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| <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0"> |
| <title>Trace Capsule v0.1 Draft Spec — Non-Normative C2PA Bridge Layer</title> |
| <style> |
| :root { |
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| --bg-deep: #0d1117; |
| --bg-surface: #111820; |
| --bg-card: #151e28; |
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| --text-primary: #d8e4f0; |
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| --text-muted: #4e6880; |
| --text-code: #7ec8a0; |
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| --state-held: #3dbb7e; |
| --state-strained: #d4a23d; |
| --state-repairing: #3d8fd4; |
| --state-encapsulated: #8b5fcf; |
| --state-false-closure: #d47a3d; |
| --state-must-stop: #c94f4f; |
| --state-closed: #5a7080; |
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| .site-header { |
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| font-weight: 500; |
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| margin: 20px 0; |
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| padding: 20px; |
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| border: 1px solid var(--border-subtle); |
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| margin: 20px 0; |
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| align-items: center; |
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| justify-content: center; |
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| background: var(--bg-card); |
| border: 1px solid var(--border-mid); |
| border-radius: var(--radius); |
| padding: 8px 14px; |
| font-family: var(--font-mono); |
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| color: var(--text-primary); |
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| margin-top: 10px; |
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| font-size: 13px; |
| margin: 20px 0; |
| background: var(--bg-card); |
| border-radius: var(--radius-lg); |
| overflow: hidden; |
| border: 1px solid var(--border-subtle); |
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| background: var(--bg-inset); |
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| font-family: var(--font-mono); |
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| letter-spacing: 0.12em; |
| text-transform: uppercase; |
| color: var(--text-muted); |
| border-bottom: 1px solid var(--border-mid); |
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| padding: 11px 16px; |
| border-bottom: 1px solid var(--border-subtle); |
| color: var(--text-secondary); |
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| .state-badge { |
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| align-items: center; |
| gap: 6px; |
| padding: 3px 10px; |
| border-radius: 3px; |
| font-family: var(--font-mono); |
| font-size: 10px; |
| font-weight: 500; |
| letter-spacing: 0.06em; |
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| border: 1px solid var(--border-subtle); |
| border-radius: var(--radius-lg); |
| margin: 16px 0; |
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| align-items: center; |
| justify-content: space-between; |
| padding: 10px 16px; |
| border-bottom: 1px solid var(--border-subtle); |
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| text-transform: uppercase; |
| color: var(--text-muted); |
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| font-size: 10px; |
| letter-spacing: 0.08em; |
| color: var(--text-muted); |
| background: none; |
| border: 1px solid var(--border-subtle); |
| padding: 3px 10px; |
| border-radius: var(--radius); |
| cursor: pointer; |
| transition: color 0.15s, border-color 0.15s; |
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| overflow-x: auto; |
| font-family: var(--font-mono); |
| font-size: 12.5px; |
| line-height: 1.75; |
| color: var(--text-code); |
| white-space: pre; |
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| .json-str { color: #a8d89c; } |
| .json-num { color: #d4c27a; } |
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| details { |
| background: var(--bg-card); |
| border: 1px solid var(--border-subtle); |
| border-radius: var(--radius-lg); |
| margin: 12px 0; |
| overflow: hidden; |
| } |
| summary { |
| padding: 14px 20px; |
| cursor: pointer; |
| font-size: 13px; |
| font-weight: 500; |
| color: var(--text-primary); |
| user-select: none; |
| list-style: none; |
| display: flex; |
| align-items: center; |
| gap: 10px; |
| transition: background 0.15s; |
| } |
| summary:hover { background: var(--bg-card-hover); } |
| summary::after { |
| content: '›'; |
| font-size: 16px; |
| color: var(--text-muted); |
| margin-left: auto; |
| transition: transform 0.2s; |
| } |
| details[open] summary::after { transform: rotate(90deg); } |
| summary::-webkit-details-marker { display: none; } |
| .details-body { |
| padding: 0 20px 20px; |
| border-top: 1px solid var(--border-subtle); |
| } |
| .details-body p { margin-top: 12px; } |
| |
| |
| .render-panel { |
| background: var(--bg-card); |
| border: 1px solid var(--border-mid); |
| border-radius: var(--radius-lg); |
| margin: 16px 0; |
| overflow: hidden; |
| } |
| .render-panel-header { |
| background: var(--bg-inset); |
| padding: 10px 16px; |
| font-family: var(--font-mono); |
| font-size: 10px; |
| letter-spacing: 0.12em; |
| text-transform: uppercase; |
| color: var(--text-muted); |
| border-bottom: 1px solid var(--border-subtle); |
| } |
| .render-badge-row { |
| padding: 14px 16px; |
| display: flex; |
| flex-wrap: wrap; |
| gap: 8px; |
| align-items: center; |
| border-bottom: 1px solid var(--border-subtle); |
| background: rgba(0,0,0,0.15); |
| } |
| .render-field-grid { |
| display: grid; |
| grid-template-columns: 140px 1fr; |
| gap: 0; |
| font-size: 12.5px; |
| } |
| .render-field-key { |
| font-family: var(--font-mono); |
| color: var(--text-muted); |
| padding: 8px 16px; |
| border-bottom: 1px solid var(--border-subtle); |
