RESEARCH / DW-WP-001 v2.0

METHODS. BOUNDARIES. FALSIFIABLE CLAIMS.

The technical thesis is not that the system knows the truth. It is that the recorded evidence path and its uncertainty should remain reconstructable.

01CANONICAL DOCUMENT

DIGITAL WITNESS WHITE PAPER v2.0.

DOCUMENTDW-WP-001 v2.0
AUTHORJESSE WILSON
BASELINE05 AUGUST 2026
STATUSCURRENT TECHNICAL SOURCE

Documents the branch-local Foundry demonstrator, canonical transaction, governed write path, evaluation thesis and explicit claim boundaries.

02EVALUATION THESIS

CAN AN UNFAMILIAR REVIEWER RECONSTRUCT THE RECORDED PATH?

DW / CONTINUITY PLATE 07GOVERNED EVIDENCE JOURNEYDW-WP-001 v2.0
01CASECONTEXT
02SIGNALINDICATION
03OBSERVATIONIMMUTABLE
04CAPTURED ITEMIMMUTABLE
05ATTESTATIONGOVERNED
06INTEGRITY REVIEWGOVERNED
07AUDIT EVENTPERSISTED

CASEDW-PT-2026-0314

TRANSACTIONTEST-RUN-20260805T1700Z

MODEL7 LINKED STAGES

01 / PRESERVATION ≠ VERIFICATION02 / PERMISSION ≠ LAWFUL AUTHORITY03 / BLOCKED ≠ DENIED
06attempted Steps05transaction Events11case Wide Records16total Ontology Events
HYPOTHESIS / REVIEWABLE

Evaluation should record task completion, reconstruction errors, unsupported inferences, hesitation, clarification requirements and points requiring hidden implementation knowledge.

03HARDENING PRIORITIES

THE NEXT INFLECTION IS EXTERNAL VALIDATION PLUS PRODUCTION HARDENING.

01Separated custodian and reviewer groups

02Timestamp-typed operational properties

03Cryptographic integrity and custody requirements

04Retention, privacy and lawful-authority rules

05Production identity and security controls

06Unfamiliar-reviewer evaluation

07Integration and hosting boundaries

08Success and stop criteria for a restricted pilot