research-package RP-2026-001

Reusable Research Publishing System

Build a reusable publishing system that turns research Markdown into a searchable static site.

Identifier: RP-2026-001
Research Area: Visual Engineering
Project: research-publisher
Useful for: orient, integrate, decide
Audience: executive, practitioner, researcher, contributor
Discipline: Information Architecture, Interface Systems
Status: active
Version: 1.0
Confidence: 0.86
Completion: 0.9
Priority: high
Tags: publishing, static-site
Updated: 2026-07-22
Source: research/visual-engineering/RP-2026-001-research-publisher.md

Executive Summary

Visual Engineering needs a publishing workflow that preserves Markdown as the canonical source while generating a readable, searchable website.

Repository Context

The repository began empty apart from a prompt. That makes reusability easier to enforce because there is no legacy rendering stack to preserve.

Current Understanding

The system should separate content normalization, relationship modeling, and page rendering so that future repositories can reuse the same package through configuration.

Key Discoveries

Static generation is sufficient for the current repository shape.
Search requires two artifacts: public catalog JSON and a full-text index.
Relationship resolution is stronger when stable identifiers outrank filenames.

Open Questions

How strict should CI become once more repositories adopt the schema?
Which additional artifact types need first-class layouts?