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 - **Google org** responded to the semantic mapping layer of MarCognity-AI, recognizing its unique contribution to reflective AI design.
 - **DeepSeek community** engaged with the framework, confirming its relevance in the orchestration of open-source agents.
-- **Hugging Face** users interacted with the project through threads and discussions, validating its metacognitive approach and inviting further collaboration.
 
 These interactions are not endorsements — they are **echoes of impact**, signs that MarCognity-AI is already part of the global conversation on ethical and transparent AI.
 
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 🔗 [Google org Response Snapshot] (https://huggingface.co/google/gemma-2b-it/discussions/70#68ecace9e79b11c589bcead9)
 
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 ## Vision
 
 > An AI that generates, evaluates, visualizes — and learns from its own outputs.
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 - Ethical analysis and cognitive filtering  
 - Reflective cognitive journal
 
-MarCognity-AI is ready to evolve inside a mission-driven 
-team exploring the future of self-aware AI.
-👉 Read the full article: [MarCognity‑AI: A Metacognitive Framework](https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/marcognityai-metacognitive-framework-reflective-elena-marziali-aifzf/?trackingId=WyeZ53T5QniIxYy3GtAGPg%3D%3D)
+## Vision
+MarCognity‑AI is an open-source framework for reflective and transparent AI.  
+It integrates semantic memory, ethical auditing, and scientific validation to transform LLMs into metacognitive assistants.  
+
+👉 Read the full article: [MarCognity‑AI: A Metacognitive Framework](https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/marcognityai-metacognitive-framework-reflective-elena-marziali-aifzf/?trackingId=zmd04OPSR8Saewmny%2F0mTg%3D%3D)
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+### 📚 Official Publication and Citation
+
+The official version of the code and the full research paper have been permanently archived on Zenodo and are citable using their Digital Object Identifier (DOI).
+
+| **MarCognity-AI** | [![DOI](https://zenodo.org/badge/DOI/10.5281/zenodo.17855185.svg)](https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17855185) |
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+| **Permanent DOI** | `10.5281/zenodo.17855185` |
+| **Access Publication** | [Full Research Paper (PDF) & Code (Zenodo)](https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17855185) |
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+
 
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 [![Contribute](https://img.shields.io/badge/Contribuisci-Aperto%20a%20PR-green)](Contributing.md)
 
 [![Open in Colab](https://colab.research.google.com/assets/colab-badge.svg)](https://colab.research.google.com/#fileId=https%3A//huggingface.co/elly99/MarCognity-AI/blob/main/Notebooks/demo_MarCognity_ai.ipynb)
-[![View on GitHub](https://img.shields.io/badge/View%20on-GitHub-blue?logo=github)](https://github.com/elly99-AI/MarCognity-AI.git)
 
 
 
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 See the [CONTRIBUTING.md](Contributing.md) file for contribution guidelines.
 
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+## Contribute
+Contributions are welcome! If you have additional examples or improvements, please feel free to open a pull request or report an issue.
+
+---
+MarCognity-AI is not just a framework.  
+It is a threshold.  
+An invitation to rethink how artificial intelligence can reflect, improve, and act with awareness.
+This project is released under the Apache 2.0
 
-This project is released under the Apache 2.0
+> _“Every response is a threshold. Every reflection, an act of agency.”_