Strategy note: access-as-product and AI-with-strings museum signals

[rob-e-graham]

Summary

• Captures two 2026-07 museum field signals as a durable strategy note, folds the vital points into the roadmap, and drafts a public response.
• Signals: Regina Connell's "museums are showing what they used to hide / access as a product" post, and Naomi Rea's "AI gives museums a lifeline — with strings attached" feature (Kosmyna's cultural-homogenisation warning; IWM/V&A data-licensing marketplace).

What changed

• docs/STRATEGY_NOTE_ACCESS_AS_PRODUCT_2026-07-11.md (new): distilled both signals, mapped them onto ARCHAI's positioning (evidence boundary, "behind the record" provenance layer, data sovereignty), added guardrails against becoming a "monetise-access bot," and included short + long response drafts for public reply.
• ROADMAP.md: new "Field Signals → Product Language" theme, a build-queue item (evidence boundary as a visible feature), and a date bump to 2026-07-11.
• docs/RESEARCH_INDEX.md: linked the new note under Core R&D.

How to test

• Read docs/STRATEGY_NOTE_ACCESS_AS_PRODUCT_2026-07-11.md and confirm the distilled signals, positioning, and response drafts match intent.
• Confirm the new ROADMAP theme and RESEARCH_INDEX link render correctly.

Screenshots / recordings (if UI)

• N/A — documentation only, no UI change.

Risks / follow-up

• Attributions were transcribed from feed screenshots; double-check names/quotes against the original posts before any public quotation.
• The response drafts are drafts — voice/claims should get a final human pass before posting.
• Positioning items are framing, not new engineering work; no code paths touched.

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