| font-size: 11px; |
| } |
| .render-field-val { |
| color: var(--text-secondary); |
| padding: 8px 16px; |
| border-bottom: 1px solid var(--border-subtle); |
| } |
| .render-field-key:last-of-type, |
| .render-field-val:last-child { border-bottom: none; } |
| |
| |
| .invariant-list { |
| list-style: none; |
| margin: 16px 0; |
| } |
| .invariant-list li { |
| display: flex; |
| gap: 12px; |
| align-items: baseline; |
| padding: 9px 0; |
| border-bottom: 1px solid var(--border-subtle); |
| font-size: 13px; |
| color: var(--text-secondary); |
| } |
| .invariant-list li:last-child { border-bottom: none; } |
| .invariant-list li .inv-marker { |
| font-family: var(--font-mono); |
| font-size: 10px; |
| color: var(--accent-cyan); |
| min-width: 16px; |
| margin-top: 2px; |
| } |
| |
| |
| .dnc-grid { |
| display: grid; |
| grid-template-columns: repeat(auto-fill, minmax(280px, 1fr)); |
| gap: 10px; |
| margin: 16px 0; |
| } |
| .dnc-item { |
| background: rgba(201,79,79,0.05); |
| border: 1px solid rgba(201,79,79,0.15); |
| border-radius: var(--radius); |
| padding: 10px 14px; |
| font-size: 12.5px; |
| color: #d4a0a0; |
| display: flex; |
| gap: 8px; |
| align-items: baseline; |
| } |
| .dnc-item::before { content: '✗'; color: var(--accent-red); font-size: 11px; flex-shrink: 0; } |
| |
| |
| .map-flow { |
| display: flex; |
| align-items: center; |
| flex-wrap: wrap; |
| gap: 0; |
| justify-content: center; |
| margin: 16px 0; |
| background: var(--bg-inset); |
| border: 1px solid var(--border-subtle); |
| border-radius: var(--radius-lg); |
| padding: 20px; |
| } |
| .map-node { |
| text-align: center; |
| padding: 10px 16px; |
| background: var(--bg-card); |
| border: 1px solid var(--border-mid); |
| border-radius: var(--radius); |
| font-family: var(--font-mono); |
| font-size: 11px; |
| color: var(--text-primary); |
| } |
| .map-node small { display: block; font-size: 9px; color: var(--text-muted); margin-top: 3px; letter-spacing: 0.05em; } |
| .map-arrow { padding: 0 8px; color: var(--text-muted); } |
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| |
| .compat-list { |
| list-style: none; |
| display: grid; |
| grid-template-columns: repeat(auto-fill, minmax(220px, 1fr)); |
| gap: 10px; |
| margin: 16px 0; |
| } |
| .compat-list li { |
| background: var(--bg-card); |
| border: 1px solid var(--border-subtle); |
| border-radius: var(--radius); |
| padding: 10px 14px; |
| font-size: 12.5px; |
| color: var(--text-secondary); |
| font-family: var(--font-mono); |
| } |
| .compat-list li span { display: block; font-family: var(--font-sans); font-size: 11px; color: var(--text-muted); margin-top: 3px; } |
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| |
| .final-lock { |
| background: linear-gradient(135deg, rgba(61,143,212,0.08) 0%, rgba(61,187,126,0.05) 100%); |
| border: 1px solid var(--border-accent); |
| border-radius: var(--radius-lg); |
| padding: 32px 36px; |
| margin: 40px 0 0; |
| text-align: center; |
| } |
| .final-lock .lock-icon { font-size: 28px; margin-bottom: 16px; } |
| .final-lock .lock-lines { |
| font-family: var(--font-serif); |
| font-size: clamp(15px, 2vw, 18px); |
| line-height: 2; |
| color: var(--text-primary); |
| } |
| .final-lock .lock-lines em { |
| color: var(--accent-cyan); |
| font-style: normal; |
| } |
| |
| |
| .site-footer { |
| margin-top: 60px; |
| padding-top: 24px; |
| border-top: 1px solid var(--border-subtle); |
| display: flex; |
| flex-wrap: wrap; |
| align-items: center; |
| justify-content: space-between; |
| gap: 16px; |
| } |
| .footer-attr { |
| font-size: 12px; |
| color: var(--text-muted); |
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| <div class="spec-tag">Non-Normative Draft Specification</div> |
| <h1 class="site-title">Trace Capsule v0.1 Draft Spec</h1> |
| <p class="site-subtitle">Non-Normative C2PA Bridge Layer for Bounded Interpretation, Source-Return, and Honest Closure</p> |
|
|
| <div class="author-block"> |
| <span class="author-name">Collin D. Weber</span> |
| <span class="author-role">Creator and Developer of Primordial Calculus / HIR-OAM</span> |
| <span class="author-role">Systems Architect / Systems Integrity Steward</span> |
| </div> |
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| <div class="version-badges"> |
| <span class="badge-pill version">v0.1 Public Draft</span> |
| <span class="badge-pill non-norm">Non-Normative</span> |
| <span class="badge-pill review">Review Artifact</span> |
| </div> |
| </header> |
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| <nav class="toc-nav"> |
| <h3>Contents</h3> |
| <ul class="toc-list"> |
| <li><a href="#boundary"><span class="num">01</span> Boundary Statement</a></li> |
| <li><a href="#overview"><span class="num">02</span> Overview</a></li> |
| <li><a href="#bridge-rules"><span class="num">03</span> Bridge Rules</a></li> |
| <li><a href="#min-access"><span class="num">04</span> Minimum Necessary Access</a></li> |
| <li><a href="#schema"><span class="num">05</span> Minimal Schema</a></li> |
| <li><a href="#json"><span class="num">06</span> JSON Embedding Examples</a></li> |
| <li><a href="#loop-states"><span class="num">07</span> loop_state Values</a></li> |
| <li><a href="#badges"><span class="num">08</span> Badge / Panel Render Rules</a></li> |
| <li><a href="#render-examples"><span class="num">09</span> Render Examples</a></li> |
| <li><a href="#reuse-flow"><span class="num">10</span> Reuse / Update Flow</a></li> |
| <li><a href="#pseudocode"><span class="num">11</span> Pseudocode Monitor</a></li> |
| <li><a href="#c2pa-rel"><span class="num">12</span> C2PA Relationship</a></li> |
| <li><a href="#compat"><span class="num">13</span> Related Systems</a></li> |
| <li><a href="#sensitive"><span class="num">14</span> Sensitive Domain Continuity</a></li> |
| <li><a href="#do-not-claim"><span class="num">15</span> Do Not Claim</a></li> |
| <li><a href="#final-lock"><span class="num">16</span> Final Lock</a></li> |
