Definition
An append-only chain preserving an earlier claim while publishing its correction, successor, or withdrawal.
Boundary
- Implies
- historical accountability and current disposition
- Does not imply
- silent rewriting or deletion of inconvenient history
- Evidence required
- predecessor, correction reason, successor, effective date, and affected projections
Provenance
- Source memory
- REP-MACHINE-TRANSPARENCY-CENTER-001
- Source SHA-256
- 46e66d93e13ebe5ed59a17f711733684b388194e01942a9a87ea23e89005291d
- Correction record
- EVI-RCOR-237-001
- Record SHA-256
- 2f16d407baa9d103690158946a877a19276e002455a0437d389c08d0b8f7d9ca
Truth boundary
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.