Operational Auditability in Physics I: Lorentz Symmetry as an Operational Invariant Under Contour Changes

This record contains the preprint “Operational Auditability in Physics I: Lorentz Symmetry as an Operational Invariant Under Contour Changes” (Version 1.0). The paper proposes an operational-auditability template for presenting and validating claims about Lorentz symmetry / Lorentz invariance. The template makes explicit the verification contour: (i) assumptions and conventions, (ii) operational definitions and admissible transformations, (iii) traceability and data provenance, and (iv) acceptance criteria for elevating a claim to “FACT” within the declared contour. A practical reconstruction roadmap is provided, together with a heterogeneous verification menu for Lorentz tests (e.g., Michelson–Morley, Kennedy–Thorndike, Ives–Stilwell and related modern refinements). Series note: Part I of a three-part series “Operational Auditability in Physics”.• Part II: Fluctuation Theorems as Conditional Holding-Equalities (Jarzynski, Crooks)• Part III: Auditability, No-Signaling, and the CHSH–Tsirelson Bound Files:• PDF (readable preprint)• LaTeX sources (for reproducible rebuild) Keywords: special relativity; Lorentz invariance; operational foundations; test theories; clock comparison; reproducibility.