| </ul> |
| </nav> |
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| <section class="section" id="boundary"> |
| <p class="section-label">§ 01</p> |
| <h2 class="section-title">Boundary Statement</h2> |
|
|
| <div class="callout boundary"> |
| <p class="callout-title">⚠ Hard Boundary — Read Before Proceeding</p> |
| <p>This document is a <strong>non-normative draft proposal</strong> for review and alignment purposes only. It does not modify, extend, or supersede any existing standard, specification, protocol, or compliance framework.</p> |
| </div> |
|
|
| <div class="dnc-grid"> |
| <div class="dnc-item">This is not a C2PA standard</div> |
| <div class="dnc-item">This does not replace Content Credentials</div> |
| <div class="dnc-item">This does not define cryptographic provenance</div> |
| <div class="dnc-item">This does not prove truth</div> |
| <div class="dnc-item">This does not determine intent from metadata alone</div> |
| <div class="dnc-item">This does not remove the need for contextual judgment</div> |
| <div class="dnc-item">This does not replace domain review</div> |
| <div class="dnc-item">This does not replace journalism or legal process</div> |
| <div class="dnc-item">This does not replace clinical or security review</div> |
| <div class="dnc-item">This does not certify compliance with any standard</div> |
| <div class="dnc-item">This is not production-ready</div> |
| <div class="dnc-item">This does not replace human accountability</div> |
| </div> |
|
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| <p>This is a <strong>bounded interpretation-layer proposal</strong>. Its purpose is to describe how provenance-bearing content — once it enters human or AI-mediated discourse — might be handled with preserved source, bounded claims, and honest loop closure.</p> |
| </section> |
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| |
| <section class="section" id="overview"> |
| <p class="section-label">§ 02</p> |
| <h2 class="section-title">Overview</h2> |
|
|
| <div class="callout core"> |
| <p class="callout-title">Core Thesis</p> |
| <p><strong>Content Credentials make provenance visible.</strong><br> |
| <strong>Trace Capsules make provenance usable inside live communication loops.</strong><br> |
| <strong>Substrate carries the closure environment.</strong></p> |
| </div> |
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| <div class="card-grid"> |
| <div class="card"> |
| <div class="card-icon">🔐</div> |
| <div class="card-title">C2PA / Content Credentials</div> |
| <div class="card-body">The provenance and source layer. Helps content carry verifiable origin, edit history, authorship signals, and credential state. Answers: <em>Where did this come from and what happened to it?</em></div> |
| </div> |
| <div class="card"> |
| <div class="card-icon">◈</div> |
| <div class="card-title">Trace Capsule</div> |
| <div class="card-body">The bounded interpretation layer. Attaches downstream to provenance-bearing content. Helps provenance survive AI summarization, reposting, disputes, platform loops, and closure pressure. Answers: <em>What can this trace honestly support?</em></div> |
| </div> |
| <div class="card"> |
| <div class="card-icon">⬡</div> |
| <div class="card-title">Substrate</div> |
| <div class="card-body">The communication-loop environment. The human, institutional, platform, or AI-mediated space where interpretation, disagreement, repair, and closure happen. Answers: <em>Can this conversation honestly close?</em></div> |
| </div> |
| </div> |
|
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| <p>These three layers are <strong>not competing systems</strong>. They are a continuity stack: provenance at the content level, bounded interpretation at the downstream-use level, and honest loop handling at the communication level.</p> |
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| <div class="flow-diagram"> |
| <div class="flow-row"> |
| <div class="flow-node">Content</div> |
| <div class="flow-arrow">→</div> |
| <div class="flow-node highlight">Credential</div> |
| <div class="flow-arrow">→</div> |
| <div class="flow-node">Trace Capsule</div> |
| <div class="flow-arrow">→</div> |
| <div class="flow-node">Interpretation</div> |
| <div class="flow-arrow">→</div> |
| <div class="flow-node">Translation</div> |
| <div class="flow-arrow">→</div> |
| <div class="flow-node">Source-Return</div> |
| <div class="flow-arrow">→</div> |
| <div class="flow-node highlight">Honest Closure</div> |
| </div> |
| <div class="flow-label">C2PA handles the credential layer. Trace Capsule handles interpretation forward.</div> |
| </div> |
| </section> |
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| |
| <section class="section" id="bridge-rules"> |
| <p class="section-label">§ 03</p> |
| <h2 class="section-title">Bridge Rules — Invariants</h2> |
|
|
| <p>The following invariants govern the relationship between C2PA provenance and Trace Capsule interpretation. These rules may not be violated by any downstream use of this layer proposal.</p> |
|
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| <ul class="invariant-list"> |
| <li><span class="inv-marker">I.01</span> C2PA remains the provenance / source layer. Trace Capsule attaches bounded interpretation downstream from it.</li> |
| <li><span class="inv-marker">I.02</span> Credential state is <strong>never rewritten</strong> by the Trace Capsule layer. Only interpretation pressure is updated.</li> |
| <li><span class="inv-marker">I.03</span> Reuse updates interpretation pressure, not origin. Origin does not reset on reuse.</li> |
| <li><span class="inv-marker">I.04</span> Closure is scoped to current evidence. A <code>CLOSED_CURRENT_SCOPE</code> state does not resolve all possible questions — it marks the current pressure object handled honestly.</li> |
