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Experiment Status

AI Experiment Log (AIEL) uses Experiment Status to describe where an Experiment as a whole currently sits in its lifecycle. This is separate from Evidence State, which describes the evidential standing of an individual finding.

Structured records use the status codes PLANNED, IN_PROGRESS, PARTIAL, COMPLETED, FAILED, INVALIDATED, and SUPERSEDED. Public English pages use normal title-case labels for the same states; the canonical status codes themselves are unchanged.

Planned — PLANNED

The Experiment is being prepared and substantive execution has not yet begun.

In progress — IN_PROGRESS

Work within the current Experiment scope is continuing, such as measurement, operation, analysis, or follow-up confirmation.

Partial — PARTIAL

Only part of the intended scope was completed or confirmed, while useful records remain available.

Completed — COMPLETED

The planned execution, confirmation, and documentation for the current Experiment have reached a defined stopping point.

“Completed” does not mean that every question has been resolved or that the record can never change. An Experiment may be completed with unresolved items stated explicitly, and later answers or evidence can be added with provenance preserved.

Failed — FAILED

The intended Experiment could not be carried through successfully. The failure itself is retained as reusable information.

Invalidated — INVALIDATED

A later-discovered problem means the previous Experiment result should no longer be treated as valid. The reason and correction history are retained.

Superseded — SUPERSEDED

A newer Experiment or record has become the current reference and replaces this record for that purpose.

Experiment Status describes the lifecycle of the Experiment as a whole. Evidence State describes the evidential standing of individual findings; see AIEL Evidence States for those definitions.