Keeper lifecycle
In plain words: Keeper: life stages
How Keeper reviews development, breeding, seasonal mode and placement as separate axes and proposes changed requirements.
- 1No universal life-stage sequence across species.
- 2Reduced activity does not prove seasonal mode, illness or death.
- 3Profile changes never silently change active plans.
A seasonal review must not silently relocate a colony or declare its reproductive state.
keeper.review_lifecycle@1 produces KeeperLifecycle@1 by considering distinct axes together
without collapsing them into one stage.
Review the relevant axes
Keep development, reproductive or brood observations, recurring seasonal mode such as diapause, current placement, and care or health observations separately addressable. There is no universal sequence covering a dog, a hen group, and a colony. A recurring seasonal mode can be reviewed while placement and development remain unchanged.
For the colony example, a review may distinguish founding or worker growth from an observed brood phase, a proposed or confirmed seasonal regime, and its current tube or formicarium placement. The admitted profile defines applicable phases and evidence requirements. Preparation for diapause, diapause, and return to activity are possible recurring regime labels, not a universal timetable or the final stages of colony development. A mixed-age group retains its cohorts or observations instead of assigning every member the same life stage.
Link observed behavior to its observation record. Identify model interpretation as interpretation, with its source, uncertainty, effective time, and profile revision. An observation of reduced activity does not itself establish a seasonal mode, illness, or death. Missing telemetry is not evidence of death.
Change requirements deliberately
When the evidence supports changed feeding or environmental requirements, use an admitted, source-reviewed profile to propose them. Identify both the previous and proposed profile revisions and the needs that require review. Dates or counts alone cannot authorize the transition, and updating a profile cannot silently change an active plan. Refer any resulting work to territory, feeding, or care, retaining explicit dependencies.
Finish with a review
The result is a committed review, proposed requirements, or a partial or blocked result naming missing evidence. It grants no diagnostic or treatment authority and performs no physical action. Later observations start another finite review while preserving earlier interpretations and corrections in the subject's history.