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   <front>
      <title>Verifiable AI Provenance (VAP) Framework and Legal AI Profile (LAP)</title>
      <author initials="" surname="AILEX" fullname="AILEX">
         <organization>AILEX Inc. / VeritasChain Standards Organization</organization>
      </author>
      <date month="February" day="13" year="2026" />
      <abstract>
	 <t>   This document specifies the Verifiable AI Provenance (VAP) Framework,
   a cross-domain upper framework for cryptographically verifiable
   decision audit trails in high-risk AI systems, along with the Legal
   AI Profile (LAP), a domain-specific instantiation for legal AI and
   LegalTech systems.

   VAP defines common infrastructure including hash chain integrity,
   digital signatures, unified conformance levels (Bronze/Silver/Gold),
   external anchoring via RFC 3161 Time-Stamp Protocol and compatible
   transparency services, a Completeness Invariant pattern guaranteeing
   no selective logging, standardized Evidence Pack format for
   regulatory submission, and privacy-preserving verification protocols.

   LAP extends VAP for the judicial AI domain, addressing unique
   requirements including attorney oversight verification (Human
   Override Coverage), three-pipeline completeness invariants for legal
   consultation, document generation, and fact-checking, as well as
   privacy-preserving fields designed to maintain attorney-client
   privilege while enabling third-party auditability.

	 </t>
      </abstract>
   </front>
   <seriesInfo name="Internet-Draft" value="draft-ailex-vap-legal-ai-provenance-00" />
   
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