EI-4.2 — Metadata Normalization

Status: COMPLETE
Date: 2026-08-08

Objective

Normalize the current authored Writing identified in EI-4.1 to the canonical EI-3.2 content model without changing article bodies or public URL contracts.

Changes

_posts/2026-04-04-the-internet-is-beautiful.md

• preserved title 50 Best Websites
• preserved explicit permalink /50-best-websites/
• added date: 2026-04-04
• replaced legacy categories: Web with:
  • content_type: writing
  • subject: Technology
• added explicit featured: false
• added explicit importance: 0

_posts/2026-05-27-show-your-work-even-when-it-hurts.md

• added date: 2026-05-27
• replaced legacy categories: AI with:
  • content_type: writing
  • subject: Teaching
• added explicit featured: false
• added explicit importance: 0

_posts/2026-06-08-useful-websites-worth-bookmarking.md

• added date: 2026-06-08
• replaced legacy categories: Web with:
  • content_type: writing
  • subject: Technology
• added explicit featured: false
• added explicit importance: 0

Guardrails observed

• No article body text was rewritten.
• No explicit permalink was changed.
• No historical EI-1 disposition was changed.
• No PTIR metadata was changed; that remains EI-4.3.
• No private/DELETE media or content was restored.

Result

The three current authored 2026 Writing posts now use the canonical EI-3 content vocabulary rather than the retired Web and AI category labels.

The remaining metadata work consists primarily of PTIR normalization and review of older intentionally published noncollection material under the existing EI-1 decisions.

Next sprint: EI-4.3 — PTIR Normalization.