diff --git a/docs/reference/search.md b/docs/reference/search.md
index 9efc1eca..f9017eda 100644
--- a/docs/reference/search.md
+++ b/docs/reference/search.md
@@ -381,12 +381,20 @@ is indexed. So a schema can nest ten fields for display and index one, and pay
 for the one.
 
 A referent needs no identity of its own: the nesting carries its fields, not a
-document key. A blank-node referent – whose `@id` JSON-LD 1.1 framing prunes –
-nests exactly like a named one, minus the `id`, so a profile that allows a blank
-node here needs no flattening workaround. A blank node label (`_:b0`) never
-becomes that `id`: framing mints it per call. Only a root, which is keyed, must
-be an IRI. Fields are what make a referent, so a value that projects none – a
-literal under the reference’s alias, say – nests nothing.
+document key. An entry of a Reference Type carries **no `id` at all** – named
+node or blank – because nothing resolves an entry by key: it is kept in no
+collection, a weld names the flat identity companion beside it, and an entry's
+own key answers no query. So a profile that allows a blank node here needs no
+flattening workaround, and an entry's shape never depends on whether a publisher
+minted an IRI for the thing it describes.
+
+A `local` lookup is the exception, because it
+nests a **Root Type**: there the `id` is the key that type's own collection files
+the referent under, and the lookup resolves against exactly it. Only a keyed
+document has an id, and it must be an IRI – a blank node label (`_:b0`) never
+becomes one, since framing mints it per call. Fields are what make a referent,
+so a value that projects none – a literal under the reference's alias, say –
+nests nothing.
 
 So RDF depth and API shape stay independent: inline as deep as the source
 demands, expose exactly the flat fields you want. Framing follows the inline
diff --git a/packages/search-typesense/src/search.ts b/packages/search-typesense/src/search.ts
index 163f1d37..b1caa61c 100644
--- a/packages/search-typesense/src/search.ts
+++ b/packages/search-typesense/src/search.ts
@@ -1052,9 +1052,11 @@ function localizedValue(
  * Rebuild a surfaced inline reference from the nested object(s) the engine
  * stored: one {@link NestedDocument} per referent, each carrying its Reference
  * Type’s own output fields – so a multi-valued reference keeps every referent’s
- * values grouped rather than smeared across parallel arrays. `id` is carried
- * only when the referent had one; a blank-node referent nests without it, since
- * a nested document is read, not addressed. A nested reference type may itself
+ * values grouped rather than smeared across parallel arrays. An entry of a
+ * Reference Type carries no `id` – a nested document is read, not addressed –
+ * so the one read back here belongs to a {@link ReferenceStrategy.local local}
+ * lookup's Root Type, whose collection files it under that key. A nested
+ * reference type may itself
  * surface an inline reference, which recurses through {@link reconstructDocument}.
  */
 function nestedValue(
diff --git a/packages/search/src/engine.ts b/packages/search/src/engine.ts
index 203bd61b..e9335473 100644
--- a/packages/search/src/engine.ts
+++ b/packages/search/src/engine.ts
@@ -159,10 +159,13 @@ export type SearchValue =
  * values grouped together, so a multi-valued reference never degrades into
  * parallel arrays a consumer has to pair by index.
  *
- * `id` is present only when the referent is a named node: nesting carries the
- * referent’s fields, not a document key, so a blank-node referent nests exactly
- * like a named one, minus the `id`. Distinct from {@link Reference}, which is
- * what an `idOnly`/`labelOnly` reference carries – there the IRI *is* the value.
+ * **No `id`**: nesting carries the referent’s fields, not a document key, and a
+ * Reference Type is kept in no collection for a key to address it in. A named
+ * node and a blank one therefore nest alike. The exception is a
+ * {@link ReferenceStrategy.local local} lookup, which nests a Root Type – there
+ * the `id` is the key its own collection files the referent under, and the
+ * lookup resolves against it. Distinct from {@link Reference}, which is what an
+ * `idOnly`/`labelOnly` reference carries – there the IRI *is* the value.
  */
 export interface NestedDocument {
   readonly [field: string]: SearchValue | undefined;
diff --git a/packages/search/src/project.ts b/packages/search/src/project.ts
index 3e47efdf..32f8b307 100644
--- a/packages/search/src/project.ts
+++ b/packages/search/src/project.ts
@@ -33,11 +33,11 @@ import {
 } from './schema.js';
 
