Questions answered in this file

Does receiving research files grant publication rights?

No. Review permissions, licenses, confidentiality, and access restrictions separately from file possession.

What belongs in the handoff summary?

Include scope, inventory guidance, claim status, uncertainties, permissions, pending obligations, and the version baseline.

Should unsupported tips be removed?

Where retention is appropriate, label them clearly as unverified and protect sensitive details. Do not mix them into established facts.

Does a hash match validate the research?

No. It helps check transferred bytes against a baseline, not the truth, provenance, or interpretation of the contents.

How can I test whether the archive is usable?

Have the recipient retrieve a source and trace a claim to its exact passage, while checking restrictions and unresolved questions.