Evidence architecture
Evidence
Direct answer
Evidence is information offered for a proposition and purpose. K03 keeps source authorization, authenticity, integrity, relevance, reliability, completeness, currentness, reproducibility, qualification, suitability, admissibility, and factual truth as separate properties.
Public evidence controls
Evidence limitations
What common technical artifacts cannot establish by themselves.
Contradictions
Where claims conflict or were previously conflated.
Currentness
Publication, review, revalidation, staleness, and supersession.
Claim status
Current law, standards, observations, implementation, doctrine, proposals, findings, inference, unknowns, corrections, and disputes.
Evidence ladder
- Identify the exact proposition and purpose.
- Establish source authorization and authenticity.
- Check payload or record integrity.
- Evaluate relevance, reliability, completeness, and currentness.
- Verify authority, jurisdiction, scope, and procedural requirements.
- Record limitations, contradictions, corrections, and review routes.