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id: R1.b
family: GR-VAL
level: extended
profiles: [storage-api]
posture: normative-target
added: "1.0"
changed: "1.0"
source: https://flowdrop.io/spec/rules/gr-val/r1-b
specification: FlowDrop Workflow Specification 1.0-draft
licence: CC BY 4.0
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# R1.b — A node with no resolvable node type is not judged by R1

*GR-VAL (Part I) · level: extended · profiles: storage-api · added in 1.0*

Nodes that carry no node type anchor at all (notes and other non-executable decoration) are legitimate, and must not be refused for having no executor.

## The rule

> **Normative.** This is the rule.
>
> 1. R1 does not apply to a node that carries no node type anchor, or whose anchor does not resolve to a node type; such a node is never refused for a missing executor.
>
> 2. A node anchored to an unknown node type is refused by R9 instead, and a node with no anchor at all is accepted.

## Related rules

- Names: R1.a, R9
- Referenced by: R9

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