{"schema":"https://ver.cy/schemas/card/1.0.0","id":"vr.profile.enterprise-assertion-provenance","code":"enterprise-assertion-provenance","url":"https://ver.cy/models/enterprise-assertion-provenance/","name":"Enterprise Assertion Provenance","alternateNames":["Assertion provenance","EM-XCT-03","Evidence and confidence"],"kind":"enterprise-profile","status":"published","version":"0.1.0","language":"en","classifiers":{"family":"Enterprise profiles","category":"Cross-cutting context","entryKind":"companion-contract","plane":"","domain":["Enterprise","Provenance","Evidence"],"industry":["Cross-industry"],"navPath":"NAV.XCT","tags":["EM-XCT-03","provenance","evidence","assertion","confidence"],"facets":{}},"whatItIs":"A companion contract for a Company Dimension that records where each enterprise assertion came from: the source, how and when it was acquired, the evidence kept and the method-qualified confidence, without judging whether the assertion is true.","purpose":"Preserve the origins, evidence, changes and method-qualified confidence of enterprise assertions without inferring truth or permission.","scope":{"in":[],"out":[],"boundaries":[]},"distinguishingFeatures":["Records where an enterprise assertion came from and on what evidence, without deciding whether it is true.","Gives every change of source, acquisition, version or content digest a new capture ID instead of overwriting.","Keeps confidence qualified by the method that produced it, so numbers from different schemes are never added up."],"structure":{"bundles":[{"id":"AP-SOURCE","name":"Sources and execution","description":"Sources and execution for the bounded assertion-provenance contract.","layers":[{"id":"AP-CAPTURE","name":"Captured representations","description":"Collect explicit context and preserve unknowns. 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Keep their identities separate","id":"Q18","kind":"governed-context"}]}]},{"id":"AP-EVENT","name":"Execution activities","description":"Collect explicit context and preserve unknowns. See the semantic contract for exact rules.","findings":[{"id":"AP-F02","name":"Is this source-asserted, inferred or proposed?","description":"Is this source-asserted, inferred or proposed? Separate account and activity kind","questions":[{"text":"Is this source-asserted, inferred or proposed? Separate account and activity kind","id":"Q02","kind":"governed-context"}]},{"id":"AP-F06","name":"Correction or a new acquisition/assessment?","description":"Correction or a new acquisition/assessment? Preserve activity identity","questions":[{"text":"Correction or a new acquisition/assessment? Preserve activity identity","id":"Q06","kind":"governed-context"}]}]}]},{"id":"AP-ACCOUNT","name":"Assertion accounts","description":"Assertion accounts for the bounded assertion-provenance contract.","layers":[{"id":"AP-GRAIN","name":"Claim and account boundary","description":"Collect explicit context and preserve unknowns. See the semantic contract for exact rules.","findings":[{"id":"AP-F04","name":"Is this the claim, its account or its evidence?","description":"Is this the claim, its account or its evidence? Preserve grain","questions":[{"text":"Is this the claim, its account or its evidence? Preserve grain","id":"Q04","kind":"governed-context"}]},{"id":"AP-F09","name":"Which system masters which data?","description":"Which system masters which data? Avoid a new master for the external claim","questions":[{"text":"Which system masters which data? Avoid a new master for the external claim","id":"Q09","kind":"governed-context"}]}]},{"id":"AP-HISTORY","name":"Historical reliance","description":"Collect explicit context and preserve unknowns. See the semantic contract for exact rules.","findings":[{"id":"AP-F03","name":"How is an unreliable account withdrawn?","description":"How is an unreliable account withdrawn? Preserve immutable history","questions":[{"text":"How is an unreliable account withdrawn? Preserve immutable history","id":"Q03","kind":"governed-context"}]},{"id":"AP-F10","name":"What was known at a particular time?","description":"What was known at a particular time? Keep occurrence/capture/receipt separate","questions":[{"text":"What was known at a particular time? Keep occurrence/capture/receipt separate","id":"Q10","kind":"governed-context"}]},{"id":"AP-F11","name":"Which state transitions are allowed?","description":"Which state transitions are allowed? Distinguish account lifecycle from kind","questions":[{"text":"Which state transitions are allowed? Distinguish account lifecycle from kind","id":"Q11","kind":"governed-context"}]}]}]},{"id":"AP-REVIEW","name":"Evidence and assessment","description":"Evidence and assessment for the bounded assertion-provenance contract.","layers":[{"id":"AP-EVIDENCE","name":"Evidence relationships","description":"Collect explicit context and preserve unknowns. See the semantic contract for exact rules.","findings":[{"id":"AP-F07","name":"What is missing or disputed?","description":"What is missing or disputed? No selected