SRC-W3C-01 · standard
PROV-O: The PROV Ontology
Defines a W3C Recommendation for representing provenance entities, activities, and agents.
W3C — official/source page ↗Evidence architecture
Constitutional Data Types
A typed evidence model separating observation, inference, prediction, allegation, corroborated evidence, adjudicated fact, legal status, harm, risk, norm and moral judgment.
Technical design proposal / research synthesisFact / proposal boundaries enforcedv0.14.0
Answer first
Why does epistemic type matter?
Because machine systems can make an illegitimate decision without ever fabricating a datum. The failure can occur when a true observation is silently cast into an inference, prediction, fact or moral judgment. The No Type-Casting Rule requires explicit transformations and provenance.
Types
Different statements carry different authority
“The user searched for X” is an observation. “The user intends Y” is an inference. “Future Y is likely” is a prediction. “The user committed Y” requires a different evidentiary and adjudicative pathway.
No silent cast
Do not collapse categories
Prediction → fact, correlation → evidence, anomaly → danger, privacy → suspicion and illegality → moral failure are prohibited conceptual shortcuts unless a separate justified process establishes the stronger category.
Clickable evidence
Sources supporting the factual layer
Source links establish traceability and support. They do not imply that the source endorses Concresca’s constitutional proposals.
Judgment-free total cognitive freedom
NO JUDGMENT WHATSOEVER. Concresca coordinates without assigning moral worth, character, guilt, danger, trustworthiness, loyalty, purity, normality, or social standing. Questions, thoughts, identities, messages, content, and conduct are not objects of Concresca judgment.