Metopedia is both a research encyclopedia and a research outlet. It may publish not only explanatory articles, but also tools, code, applications, datasets, templates, source collections, forensic procedures, mathematical demonstrations, linguistic resources, and reproducibility packages.

Purpose

Research tools and resources exist to make analysis inspectable, repeatable, and contestable. They should help readers test evidence, reproduce claims, audit methods, compare sources, organize data, or preserve records.

Allowed materials

Metopedia may publish or link to:

scripts;
applications;
code libraries;
calculators;
forensic tools;
source-analysis utilities;
archive and citation templates;
datasets;
metadata tables;
OCR or transcription resources;
linguistic tables;
mathematical demonstrations;
image-analysis procedures;
transparency logs;
complaint records;
reproducibility packages;
research workflows.

Required documentation

A research tool or resource should identify:

purpose;
maintainer or author;
version;
license;
dependencies;
input data;
output data;
method;
limitations;
known errors;
security cautions;
legal or copyright cautions where relevant;
reproducibility steps;
example use;
related article pages.

Tool pages

A tool page should normally use this structure:

summary;
purpose;
inputs;
outputs;
method;
installation or use notes;
limitations;
examples;
validation or test data;
license;
source files or repository links;
related articles;
references.

Relationship to articles

A tool may support an article, but it does not replace the article's reasoning. A tool output should be treated as evidence requiring interpretation. Articles that rely on tool output should explain how the output was generated and what it does or does not prove.

Safety and legality

Metopedia does not host malicious code, credential-harvesting systems, destructive tools, spyware, or tools whose primary purpose is abuse. Security-sensitive tools, if ever allowed, must be framed for defensive, educational, or research purposes and may be restricted or removed when they create unacceptable risk.

Preservation

When possible, tools and resources should be preserved with version identifiers, checksums, repository links, archive links, and dependency notes. This allows later readers to reproduce results even if software, platforms, or external repositories change.