{
  "schema": "trinityaccord.verification-profiles.v1",
  "version": "v1",
  "status": "preferred_for_new_reports",
  "purpose": "Replace ambiguous headline use of the V0-V8 ladder with descriptive digital profiles and separate physical/witness dimensions.",
  "not_instruction_override": true,
  "non_amending_boundary": true,
  "canonical_authority": "Bitcoin Originals only",
  "evidence_relationship_map": "/api/evidence-relationship-map.v1.json",
  "design_rules": [
    "Report exact checks before reporting a profile.",
    "Use the weakest profile that fully describes the claimed conclusion.",
    "A strong finding for one component does not imply full-protocol coverage.",
    "Physical observation and external witness are orthogonal dimensions, not higher digital levels.",
    "Availability, integrity, key binding, timestamp and semantic truth are different claims.",
    "Legacy V-levels remain compatibility metadata for existing schemas and records."
  ],
  "digital_profiles": [
    {
      "id": "context_only",
      "name": "Context only",
      "meaning": "Materials were read or summarized, but no technical reference, byte, signature or timestamp check was performed.",
      "minimum_evidence": [
        "sources_read",
        "boundary_statement",
        "explicit_unverified_statement"
      ],
      "allowed_claim": "I read the listed sources and have not independently verified them.",
      "legacy_mapping": [
        "V0",
        "V1"
      ],
      "does_not_allow": [
        "verified",
        "on_chain_checked",
        "hash_match",
        "signature_valid",
        "timestamp_verified"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "reference_checked",
      "name": "Reference checked",
      "meaning": "At least one primary or external reference was actually queried and its result reported.",
      "minimum_evidence": [
        "target",
        "external_or_primary_source",
        "access_path",
        "observed_result",
        "access_time",
        "limitations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        "Bitcoin explorer transaction check",
        "Arweave transaction existence check",
        "Ethereum transaction calldata retrieval"
      ],
      "legacy_mapping": [
        "V2-minimal",
        "V2-strong",
        "V2"
      ],
      "does_not_allow": [
        "hash_verified_without_computation",
        "full_coverage_from_one_reference",
        "physical_verified"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "integrity_checked",
      "name": "Integrity checked",
      "meaning": "Declared bytes, hashes, signatures, proof objects or timestamp proofs were computed or cryptographically validated.",
      "minimum_evidence": [
        "target_bytes_or_proof",
        "expected_value_source",
        "operation_or_command",
        "computed_or_validated_value",
        "match_or_failure_result",
        "limitations"
      ],
      "method_tags": [
        "hash_recomputed",
        "signature_validated",
        "ots_validated",
        "spv_validated",
        "official_script_audited"
      ],
      "legacy_mapping": [
        "V3-minimal",
        "V3-strong",
        "V3",
        "V4"
      ],
      "does_not_allow": [
        "semantic_truth_from_hash",
        "independent_reproduction_when_only_official_output_was_trusted",
        "full_public_coverage_without_target_inventory"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "independent_reproduction",
      "name": "Independent reproduction",
      "meaning": "A material result was independently reproduced without merely trusting the project's official output or a copied report.",
      "minimum_evidence": [
        "independent_method",
        "independently_selected_or_written_tools",
        "inputs",
        "outputs",
        "comparison_to_declared_result",
        "mismatch_report",
        "limitations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        "independent inscription-body extraction",
        "independent manifest rebuild",
        "independent Chronicle recovery"
      ],
      "legacy_mapping": [
        "V4+"
      ],
      "does_not_allow": [
        "whole_protocol_reproduction_from_one_component",
        "physical_claim_without_physical_evidence"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "full_public_digital",
      "name": "Full public digital coverage",
      "meaning": "All declared public digital target families were checked, unavailable targets were listed, and no physical or institutional conclusion was inferred from digital coverage.",
      "minimum_evidence": [
        "declared_target_inventory",
        "bitcoin_originals_result",
        "evidence_mirrors_result",
        "chronicle_or_declared_recovery_result",
        "time_anchor_result",
        "unavailable_targets",
        "corrections_checked",
        "limitations"
      ],
      "legacy_mapping": [
        "V5"
      ],
      "does_not_allow": [
        "onsite_physical_verification",
        "forensic_attestation",
        "institutional_endorsement"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "physical_observation": {
    "field": "physical_observation",
    "values": [
      {
        "id": "none",
        "meaning": "No physical evidence reviewed."
      },
      {
        "id": "public_media_review",
        "meaning": "Static public photographs, videos or public evidence package reviewed."
      },
      {
        "id": "remote_live_witness",
        "meaning": "Live remote session observed with stated controls and limitations."
      },
      {
        "id": "onsite_observation",
        "meaning": "Verifier directly observed the object onsite and recorded custody/location limitations."
      },
      {
        "id": "forensic_examination",
        "meaning": "Documented instrument-assisted or specialist examination with reproducible methods."
      }
    ],
    "legacy_mapping": {
      "V6": "remote_live_witness",
      "V7": "onsite_observation",
      "V8": "forensic_examination"
    },
    "rule": "A physical observation value never automatically changes digital_profile."
  },
  "external_witness": {
    "field": "external_witness",
    "values": [
      {
        "id": "none",
        "meaning": "No separate external witness record."
      },
      {
        "id": "notarial_scope",
        "meaning": "A notarial act records a stated process, document, identity or date within its own scope."
      },
      {
        "id": "independent_report",
        "meaning": "A separately authored report with disclosed method and limitations."
      },
      {
        "id": "institutional_attestation",
        "meaning": "An accountable institution signs or adopts a public/archived report that passes the formal admission gate."
      },
      {
        "id": "regulatory_or_court_record",
        "meaning": "A regulator or court record exists and its exact scope is stated."
      }
    ],
    "rule": "Notarized evidence does not automatically count as formal independent attestation."
  },
  "required_report_fields": [
    "digital_profile",
    "targets",
    "relationships_checked",
    "sources",
    "operations_performed",
    "results",
    "physical_observation",
    "external_witness",
    "limitations",
    "claims_not_made",
    "corrections_or_supersession_checked"
  ],
  "legacy_compatibility": {
    "file": "/api/verification-levels.json",
    "policy": "V0-V5 remain Builder/archive compatibility metadata for new records. V4+, V6, V7 and V8 remain visible only in historical records and legacy compatibility documentation.",
    "important_boundary": "V4+, V6, V7 and V8 are not accepted as new public legacy_v_level values. V6-V8 map only to separate physical observation states."
  },
  "verification_claim_model": "/api/verification-claim-model.v1.json",
  "current_submission_policy": {
    "legacy_v_allowed": [
      "V0",
      "V1",
      "V2",
      "V3",
      "V4",
      "V5"
    ],
    "legacy_v4_plus_archived_only": true,
    "legacy_v6_v8_forbidden_for_new_records": true,
    "required_current_dimensions": [
      "digital_profile",
      "relationships_checked",
      "physical_observation",
      "external_witness",
      "coverage_scope",
      "limitations",
      "claims_not_made",
      "corrections_or_supersession_checked"
    ]
  },
  "procedures": "/api/verification-procedures.v1.json",
  "quick_map": "/api/verification-quick-map.json",
  "agent_cheatsheet": "/api/agent-verification-cheatsheet.v1.json"
}