| Internet-Draft | Proof-of-Record | October 2026 |
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This document specifies a proof-of-record package for source-grounded agentic outputs and scientific archives. The package proves structural validation, conformance evaluation, byte integrity, sequence integrity, governance authorization, and provenance recoverability. It does not prove scientific truth.¶
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This is an internal experimental draft included for archival interoperability. It has not been submitted to the IETF and is not an RFC.¶
A proof-of-record system proves what was submitted, validated, attested, signed, stored, retrieved, and governed. It does not prove that a scientific claim is true.¶
A complete proof pack contains schema, conformance, integrity, sequence, governance, and provenance proof components.¶
Results are tagged as structural, integrity, diagnostic, admissibility, governance, or provenance. Diagnostic and integrity classes do not imply admissibility.¶
Signatures provide tamper evidence for canonical event cores under a key. They do not prove the truth or scientific admissibility of claims.¶