Editing Seed to Fruit Development (section)

=== What Seed Stage Does NOT Mean ===
A Seed-stage instrument is:

* '''Not''' invalid or “not real” because it is early
* '''Not''' evidence of poor quality or poor credibility by stage alone
* '''Not''' unfinished work presented as finished
* '''Not''' a free pass on nonconformance logging, missing required preconditions, or inflated standing

Seed is a '''valid stated maturity''' calibrated to present evidence. It remains fully subject to the same discipline as later grades: log defects, refuse false Confirmed claims, and recalibrate when evidence changes.