Resolve the LANGUAGE here first (audience, purpose, medium), then the chart via PATTERNS.md (what you found in the data) or CHOOSER.md (what your message is). Rules match top-down; every condition must hold; first full match wins.
| # | If | Then | Why |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | purpose = decide, audience = executive | DL-01 AGRAW | AGRAW: one governing message, authority through restraint |
| 2 | purpose = prove | DL-14 EVIDENTIA | EVIDENTIA: numbered exhibits, proof over persuasion |
| 3 | audience = legal | DL-06 LEX | LEX: every statement referenced, looks like evidence |
| 4 | purpose = alert | DL-12 NOROSHI | NOROSHI: verdict first, exceptions only, owner on every row |
| 5 | purpose = monitor, medium = screen | DL-08 SENTINEL | SENTINEL: dark panels, one amber watch metric |
| 6 | audience = field | DL-05 OBEYA | OBEYA: readable from 3 meters on a bad projector |
| 7 | medium = projector | DL-05 OBEYA | OBEYA: contrast survives washed-out rooms |
| 8 | audience = technical | DL-04 SHILPA | SHILPA: title blocks, monospace IDs, stamps |
| 9 | purpose = explain, audience = analyst | DL-03 LOGOS | LOGOS: the chart is the page, annotation over legend |
| 10 | purpose = explain | DL-03 LOGOS | LOGOS: evidence before opinion |
| 11 | purpose = navigate | DL-09 ATLAS | ATLAS: geography drives layout |
| 12 | purpose = celebrate | DL-10 BASIRA | BASIRA: the photograph carries the page |
| 13 | purpose = brief, medium = print | DL-11 SUTRA | SUTRA: two pages, recommendation last |
| 14 | purpose = brief | DL-11 SUTRA | SUTRA: complexity distilled |
| 15 | purpose = archive | DL-07 SAGA | SAGA: every report becomes history |
| 16 | purpose = document | DL-04 SHILPA | SHILPA: precision before aesthetics |
| 17 | purpose = monitor | DL-02 KATA | KATA: the recurring status register, repeatable structures |
| 18 | audience = operations | DL-02 KATA | KATA: default for recurring operational reporting |
| 19 | audience = executive | DL-16 TELOS | TELOS: answer first, action emphasized |
No match: DL-02 KATA (KATA is the workhorse default when nothing sharper matches).
- audience: executive, operations, analyst, technical, legal, field, public
- purpose: decide, monitor, explain, alert, document, brief, archive, navigate, prove, celebrate
- medium: screen, print, projector, wall, phone
- intent: ranking, comparison, magnitude, trend, change-over-time, schedule, progress, part-to-whole, composition, share, volume, deviation, variance, flow, bridge, variance-decomposition, correlation, outlier-detection, pattern, density, status, lookup, readiness, uncertainty, distribution
- narrative_style: recommendation-first, evidence-first, question-first, story-first
- density: executive, operational, scientific
- annotation_policy: none, minimal, guided, full
- legend_policy: direct-labels-only, level-key-allowed
- highlight_policy: single, dual, none
- decision_style: recommendation-with-owner, options, evidence-only
- reading_time: glance, minute, session
Chart specs MUST draw meta.intent values from the intent
list above; the validator enforces it.