Field notes about the ideas and decisions shaping Verifable. For current capabilities,
availability and supporting evidence, see
Facts.
Evidence can widen what people can imagine.
Evidence, kept with its source, uncertainty and context, gives people a basis for
comparing perspectives and exploring what could happen next.
Verifable separates what is known from what is proposed. Veritas can hold the evidence
graph and explore possible worlds without silently rewriting the record. A Wallet makes
the person, organisation or agent able to act—and the boundary on that action—visible.
What people choose can then return as the next sourced event.
Existing products often have only partial records. A window's record may begin with
a photograph and a location. A legacy battery may have a serial
number but no dependable composition data. A recovered panel may be known only through
the people who removed and inspected it.
Use that information to begin a continuing asset record. Distinguish observations
from claims and mark unknowns. Add inspections, maintenance, custody changes and reuse
as they happen. If a regulated passport is issued later, link it as a separate
validated record; the earlier record retains its original status.
The intended Wallet experience supports the same person acting for themselves,
representing an organisation or asking an agent to perform a bounded task. Start with
what is happening in their life: a new course, a move, a customer relationship or
helping someone else. Each situation determines the evidence and next step they need.
Before sharing, the intended review shows who the person represents, which permissions
apply, what will be disclosed, what an agent may do and which result will be recorded.
Repair and reuse involve many small interactions: observe, repair, offer,
inspect, authorise, move and record again. Agents are well suited to the repetitive work,
provided identity, authority, evidence and consequence remain inspectable.
Open protocols define exchanges between organisations, wallets, databases and services.
Participants keep responsibility for their own data and decisions. Local repair and
reuse networks can connect through those exchanges, sharing knowledge that others can
assess and adapt to their own circumstances.
