Identity Attestations
Statements regarding identity, continuity, participation, organizational association, or identity-related context.
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Attestation Types
Attestation types define the major categories of statements that may be documented within Attestor.
These categories help organize identity statements, evidence statements, source statements, corrections, verification context, reputation signals, and trust-related observations.
Evidence Attestations
Statements regarding evidence, supporting materials, documents, records, datasets, media, or other information relevant to a subject.
DefinedSource Attestations
Statements regarding sources, attribution, provenance, relevance, origin, authorship, or source relationships.
DefinedVerification Attestations
Statements referencing verification outcomes, certifications, validation activities, or evidence review context.
ConceptualReputation Attestations
Statements related to accumulated trust signals, historical behavior, participation, accountability, or reputation context.
ConceptualCorrection Attestations
Statements documenting corrections, amendments, clarifications, evidence updates, attribution updates, or retractions.
DefinedAttestation Categories
Attestation types help distinguish what kind of statement is being made and what kind of trust-related context it may provide.
Identity → Evidence → Source → Verification → Reputation → Correction
Attestation Philosophy
Attestation types provide structure for statements. They do not determine whether a statement is true, verified, or trustworthy.
Their value comes from preserving attribution, transparency, traceability, and context.
An attestation records that a statement was made. Trust requires context.
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