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Claim & Evidence Registers

Turn evidence into operational memory

A Source-of-Truth becomes governable when claims and evidence are recorded with scope, status, limitations, review, and allowed wording instead of being held only in memory or long documents.

Claim Register — minimum fields

Claim · where it appears · evidence that supports it · current status · risk level · approver/owner · last reviewed · allowed wording · forbidden wording · related pages/systems that must align.

Evidence Register — minimum fields

Evidence item · type · source · date · status · scope · claims it supports · claims it does not support · risk · limitations · related files/IDs · review notes · integrity/hash where applicable.

Research Status Map

Useful states include: Research Idea · Blueprint · Methodology Draft · Instrument Draft · Pilot Planned · Data Collection In Progress · Data Collected · Analysis In Progress · Results Draft · Reviewed Result · Validation Work · Validated only within a stated scope. Do not skip states for appearance.

Correction / contradiction record

When two sources conflict, record both. Note which is newer, which has stronger authority, what was corrected, what remains unresolved, and which public wording is currently allowed. Contradiction is evidence about the state of the record.

Do Not Publish list

Sensitive personal material, unsupported professional claims, unsafe historical AI/DLAS claims, unverified partner/role claims, secrets, and private source bodies need explicit non-public classification where applicable. Source-of-Truth must know not only what can be published, but what must remain private.

Reflection

Questions to sit with

  1. What wording is allowed today?
  2. What evidence would be required to upgrade the status?
  3. Which other public pages would become contradictory if this claim changes?

One safe next action

Create one claim-register row and one evidence-register row for the same issue. Make the limitation explicit.