The synthetic source-verification register
A source is ready for a claim only when its identity, version, receipt, text, locator, and permitted use are visible together.
| ID | Citation and identity | Version and receipt | Text and locator | Claim status | Recheck or disposition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S-01 | Article, authors, year, DOI agree | Published version held; checksum recorded | Full text; results section located | Verified for bounded result | Recheck 2027-03-01 |
| S-02 | Title matches; author list incomplete | Accepted manuscript held | Methods text located; publication pages differ | Use only as accepted version | Find version of record |
| S-03 | DOI resolves to intended article | Local file is a working paper | Abstract only; result not checked | Identity verified; claim open | Do not cite load-bearing result |
| S-04 | Page title and retrieval date agree | Page capture held; source page changed later | Relevant paragraph preserved | Verified for dated page statement | Recheck if page is reused |
| S-05 | Citation matches a retracted work | Retraction notice held | Original result located | Blocked for new claim | Record retraction and cut claim |
| S-06 | PDF opens but text layer is empty | Artifact retained as page images | Locator requires image check | Incomplete text verification | Inspect page image before use |
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Reference & Evidence
Source: Author's synthetic source-verification register grounded in the local receipt protocol and Greenberg (2009). All citations, statuses, locators, and dates are illustrative.
Each line is a claim from the register this journal publishes against, resolved from the register at build time.
- A The stated outcome measures are "Citation bias, amplification, and invention, and their effects on determining authority", in a complete citation network about one biomedical belief. These are mechanisms that can create unfounded authority Greenberg (2009), abstract and discussion ·
GRN09-C1 - A The evidence base is one network: "The network contained 242 papers and 675 citations addressing the belief". Within it, citation alone can convert a hypothesis into a statement presented as fact Greenberg (2009), abstract and discussion ·
GRN09-C3 - B Source verification is a chain from source identity and version through retrieval, held artifact, text integrity, claim location, and permitted use Author framework grounded in GRN09-C1 to GRN09-C3 ·
R05-OWN-C1 - B Discovery, retrieval, identity, version, full-text receipt, extraction, quotation checking, and recheck are separate source-control events Author framework ·
R05-OWN-C2 - B A full-text receipt supports a claim only within the version, scope, and text actually held Author boundary ·
R05-OWN-C5 - B A source ledger should preserve citation, identifier, version, receipt, full-text status, locator, claim status, and next recheck date Author operating framework ·
R05-OWN-C6 - B The six-row verification register is synthetic and contains no private correspondence, account, participant, or customer source Author synthetic object ·
R05-OWN-C9
Grades: A, verified against the printed page of the primary source · B, primary source, text layer only · C, authoritative secondary · D, reported.
Related exhibits
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The synthetic claim-to-evidence audit
From the essay What is claim entailment? Does the source support the sentence?
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What does source verification mean?
From the essay What is source verification? From claim to version of record
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The synthetic provenance register
From the essay What is data provenance? The context behind a number