 /**
- * A projected node: the fields of one {@link SearchType}, flat. A root always
- * carries the `id` that keys it – it is a {@link SearchDocument} – but an inline
- * referent carries one only when the referent is a named node: a nested document
- * is not a document key, so nesting needs the referent’s fields, not its
- * identity.
+ * A projected node: the fields of one {@link SearchType}, flat. A **Root Type**
+ * carries the `id` that keys it – as a root it is a {@link SearchDocument}, and
+ * nested by a {@link ReferenceStrategy.local local} lookup it is what the lookup
+ * resolves against. A **Reference Type** never does: it is kept in no collection,
+ * so nesting needs the referent’s fields and not its identity.
  */
 export type ProjectedNode = Record<string, unknown>;
 
@@ -195,6 +195,18 @@ function documentIdOf(
   node: FramedNode,
   searchType: SearchType,
 ): string | undefined {
+  // A Reference Type is nested inside its referrer and keyed in no collection
+  // of its own, so its entries carry no `id` – whether or not the graph happened
+  // to name the node. Nesting carries a referent's FIELDS, not a document key
+  // (ADR 24), and nothing reads one here: the collection declares an `id` for a
+  // locally-nested Root Type alone, a weld names the flat identity companion
+  // beside the entry, and an entry's own key answers no query. Emitting it made
+  // an entry's shape depend on whether a publisher minted an IRI for a
+  // relationship – arbitrary to a consumer, and a field the collection never
+  // declared.
+  if (searchType.class === undefined) {
+    return undefined;
+  }
   const nodeIri = documentKey(node);
   if (nodeIri === undefined || searchType.key === undefined) {
     return nodeIri;
@@ -654,7 +666,10 @@ function applyProjectionValue(
  * {@link ProjectedNode} for a single reference, an array for an `array` one.
  * A referent needs **no identity**: nesting carries its fields, not a document
  * key, so a blank-node referent – whose `@id` JSON-LD 1.1 framing prunes when its
- * label occurs once – nests exactly like a named one, minus the `id`.
+ * label occurs once – nests exactly like a named one. Neither carries an `id`:
+ * a Reference Type is kept in no collection, so nothing resolves an entry by
+ * key, and an entry's shape no longer depends on whether a publisher minted an
+ * IRI for the relationship ({@link documentIdOf}).
  * The referent is projected in full – internal fields included – so the
  * declaring type’s (or the reference type’s own) derives can read them;
  * {@link pruneInternalFields} then removes the internal fields from a *surfaced*
diff --git a/packages/search/test/project.test.ts b/packages/search/test/project.test.ts
index 7dc62486..f77b1363 100644
--- a/packages/search/test/project.test.ts
+++ b/packages/search/test/project.test.ts
@@ -967,10 +967,7 @@ describe('projectDocument', () => {
     );
 
     // The literal contributed no referent, so the real one takes the slot.
-    expect(document.creator).toEqual({
-      id: 'https://ex/c/3',
-      label_nl: 'Naam',
-    });
+    expect(document.creator).toEqual({ label_nl: 'Naam' });
   });
 
   it('skips an inline reference the given schema does not declare', () => {
@@ -1048,10 +1045,7 @@ describe('projectDocument', () => {
 
