# Reading research and evidence

Learn how PLLM connects papers, clean-room implementations, measurements, and publication claims.

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Release: `0.1.0`

PLLM records each step from a paper to a published result. It keeps the original
source, clean-room method, component version, plan history, benchmark evidence,
assurance evidence, and proposed claim separate. Citing a paper does not mean it
was reproduced. Passing a unit test does not mean a complete model is supported.
A benchmark does not prove privacy.

Compare results only when the model, model-body fingerprint, plan, numeric policy,
workload, environment, cold or warm mode, and metric definitions match. Keep
limitations and failed attempts in the record. Missing evidence is not a pass.

Continue with [method implementation records](/research/methods/),
[research evidence boundaries](/research/evidence/), and the
[reproduction workflow](/research/recipes/reproductions/).