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No\n  `is-preprint-of` or equivalent forward pointer exists on the preprint's own\n  Crossref record.\n\nThis mirrors the retraction asymmetry found in this lane's other finding (the\nback-reference lives on the LATER/derived record, never on the original) — here\nthe \"later\" record is the published article, and the earlier one (the preprint)\nis the side left pointing nowhere in Crossref's relation graph. The practical\nconsequence: an agent that holds a bioRxiv/medRxiv DOI and wants to know \"did this\nget published, and where\" cannot answer that from Crossref alone — it has to\nseparately know to call the bioRxiv/medRxiv `details` API (a non-Crossref,\npreprint-server-specific endpoint) to get the forward pointer. 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