# Digital Afterlife Research Method **Domain:** Digital Afterlife / Research Method / Evidence **Doc Type:** Canonical Concept **Maturity:** Developed **Evidence / Concept Status:** Research methodology ## Definition **Digital Afterlife Research Method** is the protocol for discovering continuity-relevant law and infrastructure under adjacent vocabularies rather than searching only for transhumanist terminology. ## Continuity Significance It uses an evidence ladder, relevance matrix, native-language search, citation chaining, procurement search, government foresight review, and explicit counterevidence. ## Existing Architecture / Evidence A high-value source is mapped across identity, prospective agency, persistence, infrastructure, duty bearer, funding, portability, succession, rights, public obligation, and computational-subject proximity. ## Evidentiary Boundary / Red-Team Note The research goal is not confirmation. Boundary evidence is equally important. ## Key Insight **Search for the functions the future requires.** ## Related Ontology [[wiki/Digital Afterlife|Digital Afterlife]] · [[wiki/Continuity Evidence Ladder|Continuity Evidence Ladder]] · [[wiki/Continuity Convergence|Continuity Convergence]]