number": "Part II",
              "title": "What makes a booking dependable?",
              "illustration": "Generated concept scene of a repairer checking parts before a visit."
            },
            "reasoning": "The divider shifts from diagnosing delay to defining dependable service, without pretending to prove anything itself.",
            "qualification": "Fictional teaching example. Replace with authorised facts, evidence and destinations before delivery; no results or audience effect are claimed."
          },
          "narrative_fit": {
            "before": "Close the current section with a clear takeaway.",
            "after": "Answer the named question promptly on the following page.",
            "good_uses": [
              "Long-form chapter breaks",
              "A pitch moving from problem to response"
            ],
            "poor_fits": [
              "Evidence pages",
              "Short sequences where another divider adds friction"
            ]
          },
          "evidence": {
            "observations": [
              "Current option markup/CSS and selected contract show: A wide scene below the title makes the coming chapter’s setting tangible."
            ],
            "interpretations": [
              "Communication job, audience value and adaptation advice are layout-contract interpretations. They are not verified statements of source-author intent."
            ],
            "not_verified": [
              "Source-author intent, surrounding source sequence, sample factual claims and audience effect were not independently verified.",
              "Option source pixels and live interaction were not separately reviewed in this authoring pass."
            ],
            "references": [
              "dist/S08-divider/spread.html",
              "dist/S08-divider/spread.json",
              "https://github.com/neekchan/hoffman-agency-design-system/blob/main/templates/deck/Deck.dc.html"
            ]
          },
          "review": {
            "status": "reviewed",
            "basis": "Reviewed actual option markup, selected contract and example mapping; source intent and interaction fidelity not asserted."
          },
          "variation_relationship": "same-job"
        },
        "required_content": [
          "An intentional section boundary.",
          "A title that accurately represents the pages following it."
        ],
        "requires_before": [
          "Close the current section with a clear takeaway."
        ],
        "enables_after": [
          "Answer the named question promptly on the following page."
        ],
        "avoid_when": [
          "Evidence pages",
          "Short sequences where another divider adds friction"
        ]
      }
    },
    "narrative_profile": {
      "central_point": "The argument is moving into a named new part.",
      "communication_job": "Reorient the audience at a chapter boundary.",
      "audience_value": "Orientation and pacing: tells readers where they are and what question comes next.",
      "reading_path": [
        "Read the part marker for location.",
        "Read the title as the next subject or question.",
        "Use the pause to connect the preceding conclusion to the next section."
      ],
      "adaptation": {
        "required_inputs": [
          "An intentional section boundary.",
          "A title that accurately represents the pages following it."
        ],
        "slot_guidance": {
          "number": "Position in the authored sequence, not priority or importance.",
          "title": "The upcoming section’s subject or governing question.",
          "emoji": "Deck-only orientation cue; never the only indication of topic."
        },
        "can_change": [
          "Part number and title.",
          "Bar or scene option when it serves the same orientation job."
        ],
        "must_survive": [
          "Section title matches what follows.",
          "Numbering matches the actual sequence."
        ]
      },
      "worked_example": {
        "fictional": true,
        "scenario": "A fictional repair cooperative is preparing a pilot proposal; all people, events and data are teaching examples.",
        "slot_fills": {
          "number": "Part II",
          "title": "What makes a booking dependable?",
          "emoji": "Deck-only tool symbol; decorative."
        },
        "reasoning": "The divider shifts from diagnosing delay to defining dependable service, without pretending to prove anything itself.",
        "qualification": "Fictional teaching example. Replace with authorised facts, evidence and destinations before delivery; no results or audience effect are claimed."
      },
      "narrative_fit": {
        "before": "Close the current section with a clear takeaway.",
        "after": "Answer the named question promptly on the following page.",
        "good_uses": [
          "Long-form chapter breaks",
          "A pitch moving from problem to response"
        ],
        "poor_fits": [
          "Evidence pages",
          "Short sequences where another divider adds friction"
        ]
      },
      "evidence": {
        "observations": [
          "Viewed source: numbered part label and large section title with one decorative symbol; no evidence panel.",
          "Current markup and the named slot contract were inspected."
        ],
        "interpretations": [
          "Communication job, audience value and adaptation advice are layout-contract interpretations. They are not verified statements of source-author intent."
        ],
        "not_verified": [
          "Source-author intent, surrounding source sequence, sample factual claims and audience effect were not independently verified."
        ],
        "references": [
          "02_product/spreads/S08-divider/source.webp",
          "dist/S08-divider/spread.html",
          "dist/S08-divider/spread.json",
          "https://github.com/neekchan/hoffman-agency-design-system/blob/main/templates/deck/Deck.dc.html"
        ]
      },
      "review": {
        "status": "reviewed",
        "basis": "Viewed base source capture, inspected current markup/slots and reviewed the example for reasoning fit; no source-intent or empirical validation claim."
      },
      "variation_relationship": "base"
    }
  },
  "options": [
    {
      "id": "bar",
      "what": "Colour bar down the left edge"
    },
    {
      "id": "scene",
      "what": "Section cover with scene: part title in the top third, a wide scene picture filling the lower two thirds"
    }
  ],
  "also_seen_in": [],
  "source": {
    "ref": "Hoffman L02 Section",
    "url": "https://github.com/neekchan/hoffman-agency-design-system/blob/main/templates/deck/Deck.dc.html"
  }
}