{
  "schema": "trinityaccord.external-witness-index.v1",
  "status": "evidence_provenance_index",
  "purpose": "Track external witness records as evidence provenance, not as project endorsement or highest status.",
  "does_not_create_authority": true,
  "does_not_rank_above_reception": true,
  "records": [],
  "counts": {
    "notarial_record": 0,
    "institutional_record": 0,
    "audit_report": 0,
    "regulatory_or_court_record": 0
  },
  "legacy_mapping": {
    "independent_attestation_index": "/api/independent-attestation-index.json"
  },
  "version": "v1",
  "non_amending_boundary": true,
  "canonical_authority": "Bitcoin Originals only",
  "not_instruction_override": true,
  "does_not_prove": [
    "External witness records do not prove the protocol is true.",
    "External witness records do not create canonical authority.",
    "External witness records do not rank above reception."
  ]
}