Evidence layer
Probative surfaces brought into scope by this page
This page does more than point to governance files. It is also anchored to surfaces that make observation, traceability, fidelity, and audit more reconstructible. Their order below makes the minimal evidence chain explicit.
- 01Canon and scopeDefinitions canon
- 02Evidence artifactclaims.json
- 03Evidence artifactauthority-precedence.json
- 04Evidence artifacteac-resolution-matrix.json
Definitions canon
/canon.md
Opposable base for identity, scope, roles, and negations that must survive synthesis.
- Makes provable
- The reference corpus against which fidelity can be evaluated.
- Does not prove
- Neither that a system already consults it nor that an observed response stays faithful to it.
- Use when
- Before any observation, test, audit, or correction.
claims.json
/claims.json
Published surface that contributes to making an evidence chain more reconstructible.
- Makes provable
- Part of the observation, trace, audit, or fidelity chain.
- Does not prove
- Neither total proof, obedience guarantee, nor implicit certification.
- Use when
- When a page needs to make its evidence regime explicit.
authority-precedence.json
/authority-precedence.json
Published surface that contributes to making an evidence chain more reconstructible.
- Makes provable
- Part of the observation, trace, audit, or fidelity chain.
- Does not prove
- Neither total proof, obedience guarantee, nor implicit certification.
- Use when
- When a page needs to make its evidence regime explicit.
eac-resolution-matrix.json
/eac-resolution-matrix.json
Published surface that contributes to making an evidence chain more reconstructible.
- Makes provable
- Part of the observation, trace, audit, or fidelity chain.
- Does not prove
- Neither total proof, obedience guarantee, nor implicit certification.
- Use when
- When a page needs to make its evidence regime explicit.
Interpretive authority regime
Interpretive authority regime prevents a central failure mode of the agentic web: treating every source as if it had the same authority over every question.
In an AI reconstruction, an official page, an external source, a repository proof, a public criticism and a doctrinal definition do not have the same role. Their weight must depend on the kind of claim being reconstructed.
This definition belongs to the CPI: Interpretive Weighting Layer when it governs source arbitration. It belongs to the CAI: Attested Integrity Layer when it governs verification of a published canonical unit.
The reading rule is strict: an official source may be primary for its identity, doctrine, limits, definitions and stated intent. It must not self-certify reputation, suppress qualified external criticism or turn an official position into objective truth.
This separation protects the corpus against falsification while protecting the user against private censorship. Interpretive weighting classifies source roles. It does not erase contradiction.