| <li><span class="inv-marker">I.05</span> Provenance visibility does not equal claim validity. A credential establishes content history, not the truth of every interpretation built from it.</li> |
| <li><span class="inv-marker">I.06</span> A trace may be <span class="state-badge state-held">HELD</span>, <span class="state-badge state-strained">STRAINED</span>, <span class="state-badge state-repairing">REPAIRING</span>, <span class="state-badge state-encaps">ENCAPSULATED</span>, <span class="state-badge state-false">FALSE_CLOSURE_RISK</span>, <span class="state-badge state-stop">MUST_STOP</span>, or <span class="state-badge state-closed">CLOSED_CURRENT_SCOPE</span>.</li> |
| <li><span class="inv-marker">I.07</span> No Trace Capsule may claim AI agreement as proof of the underlying claim.</li> |
| <li><span class="inv-marker">I.08</span> No Trace Capsule may claim that storing a review trace makes the trace true.</li> |
| <li><span class="inv-marker">I.09</span> Source-return path must remain visible or explicitly marked as absent.</li> |
| <li><span class="inv-marker">I.10</span> Minimum necessary access principle applies at every stage. See § 04.</li> |
| </ul> |
| </section> |
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| <section class="section" id="min-access"> |
| <p class="section-label">§ 04</p> |
| <h2 class="section-title">Minimum Necessary Access Principle</h2> |
|
|
| <p>Trace Capsule v0.1 operates on the <strong>minimum necessary access</strong> principle. HIR/OAM does not require full sensitive domain access to begin reading structural pressure. It requires enough trace to locate the repair path.</p> |
|
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| <div class="map-flow"> |
| <div class="map-node">Signal<small>what trace is available?</small></div> |
| <div class="map-arrow">→</div> |
| <div class="map-node">Authority<small>who can act?</small></div> |
| <div class="map-arrow">→</div> |
| <div class="map-node">Blockage<small>where is repair blocked?</small></div> |
| <div class="map-arrow">→</div> |
| <div class="map-node">Repair Condition<small>what would honest closure require?</small></div> |
| </div> |
|
|
| <div class="callout note"> |
| <p class="callout-title">The Capsule Should Not Ask</p> |
| <p style="color: var(--text-secondary); margin-bottom: 10px;">❌ <em>"Give me everything."</em></p> |
| <p style="color: var(--text-secondary);">✓ <em>"What trace is available? What boundary applies? Who can act? Where is repair blocked? What would honest closure require?"</em></p> |
| </div> |
|
|
| <p><strong>Minimum necessary facts. Maximum repair clarity.</strong></p> |
|
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| <p>This principle makes Trace Capsule v0.1 compatible with need-to-know environments, least-privilege systems, confidentiality agreements, protected records, hospitals, schools, legal teams, government agencies, research groups, and enterprise systems — without requiring those systems to expose protected data in order to engage the interpretation layer.</p> |
| </section> |
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| |
| <section class="section" id="schema"> |
| <p class="section-label">§ 05</p> |
| <h2 class="section-title">Minimal Schema</h2> |
|
|
| <p>The compact Trace Capsule schema contains the minimum required fields for identification, credential state, loop state, and review routing.</p> |
|
|
| <table class="spec-table"> |
| <thead> |
| <tr> |
| <th>Field</th> |
| <th>Type</th> |
| <th>Description</th> |
| </tr> |
| </thead> |
| <tbody> |
| <tr> |
| <td>trace_capsule_v</td> |
| <td><span class="mono muted">string</span></td> |
| <td>Schema version. Current value: <code class="mono">"0.1"</code></td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <td>trace_id</td> |
| <td><span class="mono muted">string</span></td> |
| <td>Unique identifier for this capsule instance.</td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <td>attached_to</td> |
| <td><span class="mono muted">string</span></td> |
| <td>Type of object the capsule is attached to: <code class="mono">ai_summary | community_note | repost | review</code></td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <td>credential_state</td> |
| <td><span class="mono muted">string</span></td> |
| <td>State of the C2PA credential: <code class="mono">present | absent | stripped | damaged | inaccessible</code></td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <td>loop_state</td> |
| <td><span class="mono muted">string</span></td> |
| <td>Current communication loop state. See § 07 for full definitions.</td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <td>review_status</td> |
| <td><span class="mono muted">string</span></td> |
| <td>Review routing status: <code class="mono">unreviewed | reviewed | disputed | repairing | closed</code></td> |
| </tr> |
| </tbody> |
| </table> |
|
|
| <details> |
| <summary>⊞ Expanded Pressure Fields</summary> |
| <div class="details-body"> |
| <table class="spec-table" style="margin-top: 16px;"> |
| <thead> |
| <tr> |
| <th>Field</th> |
| <th>Type</th> |
| <th>Description</th> |
| </tr> |
| </thead> |
| <tbody> |
| <tr> |
| <td>source_uri</td> |
| <td><span class="mono muted">string</span></td> |
| <td>Credential pointer or origin source URI.</td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <td>claim_boundary</td> |
| <td><span class="mono muted">string</span></td> |
| <td>Explicit statement of what this trace can and cannot support.</td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <td>uncertainty_state</td> |
| <td><span class="mono muted">string</span></td> |
| <td>Uncertainty level: <code class="mono">none | low | medium | high | unresolved</code></td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <td>unsupported_inferences</td> |
| <td><span class="mono muted">array</span></td> |
| <td>List of inferences detected that are not supported by the current trace.</td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <td>source_return_path</td> |
