The Ontology of Information: Energy Texture, Constraint Encoding, Barrier Diffusion and the Physics of Meaning

What is information, physically? This document provides the constitutional answer within the Energy-Efficiency Theory framework. Information is not an abstract mathematical quantity, nor a primitive of the universe, nor a mere empirical generalization about communication channels. Information is the \textbf{third register of difference}: the structured correlation patterns among maintained Beings, constitutionally derived from the Triple Register Theorem of Difference v3.3. Version 3.4 is a comprehensive constitutional upgrade. It establishes that information has two constitutionally distinct layers: basal information (L2) --- the natural patterns of the substrate's inhomogeneous operation, the precursor of…