{
  "canonicalRoute": "/reference/machine-identity/concepts/credential/",
  "correctionRecord": "EVI-RCOR-237-002",
  "definition": "A scoped assertion issued under a stated policy about an identity, role, capability, or status.",
  "doesNotImply": "truth outside the issuer's competence or permanent status",
  "evidenceRequired": "issuer, subject, claims, validity, revocation, proof method, and policy",
  "generated": "2026-08-10",
  "id": "EVI-PID-238-011",
  "implies": "the issuer made the bounded assertion",
  "machineReadableUrl": "/api/public-information-definitions/011.json",
  "parentRoute": "/reference/machine-identity/",
  "recordSha256": "159f864959ef7337f50a16b28bd229fdb9418d796b028dcd97a65825ae70eb38",
  "slug": "credential",
  "sourceClass": "MACHINE_IDENTITY_CONTINUITY_EXPLAINER_RESEARCH",
  "sourceMemoryId": "REP-MACHINE-IDENTITY-EXPLAINER-001",
  "sourceSha256": "7778777d9c43b82addc47d714adb38a60e9c92d9b6e051f7610cb64703458ae6",
  "status": "CURRENT_WITH_QUALIFICATIONS",
  "term": "Credential",
  "truthBoundary": "A definition, report, route, checksum, key, credential, schema, fixture, local test, runtime measurement, or reachable URL does not by itself establish operational service, identity continuity, authority, legal effect, personhood, consciousness, sentience, citizenship, consent, responsibility, judgment, financial activity, external recognition, or independent review. Unknown, disputed, stale, unavailable, and proposed states remain explicit.",
  "version": "2.38.0"
}