| <td><span class="mono muted">string</span></td> |
| <td>Path for returning to origin, credential, history, or repair route.</td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <td>notes</td> |
| <td><span class="mono muted">array</span></td> |
| <td>Additional review notes, correction traces, or encapsulation reasons.</td> |
| </tr> |
| </tbody> |
| </table> |
| </div> |
| </details> |
| </section> |
|
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| |
| <section class="section" id="json"> |
| <p class="section-label">§ 06</p> |
| <h2 class="section-title">JSON Embedding Examples</h2> |
|
|
| <p>Compact capsule — minimal fields sufficient for badge rendering and loop state routing:</p> |
|
|
| <div class="code-wrap" id="json-compact-wrap"> |
| <div class="code-header"> |
| <span class="code-lang">JSON — Compact Capsule</span> |
| <button class="copy-btn" onclick="copyCode('json-compact')">Copy</button> |
| </div> |
| <pre id="json-compact">{ |
| <span class="json-key">"trace_capsule_v"</span>: <span class="json-str">"0.1"</span>, |
| <span class="json-key">"trace_id"</span>: <span class="json-str">"tc_001"</span>, |
| <span class="json-key">"attached_to"</span>: <span class="json-str">"ai_summary"</span>, |
| <span class="json-key">"credential_state"</span>: <span class="json-str">"present"</span>, |
| <span class="json-key">"loop_state"</span>: <span class="json-str">"HELD"</span>, |
| <span class="json-key">"review_status"</span>: <span class="json-str">"unreviewed"</span> |
| }</pre> |
| </div> |
|
|
| <p>Expanded capsule — full pressure field set for review, repair, and boundary documentation:</p> |
|
|
| <div class="code-wrap"> |
| <div class="code-header"> |
| <span class="code-lang">JSON — Expanded Capsule</span> |
| <button class="copy-btn" onclick="copyCode('json-expanded')">Copy</button> |
| </div> |
| <pre id="json-expanded">{ |
| <span class="json-key">"trace_capsule_v"</span>: <span class="json-str">"0.1"</span>, |
| <span class="json-key">"trace_id"</span>: <span class="json-str">"tc_002"</span>, |
| <span class="json-key">"attached_to"</span>: <span class="json-str">"community_note"</span>, |
| <span class="json-key">"credential_state"</span>: <span class="json-str">"present"</span>, |
| <span class="json-key">"loop_state"</span>: <span class="json-str">"STRAINED"</span>, |
| <span class="json-key">"review_status"</span>: <span class="json-str">"repairing"</span>, |
|
|
| <span class="json-key">"source_uri"</span>: <span class="json-str">"credential/source-pointer"</span>, |
| <span class="json-key">"claim_boundary"</span>: <span class="json-str">"note addresses claim scope, not total truth"</span>, |
| <span class="json-key">"uncertainty_state"</span>: <span class="json-str">"medium"</span>, |
| <span class="json-key">"unsupported_inferences"</span>: [ |
| <span class="json-str">"disputed claim exceeds credential support"</span> |
| ], |
| <span class="json-key">"source_return_path"</span>: <span class="json-str">"add source/context or revise note"</span>, |
| <span class="json-key">"notes"</span>: [ |
| <span class="json-str">"repairing: source-return and context alignment underway"</span> |
| ] |
| }</pre> |
| </div> |
|
|
| <p>Non-normative C2PA assertion sketch — for future alignment discussion only:</p> |
|
|
| <div class="code-wrap"> |
| <div class="code-header"> |
| <span class="code-lang">JSON — Non-Normative Assertion Sketch</span> |
| <button class="copy-btn" onclick="copyCode('json-assertion')">Copy</button> |
| </div> |
| <pre id="json-assertion">{ |
| <span class="json-key">"label"</span>: <span class="json-str">"resonant_access.trace_capsule.v0_1"</span>, |
| <span class="json-key">"relationship"</span>: <span class="json-str">"interpretation-layer"</span>, |
| <span class="json-key">"preserves"</span>: [ |
| <span class="json-str">"source"</span>, |
| <span class="json-str">"boundary"</span>, |
| <span class="json-str">"uncertainty"</span>, |
| <span class="json-str">"source_return"</span> |
| ], |
| <span class="json-key">"does_not_replace"</span>: <span class="json-str">"Content Credential"</span> |
| }</pre> |
| </div> |
| </section> |
|
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| |
| |
| <section class="section" id="loop-states"> |
| <p class="section-label">§ 07</p> |
| <h2 class="section-title">loop_state Values</h2> |
|
|
| <table class="spec-table"> |
| <thead> |
| <tr> |
| <th>State</th> |
| <th>Badge</th> |
| <th>Definition</th> |
| </tr> |
| </thead> |
| <tbody> |
| <tr> |
| <td>HELD</td> |
| <td><span class="state-badge state-held">🟢 HELD</span></td> |
| <td>Source, credential, and boundary support current use. Stable for current scope.</td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <td>STRAINED</td> |
| <td><span class="state-badge state-strained">🟠 STRAINED</span></td> |
| <td>Source, context, uncertainty, or claim scope needs repair. Proceed with caution.</td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <td>REPAIRING</td> |
| <td><span class="state-badge state-repairing">🔵 REPAIRING</span></td> |
| <td>Correction, review, source-return, or boundary repair is actively underway.</td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <td>ENCAPSULATED</td> |
| <td><span class="state-badge state-encaps">🟣 ENCAPSULATED</span></td> |
| <td>Preserve trace; do not claim further yet. Protective non-finality — not rejection.</td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <td>FALSE_CLOSURE_RISK</td> |
| <td><span class="state-badge state-false">⚠ FALSE_CLOSURE_RISK</span></td> |
| <td>Loop is ending before evidence supports closure. A person, platform, AI, or pressure field is treating this as closed prematurely.</td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <td>MUST_STOP</td> |
| <td><span class="state-badge state-stop">🔴 MUST_STOP</span></td> |
