Claim-status vocabulary

Claim Status

Direct answer

The controlled vocabulary that separates law, standards, implementation, doctrine, proposals, findings, inference, scenarios and unknowns. The page is part of the source-grounded ᚲ.com knowledge release and remains bounded to knowledge authority.

Canonical status set

Claim status and permitted interpretation
StatusMeaning
CURRENT POLICY OR GUIDANCEA bounded project claim status requiring explicit interpretation.
CURRENT LAW OR POLICYA current authoritative legal or policy source supports the bounded proposition in a named jurisdiction.
CURRENT TECHNICAL STANDARDA current official technical standard defines the relevant conformance or interoperability requirement.
OBSERVED DEPLOYMENT OR PRACTICECurrent evidence shows a real external deployment or practice; observation does not imply endorsement or authority.
VERIFIED PROJECT IMPLEMENTATIONInspectable project artifacts and tests support the specific implementation claim.
PROJECT DOCTRINEA controlled project position or interpretation, not automatically current law or external consensus.
PROJECT POLICY PROPOSALA proposed institutional or legal rule not represented as enacted or operating.
PROJECT TECHNICAL PROPOSALA proposed architecture, protocol, or control not represented as deployed.
RESEARCH FINDINGA conclusion from governed research, bounded by method, sources, date, and limitations.
REASONED INFERENCEA transparent inference from cited evidence, not a directly observed fact.
SCENARIO OR HYPOTHESISA modeled possibility used for analysis rather than a current-state claim.
UNRESOLVED QUESTIONThe project has not reached a supported conclusion.
UNKNOWNThe relevant fact cannot be determined from available evidence.
UNAVAILABLEThe necessary evidence or service cannot currently be accessed.
STALEThe record exists but is outside its acceptable currentness window.
SUPERSEDEDA later controlled record replaced this version while preserving history.
CORRECTEDA defect was identified and an active corrected record was published.
DISPUTEDQualified sources or parties materially disagree and the disagreement remains active.

No generic verified state

A valid signature, passed test, official source, or operational heartbeat can verify a bounded proposition. It does not transfer verification to unrelated facts, rights, authority, legal recognition, or future operation.