Proof-of-Record Packages for Source-Grounded Agentic and Scientific Archives
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draft-watts-proof-of-record-system-00 
Individual Submission                                         D.O. Watts
Internet-Draft                                       GoodShyt Group Inc.
Intended status: Experimental                             8 October 2026
Expires: 11 April 2027

  Proof-of-Record Packages for Source-Grounded Agentic and Scientific
                                Archives
                 draft-watts-proof-of-record-system-00

Abstract

   This document specifies a proof-of-record package for source-grounded
   agentic outputs and scientific archives.  The package proves
   structural validation, conformance evaluation, byte integrity,
   sequence integrity, governance authorization, and provenance
   recoverability.  It does not prove scientific truth.

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Table of Contents

   1.  Status of This Memo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   2
   2.  Boundary  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   2
   3.  Proof Layers  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   2
   4.  Authority Classes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   2
   5.  Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   2
   6.  Normative References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   2
   Author's Address  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3

1.  Status of This Memo

   This is an internal experimental draft included for archival
   interoperability.  It has not been submitted to the IETF and is not
   an RFC.

2.  Boundary

   A proof-of-record system proves what was submitted, validated,
   attested, signed, stored, retrieved, and governed.  It does not prove
   that a scientific claim is true.

3.  Proof Layers

   A complete proof pack contains schema, conformance, integrity,
   sequence, governance, and provenance proof components.

4.  Authority Classes

   Results are tagged as structural, integrity, diagnostic,
   admissibility, governance, or provenance.  Diagnostic and integrity
   classes do not imply admissibility.

5.  Security Considerations

   Signatures provide tamper evidence for canonical event cores under a
   key.  They do not prove the truth or scientific admissibility of
   claims.

6.  Normative References

   [RFC8785]  Rundgren, A., "JSON Canonicalization Scheme (JCS)",
              RFC 8785, 2020, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8785>.

   [RFC8032]  Josefsson, S., "Edwards-Curve Digital Signature Algorithm
              (EdDSA)", RFC 8032, 2017,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8032>.

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Author's Address

   Deonté O'dell Watts
   GoodShyt Group Inc.
   Email: deonte@goodshyt.fun

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