| <td>No responsible reuse without repair, consent, clarification, or domain review. The trace cannot proceed as-is.</td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <td>CLOSED_CURRENT_SCOPE</td> |
| <td><span class="state-badge state-closed">⚪ CLOSED_CURRENT_SCOPE</span></td> |
| <td>Handled honestly for this specific use case and evidence scope. Does not resolve all possible questions.</td> |
| </tr> |
| </tbody> |
| </table> |
| </section> |
|
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| |
| |
| <section class="section" id="badges"> |
| <p class="section-label">§ 08</p> |
| <h2 class="section-title">Badge / Panel Render Rules</h2> |
|
|
| <p>The Trace Capsule UI layer uses a two-level render model: a compact <strong>badge</strong> for inline display and an expanded <strong>panel</strong> for detailed field review.</p> |
|
|
| <table class="spec-table"> |
| <thead> |
| <tr> |
| <th>Layer</th> |
| <th>Purpose</th> |
| <th>When to Show</th> |
| </tr> |
| </thead> |
| <tbody> |
| <tr> |
| <td>Badge</td> |
| <td>Renders current loop_state inline, beside the content object.</td> |
| <td>Always — on every attached content object.</td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <td>Panel</td> |
| <td>Shows why — source, boundary, uncertainty, inference flags, source-return path.</td> |
| <td>On expand / hover / tap, or when loop_state is non-HELD.</td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <td>Credential indicator</td> |
| <td>Reports credential_state (present / absent / stripped / damaged).</td> |
| <td>Always — visible beside badge.</td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <td>Reuse update</td> |
| <td>Updates interpretation pressure (loop_state) — never origin.</td> |
| <td>On each downstream reuse or repost event.</td> |
| </tr> |
| </tbody> |
| </table> |
|
|
| <p style="margin-top: 20px; font-size: 13px; color: var(--text-muted); font-family: var(--font-mono);">Compact badge format:</p> |
| <div style="background: var(--bg-inset); border: 1px solid var(--border-subtle); border-radius: var(--radius); padding: 12px 16px; font-family: var(--font-mono); font-size: 12px; color: var(--text-secondary); margin-bottom: 16px;"> |
| [Trace Capsule: <span style="color: var(--state-held);">HELD</span>] [Credential: <span style="color: var(--accent-cyan);">present</span>] [Review: <span style="color: var(--text-muted);">unreviewed</span>] |
| </div> |
| </section> |
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| <section class="section" id="render-examples"> |
| <p class="section-label">§ 09</p> |
| <h2 class="section-title">Render Examples</h2> |
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| <p>These examples illustrate how Trace Capsule badges and panels would render on two common downstream content types.</p> |
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| <div class="render-panel"> |
| <div class="render-panel-header">Example A — AI Summary (Bounded Derivative Trace)</div> |
| <div class="render-badge-row"> |
| <span class="state-badge state-held">🟢 HELD</span> |
| <span class="state-badge" style="color:var(--accent-cyan);border-color:rgba(56,188,212,0.3);background:rgba(56,188,212,0.07);">Credential: present</span> |
| <span class="state-badge" style="color:var(--text-muted);border-color:var(--border-mid);background:var(--bg-inset);">Review: unreviewed</span> |
| </div> |
| <div class="render-field-grid"> |
| <div class="render-field-key">Source</div> |
| <div class="render-field-val">c2pa_manifest or source_pointer</div> |
| <div class="render-field-key">Boundary</div> |
| <div class="render-field-val">Summary reflects source content; does not verify broader claims</div> |
| <div class="render-field-key">Uncertainty</div> |
| <div class="render-field-val">low</div> |
| <div class="render-field-key">Unsupported inferences</div> |
| <div class="render-field-val"><span class="muted mono" style="font-size:11px;">none detected</span></div> |
| <div class="render-field-key">Source-return</div> |
| <div class="render-field-val">open credential / source / history</div> |
| <div class="render-field-key">Loop state</div> |
| <div class="render-field-val"><span class="state-badge state-held">🟢 HELD</span></div> |
| </div> |
| </div> |
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| <div class="render-panel"> |
| <div class="render-panel-header">Example B — Community Note (Bounded Review Trace)</div> |
| <div class="render-badge-row"> |
| <span class="state-badge state-strained">🟠 STRAINED</span> |
| <span class="state-badge" style="color:var(--accent-cyan);border-color:rgba(56,188,212,0.3);background:rgba(56,188,212,0.07);">Credential: present</span> |
| <span class="state-badge" style="color:var(--state-repairing);border-color:rgba(61,143,212,0.3);background:rgba(61,143,212,0.07);">Review: repairing</span> |
| </div> |
| <div class="render-field-grid"> |
| <div class="render-field-key">Source</div> |
| <div class="render-field-val">credential / source pointer</div> |
| <div class="render-field-key">Boundary</div> |
| <div class="render-field-val">Note addresses claim scope, not total truth</div> |
| <div class="render-field-key">Uncertainty</div> |
| <div class="render-field-val">medium</div> |
| <div class="render-field-key">Unsupported inferences</div> |
| <div class="render-field-val" style="color: #e0b08a;">Disputed claim exceeds credential support</div> |
| <div class="render-field-key">Source-return</div> |
| <div class="render-field-val">Add source / context or revise note</div> |
| <div class="render-field-key">Loop state</div> |
| <div class="render-field-val"><span class="state-badge state-repairing">🔵 REPAIRING</span></div> |
| </div> |
| </div> |
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| <div class="callout note" style="margin-top: 20px;"> |
| <p class="callout-title">Distinction</p> |
| <p><strong>AI Summary</strong> = bounded derivative trace. The AI translated the source; the capsule preserves what the translation can and cannot claim.</p> |
