Protocol
Overview: The Order of Analysis
The ABSA protocol is a discipline of sequencing. It refuses to discuss outcomes before establishing whether a structure is capable of enduring stress without forfeiting discretion. In practice, this means placing structural solvency before narrative, and constraints before conclusions.
ABSA is filings-first. Evidence is derived from audited statements and disclosures, not market commentary.
ABSA is non-predictive. It does not forecast. It identifies whether analysis remains structurally legitimate.
ABSA is constraint-driven. It privileges disqualifying conditions over persuasive narratives.
Analytical Sequence
A disciplined order prevents false precision.
Market analysis often begins with price, then rationalizes structure afterwards. ABSA inverts that order. Structural reading is conducted first, and only then—if admissible—may other discussions be entertained.
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Stage I
Establish Structural Admissibility
Determine whether the entity’s structure permits meaningful analysis, or whether it collapses into narrative. This stage emphasizes boundaries, exclusions, and disqualifying conditions.
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Stage II
Interpret Constraint, Not Story
Read the statements as a constraint system: obligations, temporal distribution, and rigidity. Preference is given to what cannot be negotiated under stress, not to what management can claim.
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Stage III
Classify the Structural State
ABSA classification describes structural states (Class I–V). The public library provides conceptual doctrine only. Operational thresholds and triggers are disclosed exclusively in Vol. I.
Note: This overview is conceptual. It does not disclose operational formulas, thresholds, weights, or worked examples. Those elements exist to prevent misuse and interpretive drift.
Position
ABSA is not a substitute for judgment. It is a discipline that constrains it.
A reader may disagree with a conclusion; ABSA’s purpose is to prevent conclusions from being formed where structural admissibility is absent. The framework is designed to reduce interpretive drift by establishing formal language, boundaries, and conditions of stoppage.