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Experiment Status

AI Experiment Log (AIEL) records where an Experiment as a whole currently sits in its lifecycle as Experiment Status.

Experiment Status describes the lifecycle state of the Experiment as a whole. It applies to a different target from Artifact Availability, which describes Artifact retention and publication, and Evidence State, which describes the evidential standing of individual recorded information.

Structured records use the status codes PLANNED, IN_PROGRESS, PARTIAL, COMPLETED, FAILED, TERMINATED, INVALIDATED, and SUPERSEDED. On public English Experiment pages, Experiment Status is displayed primarily as the Status field in record metadata using normal title-case labels.

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. An Experiment may be completed with unresolved questions stated explicitly.

Failed — FAILED

The Experiment was carried out but did not produce the result needed to establish the intended outcome. The failure itself remains part of the Experiment record.

Terminated — TERMINATED

The Experiment was intentionally stopped before completion because of safety, legal, equipment, cost, privacy, loss-of-purpose, or another material constraint.

Invalidated — INVALIDATED

A later-discovered problem means the previous Experiment result should no longer be treated as valid. The reason and provenance of the invalidation are recorded.

Superseded — SUPERSEDED

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

Experiment Status describes only the lifecycle state of the Experiment as a whole. See Artifact Availability for Artifact retention and publication and Evidence State for the evidential standing of individual recorded information.