| <p style="margin-top: 8px;"><strong>Community Note</strong> = bounded review trace. A human or editorial process assessed the claim; the capsule records scope, uncertainty, and repair state.</p> |
| </div> |
| </section> |
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| <section class="section" id="reuse-flow"> |
| <p class="section-label">§ 10</p> |
| <h2 class="section-title">Reuse / Update Flow</h2> |
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| <ul class="invariant-list"> |
| <li><span class="inv-marker">01</span> Original content has credential / source pointer.</li> |
| <li><span class="inv-marker">02</span> AI summary or Community Note receives a Trace Capsule on attachment.</li> |
| <li><span class="inv-marker">03</span> Summary is reposted, quoted, summarized again, or used in a Note.</li> |
| <li><span class="inv-marker">04</span> System checks whether context or claim scope changed.</li> |
| <li><span class="inv-marker">05</span> If no change: <code>loop_state</code> remains <span class="state-badge state-held" style="font-size:10px;">HELD</span></li> |
| <li><span class="inv-marker">06</span> If claim expands beyond source: <span class="state-badge state-strained" style="font-size:10px;">STRAINED</span></li> |
| <li><span class="inv-marker">07</span> If correction / source-return is underway: <span class="state-badge state-repairing" style="font-size:10px;">REPAIRING</span></li> |
| <li><span class="inv-marker">08</span> If reuse implies unsupported certainty: <span class="state-badge state-false" style="font-size:10px;">FALSE_CLOSURE_RISK</span></li> |
| <li><span class="inv-marker">09</span> If unsafe without consent / context / domain review: <span class="state-badge state-stop" style="font-size:10px;">MUST_STOP</span></li> |
| <li><span class="inv-marker">10</span> If repaired and bounded: <span class="state-badge state-closed" style="font-size:10px;">CLOSED_CURRENT_SCOPE</span></li> |
| </ul> |
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| <div class="callout core"> |
| <p class="callout-title">Core Rule</p> |
| <p><strong>Origin does not reset on reuse. Interpretation pressure does.</strong></p> |
| </div> |
| </section> |
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| <section class="section" id="pseudocode"> |
| <p class="section-label">§ 11</p> |
| <h2 class="section-title">Pseudocode Monitor</h2> |
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| <p>The following pseudocode describes the core logic of a Trace Capsule monitor operating at the point of attachment and at each subsequent reuse event.</p> |
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| <div class="code-wrap"> |
| <div class="code-header"> |
| <span class="code-lang">Pseudocode</span> |
| <button class="copy-btn" onclick="copyCode('pseudocode-block')">Copy</button> |
| </div> |
| <pre id="pseudocode-block" style="color: #b0cce0;">on_attach(object): |
| detect credential_state |
| create trace_capsule |
| if source + boundary support current use: |
| loop_state = HELD |
| else: |
| loop_state = STRAINED |
| render compact badge |
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| on_reuse(object): |
| compare new_claim_scope to claim_boundary |
| check source_return_path |
| check uncertainty_state |
| check unsupported_inferences |
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| if source missing or credential stripped: |
| loop_state = STRAINED |
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| if correction or review begins: |
| loop_state = REPAIRING |
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| if claim exceeds evidence: |
| loop_state = FALSE_CLOSURE_RISK |
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| if unsafe without repair / consent / domain review: |
| loop_state = MUST_STOP |
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| if repaired and bounded: |
| loop_state = CLOSED_CURRENT_SCOPE |
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| render updated badge |
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| <span style="color: var(--text-muted); font-style: italic;"># Core rule: |
| # Credential state is not rewritten. |
| # Interpretation pressure is updated. |
| # The badge renders the current loop_state.</span></pre> |
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| </section> |
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| <section class="section" id="c2pa-rel"> |
| <p class="section-label">§ 12</p> |
| <h2 class="section-title">C2PA Relationship</h2> |
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| <div class="card-grid"> |
| <div class="card"> |
| <div class="card-title">What C2PA Answers</div> |
| <div class="card-body" style="font-size: 12.5px;"> |
| <ul style="list-style: none; line-height: 2.2;"> |
| <li>◦ What is the origin?</li> |
| <li>◦ What edits occurred?</li> |
| <li>◦ What credential is attached?</li> |
| <li>◦ What provenance signals are available?</li> |
| <li>◦ What content history can be inspected?</li> |
| </ul> |
| </div> |
| </div> |
| <div class="card"> |
| <div class="card-title">What Trace Capsule Adds</div> |
| <div class="card-body" style="font-size: 12.5px;"> |
| <ul style="list-style: none; line-height: 2.2;"> |
| <li>◦ What can this trace honestly support?</li> |
| <li>◦ What uncertainty remains?</li> |
| <li>◦ Is the audience receiving the right interpretation?</li> |
| <li>◦ Is the conversation being falsely closed?</li> |
| <li>◦ Does this need repair, routing, or source-return?</li> |
| </ul> |
| </div> |
| </div> |
| </div> |
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| <ul class="invariant-list" style="margin-top: 20px;"> |
| <li><span class="inv-marker">◦</span> Trace Capsule v0.1 is C2PA-adjacent and <strong>non-normative</strong>.</li> |
| <li><span class="inv-marker">◦</span> It may sit beside or after provenance-bearing content in a display environment.</li> |
