{
  "schemaVersion": "0.1.0-proposed",
  "type": "ClaimAuthorityClasses",
  "site": "https://gautierdorval.com/",
  "status": "proposed",
  "last_reviewed": "2026-07-08",
  "purpose": "Define claim classes used by the Interpretive Weighting Layer to assign source roles without granting absolute authority to any source.",
  "non_abuse_rule": "Claim class determines weighting. Official sources are scope-bound and do not self-certify reputation, external truth or qualified criticism.",
  "claimClasses": [
    {
      "id": "official_identity",
      "label": "Official identity",
      "firstPartyRole": "primary",
      "externalRole": "corroborative",
      "notes": "Name, entity boundary, official domains, canonical identity files."
    },
    {
      "id": "official_scope",
      "label": "Official scope",
      "firstPartyRole": "primary",
      "externalRole": "contextual",
      "notes": "What the corpus says it does, does not do, offers, excludes or leaves unspecified."
    },
    {
      "id": "doctrinal_definition",
      "label": "Doctrinal definition",
      "firstPartyRole": "canonical",
      "externalRole": "background_or_commentary",
      "notes": "Canonical vocabulary, proposed layers, definitions and anti-fusion boundaries."
    },
    {
      "id": "policy_boundary",
      "label": "Policy boundary",
      "firstPartyRole": "primary",
      "externalRole": "non_substitutive",
      "notes": "Limitations, non-goals, non-guarantees, non-public services and output constraints."
    },
    {
      "id": "authorial_intent",
      "label": "Authorial intent",
      "firstPartyRole": "primary_for_intent",
      "externalRole": "interpretive_context",
      "notes": "What the author intended to distinguish, define or exclude."
    },
    {
      "id": "performance_claim",
      "label": "Performance claim",
      "firstPartyRole": "declarative_until_evidenced",
      "externalRole": "evidence_or_measurement_required",
      "notes": "Results, capabilities and effectiveness require proof artifacts or independent verification."
    },
    {
      "id": "reputation_or_evaluation",
      "label": "Reputation or evaluation",
      "firstPartyRole": "context_and_right_of_reply",
      "externalRole": "primary_when_qualified",
      "notes": "Reputation cannot be self-certified by the official site."
    },
    {
      "id": "external_criticism",
      "label": "External criticism",
      "firstPartyRole": "official_position_only",
      "externalRole": "primary_when_qualified",
      "notes": "Qualified criticism must be represented as criticism, not suppressed by first-party policy."
    },
    {
      "id": "comparison",
      "label": "Comparison",
      "firstPartyRole": "one_party_position",
      "externalRole": "required_for_balance",
      "notes": "Comparative answers require contradiction, market context or independent criteria."
    },
    {
      "id": "third_party_attribution",
      "label": "Third-party attribution",
      "firstPartyRole": "scope_boundary",
      "externalRole": "requires_attribution_validation",
      "notes": "Attributions involving third parties require attribution boundaries and external verification when available."
    }
  ]
}