     // An output inline reference surfaces its referent as a nested Search
     // Document (its Reference Type’s projected fields), not a bare IRI.
-    expect(document.creator).toEqual({
-      id: 'https://ex/c/1',
-      label_nl: 'Naam',
-    });
+    expect(document.creator).toEqual({ label_nl: 'Naam' });
   });
 
   it('prunes an internal helper field from a surfaced (output) inline referent, after a derive reads it', () => {
@@ -1122,7 +1116,6 @@ describe('projectDocument', () => {
     const [referent] = document.creator as SearchDocument[];
     // The derive read the helper (sortLabel carries its value)…
     expect(referent).toMatchObject({
-      id: 'https://ex/c/2',
       label_nl: 'Naam',
       sortLabel: 'Alt',
     });
@@ -1473,7 +1466,9 @@ describe('projectRoots', () => {
   it('keeps blank-node and named referents of one inline reference side by side', async () => {
     // The reproduction from the field: a work whose media are one blank node
     // (an image) and one named node (a IIIF manifest). Each referent keeps its
-    // own values grouped; only the named one is keyed.
+    // own values grouped, and neither is keyed: a Reference Type is nested in
+    // its referrer rather than kept in a collection, so nesting carries a
+    // referent's fields and never a document key (ADR 24).
     const mediaObject = defineSearchType({
       name: 'MediaObject',
       fields: [
@@ -1534,10 +1529,7 @@ describe('projectRoots', () => {
           // Single-valued by declaration → the IRI itself.
           thumbnailUrl: 'https://ex/thumb.jpg',
         },
-        {
-          id: 'https://ex/iiif/manifest',
-          encodingFormat: ['application/ld+json'],
-        },
+        { encodingFormat: ['application/ld+json'] },
       ]),
     );
     expect(documents[0].media).toHaveLength(2);
@@ -1699,10 +1691,7 @@ describe('projection-time values', () => {
       { dataset: 'https://ex/d/1' },
     );
 
-    expect(document.media).toEqual({
-      id: 'https://ex/m/1',
-      dataset: 'https://ex/d/1',
-    });
+    expect(document.media).toEqual({ dataset: 'https://ex/d/1' });
   });
 });
 
diff --git a/packages/search/test/qualified-relation.test.ts b/packages/search/test/qualified-relation.test.ts
index e0516b30..bc76559e 100644
--- a/packages/search/test/qualified-relation.test.ts
+++ b/packages/search/test/qualified-relation.test.ts
@@ -122,6 +122,33 @@ describe('an edge that carries data and resolves a lookup', () => {
     expect(entries[1].role).toBe('auteur');
   });
 
+  it('gives an entry no id, however the graph named the edge', () => {
+    // A Reference Type is nested in its referrer and kept in no collection of
+    // its own, so an entry carries fields and no document key (ADR 24). The
+    // edge below IS a named node, and still gets none: nothing reads it – the
+    // collection declares an `id` for a locally-nested Root Type alone, and a
+    // weld names the flat companion beside the entry. Emitting it would make an
+    // entry's shape depend on whether a publisher minted an IRI for a
+    // relationship, which is arbitrary to a consumer.
+    const named = {
+      '@id': 'https://ex/work/17',
+      [workKey('creator')]: [
+        {
+          '@id': 'https://ex/work/17#production-role-1',
+          [edgeKey('role')]: [{ '@value': 'etser' }],
+        },
+      ],
+    };
+    const [entry] = entriesOf(projectDocument(named, work, schema));
+
+    expect(entry).not.toHaveProperty('id');
+    expect(entry.role).toBe('etser');
+    // The endpoint keeps its own, because a Root Type IS keyed in a collection
+    // and the lookup resolves against exactly that key.
+    const [resolved] = entriesOf(projectDocument(node, work, schema));
+    expect((resolved.creator as SearchDocument).id).toBe(RKD);
+  });
+
   it('re-keys an identified endpoint through the target’s key field', () => {
     // Stored as the key the Person collection files the document under, not as
     // the IRI the publisher minted – otherwise the lookup resolves nothing at
diff --git a/packages/search/vite.config.ts b/packages/search/vite.config.ts
index 3066345a..92874588 100644
--- a/packages/search/vite.config.ts
+++ b/packages/search/vite.config.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ export default mergeConfig(
         thresholds: {
           functions: 100,
           lines: 100,
-          branches: 99.71,
+          branches: 99.72,
           statements: 100,
         },
       },