truth from absent evidence","questions":[{"text":"What is missing or disputed? No selected truth from absent evidence","id":"Q07","kind":"governed-context"}]},{"id":"AP-F12","name":"Which links and cardinalities are required?","description":"Which links and cardinalities are required? No dangling executable references","questions":[{"text":"Which links and cardinalities are required? No dangling executable references","id":"Q12","kind":"governed-context"}]},{"id":"AP-F16","name":"Are multiple citations independent?","description":"Are multiple citations independent? Repetition is not corroboration","questions":[{"text":"Are multiple citations independent? Repetition is not corroboration","id":"Q16","kind":"governed-context"}]}]},{"id":"AP-ASSESS","name":"Qualified confidence","description":"Collect explicit context and preserve unknowns. See the semantic contract for exact rules.","findings":[{"id":"AP-F17","name":"Can two confidence values be compared?","description":"Can two confidence values be compared? Method and scale matter","questions":[{"text":"Can two confidence values be compared? Method and scale matter","id":"Q17","kind":"governed-context"}]}]}]},{"id":"AP-GOV","name":"Governance and adoption","description":"Governance and adoption for the bounded assertion-provenance contract.","layers":[{"id":"AP-RIGHTS","name":"Rights and disclosure","description":"Collect explicit context and preserve unknowns. See the semantic contract for exact rules.","findings":[{"id":"AP-F08","name":"Who may change this record?","description":"Who may change this record? Authorship is not authentication","questions":[{"text":"Who may change this record? Authorship is not authentication","id":"Q08","kind":"governed-context"}]},{"id":"AP-F13","name":"What can this reader see for this purpose?","description":"What can this reader see for this purpose? Avoid evidence leakage","questions":[{"text":"What can this reader see for this purpose? Avoid evidence leakage","id":"Q13","kind":"governed-context"}]},{"id":"AP-F15","name":"What can an agent conclude or propose?","description":"What can an agent conclude or propose? Keep evidence distinct from permission","questions":[{"text":"What can an agent conclude or propose? Keep evidence distinct from permission","id":"Q15","kind":"governed-context"}]}]},{"id":"AP-ADOPT","name":"Minimal composition and migration","description":"Collect explicit context and preserve unknowns. See the semantic contract for exact rules.","findings":[{"id":"AP-F14","name":"What is the smallest useful setup?","description":"What is the smallest useful setup? Optional confidence, no mandatory ERP","questions":[{"text":"What is the smallest useful setup? Optional confidence, no mandatory ERP","id":"Q14","kind":"governed-context"}]},{"id":"AP-F19","name":"Does the native envelope validate the inner history?","description":"Does the native envelope validate the inner history? Check both layers","questions":[{"text":"Does the native envelope validate the inner history? Check both layers","id":"Q19","kind":"governed-context"}]},{"id":"AP-F20","name":"Can this old payload be imported without losing semantics?","description":"Can this old payload be imported without losing semantics? Preserve unknowns","questions":[{"text":"Can this old payload be imported without losing semantics? 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Native outer validation alone does not enforce nested semantics. Consult the released adoption limits."],"resources":{"spec":"/models/enterprise-assertion-provenance/versions/0.1.0/spec.json","agents":"/models/enterprise-assertion-provenance/versions/0.1.0/AGENTS.md","package":"/models/enterprise-assertion-provenance/versions/0.1.0/enterprise-assertion-provenance-0.1.0.zip","source":"https://ver.cy/enterprise/research/em-xct-03/"},"provenance":{"origin":"enterprise research","builtFrom":["models/enterprise-assertion-provenance/versions/0.1.0/spec.json","models/enterprise-assertion-provenance/catalogue-entry.json","ver-cy/world-models/card-supplements/enterprise-assertion-provenance.json"],"providers":["Claude","Grok"],"researchStatus":"reviewable-draft","generatedAt":"","builder":"tools/build_cards.py@1.0.0"},"completeness":{"sections":{"classifiers":"filled","whatItIs":"filled","purpose":"filled","distinguishingFeatures":"filled","structure":"filled","agentConduct":"filled","ethics":"filled","owners":"filled","relations":"filled","interaction.identity":"filled","interaction.properties":"not-applicable","interaction.recognition":"filled","interaction.capabilities":"filled","interaction.hazards":"filled","interaction.interfaces":"filled","interaction.context":"filled","sources":"filled"},"notes":{"interaction.properties":"Institutional or informational subject: it has no physical body to measure.","_supplement":"Sections authored in card supplement 1.0.0 by Claude (Opus 5.5) (2026-10-05, unreviewed). Written from the published specification and established practice in the field; no new sources were read. Unreviewed."},"score":1.0}}