Evidence
A public claim needs retained evidence. A passing test proves only the property it tests.
The doctrine
Method
A readable account of how evidence, authority, gates, review, provenance, and ratification shape the public surface.
Bounded by proof
Authority
Models may propose and validators may validate; humans ratify material state transitions.
Gate
Each gate bounds what can be built and what remains unauthorized. Later capability is not silently live.
Review
Independent review challenges claims, scope, accessibility, provenance, and protected history.
Provenance
Canonical source, record version, projection version, and integrity hash travel with public-safe projections.
Ratification
Candidate work is not canonical until explicit human authority promotes it.
R1
Deterministic by design
The public surface reads retained records and fails closed when lineage, publication, evidence, or authority is incomplete. No AI provider, realtime source, or future interface is required for the core content.