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URL-addressable State
Context: readers need to share, bookmark and revisit a resource or selected view. Problem: an address change can conceal state that only exists in the current tab. Addressability competes with private/transient state and URL/schema stability.
Proposed solution: encode the public, stable resource identity and relevant view selection in path/query parameters. Define parameter validation, defaults and route resolution so direct entry and reload reconstruct that selection under current authorization. A URL identifies a view, not necessarily immutable bytes or guaranteed future availability. Use an explicit version if a stable historical snapshot matters.
Do not place secrets, private draft content, focus or every transient interaction in the address. An identifier confers no authorization. Server-visible query/path state and fragment-only state have different resolution contracts. If history is enhanced, back/forward, cache misses and direct loads must resolve coherently; pushState success alone is insufficient.
Consequences: views become independently reachable, but parameter compatibility, invalid/deleted resources and full-versus-fragment cache behavior need contracts. Alternatives: ephemeral in-tab selection when sharing is unnecessary; authenticated saved-view identifiers when the selection is too large or private for the URL.
Evidence: navigation review N01/N02/N06 locates documentation mechanisms, not verified deployments of this whole proposal. Full-pattern known uses and recurrence remain unknown. Refines the existing URL as Application State seed; no canonical identity or admitted relations.
Proposed connection: Progressive Enhancement can preserve native navigation while adding faster transitions; it is optional, not required by addressability. VC-03 is a synthetic trace.