@techreport{condrey-rats-pop-appraisal-04, number = {draft-condrey-rats-pop-appraisal-04}, type = {Internet-Draft}, institution = {Internet Engineering Task Force}, publisher = {Internet Engineering Task Force}, note = {Work in Progress}, url = {https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-condrey-rats-pop-appraisal/04/}, author = {David Lee Condrey}, title = {{Proof of Process (PoP): Forensic Appraisal and Security Model}}, pagetotal = 24, year = 2026, month = feb, day = 18, abstract = {This document specifies the forensic appraisal methodology and quantitative security model for the Proof of Process (PoP) framework. It defines how Verifiers evaluate behavioral entropy, perform liveness detection, and calculate forgery cost bounds. Additionally, it establishes the taxonomy for Absence Proofs and the Writers Authenticity Report (WAR) format, as well as the Tool Receipt protocol for artificial intelligence (AI) attribution within the linear human authoring process.}, }