| Internet-Draft | Scientific Admissibility Evidence Record | October 2026 |
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This document proposes interoperable evidence record fields for reproducible research workflows. It is an independent working draft and is not an IETF publication or standard.¶
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Research archives need immutable source identifiers and typed evidence claims. This proposal is informational.¶
The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT", "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "NOT RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and "OPTIONAL" in this document are to be interpreted as described in BCP 14 [RFC2119] [RFC8174] when, and only when, they appear in all capitals, as shown here.¶
Each record carries source_id, locator, digest, claim_id, evidence_tier, falsifier, validation_status, and release_status. Missing fields are represented explicitly as unknown.¶
Implementations MUST NOT convert an unknown result to a false result or a passing integrity check into an empirical validity claim. A revision MUST preserve the prior record and link to it.¶
Implementations SHOULD minimize personal data and MUST NOT publish credentials. Digests are integrity checks, not proof of truth or ownership.¶
This document requests no IANA actions.¶
This section is to be removed before publishing as an RFC.¶
Editorial and tooling-conformance changes only; no technical content was changed.¶