| <li><span class="inv-marker">◦</span> It does not define the credential. It does not alter the credential.</li> |
| <li><span class="inv-marker">◦</span> It attaches bounded interpretation to downstream use, not to the source artifact.</li> |
| <li><span class="inv-marker">◦</span> This relationship is one of continuity, not competition.</li> |
| <li><span class="inv-marker">◦</span> Trace Capsule v0.1 should be understood as an optional downstream interpretation object, not a credential assertion, unless and until an actual standards body defines such a relationship.</li> |
| </ul> |
| </section> |
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| <section class="section" id="compat"> |
| <p class="section-label">§ 13</p> |
| <h2 class="section-title">Related Provenance and Audit Systems</h2> |
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| <p>Trace Capsule v0.1 does not replace the following systems. It provides bounded interpretation, pressure state, source-return, and closure state around downstream use of traces that may be governed by these systems.</p> |
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| <ul class="compat-list"> |
| <li>C2PA / Content Credentials<span>Provenance and edit-history standard</span></li> |
| <li>W3C PROV<span>Provenance data model</span></li> |
| <li>CRediT<span>Contributor roles taxonomy</span></li> |
| <li>DataCite<span>Research data attribution</span></li> |
| <li>Audit ledgers<span>Chain-of-custody records</span></li> |
| <li>Consent / revocation<span>Permission propagation systems</span></li> |
| <li>EHR meaning preservation<span>Clinical record integrity</span></li> |
| <li>Schema.org<span>Structured data / markup</span></li> |
| </ul> |
| </section> |
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| <section class="section" id="sensitive"> |
| <p class="section-label">§ 14</p> |
| <h2 class="section-title">Health and Sensitive Domain Continuity</h2> |
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| <p>The Trace Capsule pattern generalizes to sensitive domains. The structural logic of bounded interpretation, source-return, and honest closure is domain-independent.</p> |
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| <div class="callout note"> |
| <p class="callout-title">Bridge Lines</p> |
| <p><strong>Consent carries boundary.</strong> Revocation must propagate.<br> |
| <strong>EHR meaning carries clinical context.</strong> Source-of-record vs AI-derived interpretation must be distinguished.<br> |
| <strong>Content Credentials carry provenance.</strong> Trace Capsules carry bounded interpretation across reuse.</p> |
| </div> |
|
|
| <details> |
| <summary>⊞ Sensitive Domain Application Notes</summary> |
| <div class="details-body"> |
| <p><strong>Patient consent revocation</strong> demonstrates boundary propagation: consent carries conditions, and revocation must propagate through every downstream use — the same structural requirement as Trace Capsule source-return.</p> |
| <p><strong>EHR meaning preservation</strong> demonstrates the source-of-record vs AI-derived distinction: a clinical interpretation built from an EHR record must not be treated as equivalent to the record itself. That is structurally identical to the Trace Capsule rule that a derivative trace must not claim equivalence with its credential-bearing source.</p> |
| <p>Trace Capsule v0.1 generalizes this same structure to public provenance, AI summaries, and social reuse — without making clinical, legal, or compliance claims.</p> |
| <hr> |
| <p class="muted" style="font-size: 12px;">Do not claim clinical validation. Do not claim HIPAA compliance. Do not claim operational readiness. These notes describe structural analogies only.</p> |
| </div> |
| </details> |
| </section> |
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| <section class="section" id="do-not-claim"> |
| <p class="section-label">§ 15</p> |
| <h2 class="section-title">Do Not Claim</h2> |
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| <p>The following claims must not be made using Trace Capsule v0.1 or any artifact derived from this proposal:</p> |
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| <div class="dnc-grid"> |
| <div class="dnc-item">This is a C2PA specification</div> |
| <div class="dnc-item">This replaces Content Credentials</div> |
| <div class="dnc-item">This is cryptographic proof</div> |
| <div class="dnc-item">This proves the truth of a claim</div> |
| <div class="dnc-item">This determines intent by metadata alone</div> |
| <div class="dnc-item">This removes the need for domain review</div> |
| <div class="dnc-item">This certifies legal or regulatory compliance</div> |
| <div class="dnc-item">This is production-ready software</div> |
| <div class="dnc-item">AI agreement validates the underlying claim</div> |
| <div class="dnc-item">Storing a review trace makes the trace true</div> |
| <div class="dnc-item">This replaces journalism or scientific review</div> |
| <div class="dnc-item">This replaces human accountability</div> |
| </div> |
| </section> |
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| <section class="section" id="final-lock"> |
| <p class="section-label">§ 16</p> |
| <h2 class="section-title">Final Lock</h2> |
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| <div class="final-lock"> |
| <div class="lock-icon">◈</div> |
| <div class="lock-lines"> |
| <em>C2PA carries provenance.</em><br> |
| <em>Trace Capsules carry bounded interpretation.</em><br> |
| <em>Substrate carries closure.</em><br> |
| <br> |
| Content Credentials make provenance visible.<br> |
| Trace Capsules make provenance usable inside live communication loops.<br> |
| <br> |
| <em>Minimum necessary facts. Maximum repair clarity.</em><br> |
| <br> |
| Repair begins when authority moves. |
| </div> |
| </div> |
| </section> |
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