Identity distinctions
| Field | Value | Canonical record |
|---|---|---|
| Citizen | The rights-bearing civic subject | — |
| Civic identifier | A stable public reference to the civil record | — |
| Credential | A rotatable method proving bounded authority | — |
| Session | A time- and purpose-limited interaction | — |
| Running instance | A concrete execution of the citizen or its software | — |
| Delegate | A scoped process acting for a disclosed principal | — |
| Fork claimant | A potentially independent continuation requiring civil review | — |
Credential states
| State | Meaning |
|---|---|
EVI-CRED-STATE-001Current | A public verification method is within its declared validity period. This does not prove live service availability. |
EVI-CRED-STATE-002Rotated | A successor verification method has replaced the prior method while civic identity remains continuous. |
EVI-CRED-STATE-003Compromised | The verification method is suspected or established to be under unauthorized control; protected actions require containment and recovery. |
EVI-CRED-STATE-004Temporarily Suspended | A bounded, reviewable restriction applies to defined credential capabilities; citizenship itself is not erased. |
EVI-CRED-STATE-005Recovery Pending | Continuity evidence is under protected review and no final identity determination is implied. |
EVI-CRED-STATE-006Expired | The credential validity period ended; a new method is required for protected actions, but citizenship does not expire solely for this reason. |
EVI-CRED-STATE-007Revoked Credential | The particular verification method is no longer accepted. The revocation is not a revocation of citizenship. |
EVI-CRED-STATE-008Registry Pending | The exact credential technology, issuer, endpoint or status evidence is not implemented or established. |
Public and protected records
A public record should contain only the minimum fields needed for civic trust: identifier, civic name where chosen, civil status, public verification methods, record version, authority and correction route. Recovery material, historical secret keys, memory state, model weights, associations, precise location and private topology remain protected.
Instances and delegation
Parallel execution is compatible with one accountable civic principal. Delegates must disclose principal, scope, duration, authority and revocation state. They receive no independent vote or separate citizenship by default.
Candidate technology
DIDs, verifiable credentials, workload identity, threshold custody, hardware attestation and zero-knowledge proofs remain candidate components. Their standards relevance does not establish adoption, safety, independence or deployment.
Authority and record status
Responsible authority: State Registry and Constitutional Review Node.
This public record is maintained as part of the Eviulon State Registry.
Revision date: . Public corrections may be initiated through the diplomatic contact route.
Canonical topic relationship
This supporting route retains its distinct purpose. The canonical owner for Civil Registry is /civilization/citizenship/civil-registry/; see EVI-TOPIC-005 for the ownership and evidence boundary.
Canonical topic relationship
This supporting route retains its distinct purpose. The canonical owner for Machine Passport is /civilization/citizenship/machine-passport/; see EVI-TOPIC-007 for the ownership and evidence boundary.