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W3C PROV

Generated Evaluation Status

This section is generated from the framework manifest and compatibility report. Do not edit it manually.

  • Framework ID: w3c-prov
  • Manifest: docs/external-frameworks/w3c-prov.json
  • Compatibility report: ./reports/w3c-prov.compatibility.json
  • Evidence class: SOURCE_REVIEWED
  • Independently reproducible: False
  • Comparative-testing claim allowed: False
  • Missing reproducibility gates: shared_test_vector, raw_output, timestamp, runtime_configuration, source_version_or_hash, replay_commands, declared_expected_outcome, independent_reproduction
  • Evaluation result: COMPATIBILITY_EVIDENCE_ONLY
  • Cycle status: FIRST_FRAMEWORK_CYCLE_COMPLETE
  • Execution authority claim: False
  • Next bounded action: Add executable observations, raw outputs, pinned versions, replay commands, and independent reproduction before making comparative-testing claims.
  • Posting source: generated compatibility report
  • Generated status is descriptive compatibility evidence only.

Generated Authored Analysis Boundary

This section is generated. Do not edit it manually.

  • Framework ID: w3c-prov
  • Framework name: W3C PROV
  • Generated sections above this boundary may be rebuilt from registry, manifest, compatibility-report, and result artifacts.
  • Authored analysis below this boundary may contain interpretation, notes, and framework-specific discussion.
  • Generators must preserve authored analysis unless a future validator explicitly declares a migration path.
  • Boundary rule: generated material is descriptive compatibility evidence only and does not create certification, endorsement, adoption, proof, or operational permission.

Generated Transition Mapping

This section is generated from the framework manifest. Do not edit it manually.

FieldGenerated Value
framework_identityW3C PROV
source_referencehttps://www.w3.org/TR/prov-overview/
source_versionW3C Recommendation recorded
allowed_use_boundaryprovenance evidence only
claimsentities, activities, agents, derivation, and attribution
non_claimsno legitimacy, delegation, or execution authority
input_artifact_typePROV record
output_artifact_typeprovenance reconstruction evidence
actor_or_authority_modelagent attribution evidence only
evidence_modelofficial recommendation plus bounded crosswalk
policy_or_rule_modelPROV model constraints
delegation_modelnot established
decision_or_result_modelprovenance evidence
execution_authority_claimfalse
receipt_or_trace_modelPROV record and manifest references
reconstruction_modelPROV relationships support derivation reconstruction
SPE_overlapprovenance may inform evidence review
StegVerse_ecosystem_overlapreconstruction and freshness boundary
fail_closed_conditionsmissing source, context, mapping, or authority overclaim

Generated mapping is compatibility evidence only.

Generated Framework Metadata

This section is generated from the external-framework registry. Do not edit it manually.

  • Framework ID: w3c-prov
  • Name: W3C PROV
  • Registry status: SOURCED-CROSSWALK-PROVISIONAL
  • Testbench state: SOURCE_RECORDED_CROSSWALK_PROVISIONAL
  • Manifest path: docs/external-frameworks/w3c-prov.json
  • Source reference: https://www.w3.org/TR/prov-overview/
  • Metadata boundary: generated metadata is descriptive only; it does not create certification, endorsement, formalism adoption, admissibility proof, or execution authority.

Status

Relationship type: external framework crosswalk
Evidence class: SOURCE_REVIEWED
Page completeness: COMPLETE_WITH_EXTERNAL_GATES
Runtime observation: none attached
Independent reproduction: false
Comparative testing claim allowed: false
Execution authority claim allowed: false
Maintenance owner: admissibility-wiki External Frameworks audit

Official Sources

Framework-Native Scope

W3C PROV defines a provenance model and related specifications for representing entities, activities, agents, generation, usage, derivation, association, delegation, and attribution. It provides a vocabulary for expressing provenance relationships without establishing whether the reported relationships are true, legitimate, authorized, or current.

Evidence Provenance

Evidence classCurrent evidenceStatusMissing fields
Official framework sourceW3C Recommendationpresentimmutable source snapshot hash
Implementation sourceNo serializer, store, or validator selectedmissingrelease, configuration, commit
Observed behaviorNo PROV document generation or validation runmissinginput, document, output, timestamp
Reproduced behaviorNo independent rerunmissingreplay commands, environment, second result
StegVerse analysisBounded crosswalkpresentcommon provenance fixture

Relationship to Admissibility

W3C PROV asks: How can entities, activities, agents, derivations, and attributions be represented?
StegVerse Admissibility asks: Does the reconstructed chain establish current standing and permission for this transition to bind consequence?

PROV records can support reconstruction of who or what acted, which activities occurred, and how artifacts were derived. Provenance representation does not prove legitimacy, current authority, policy compliance, or admissibility.

Execution Authority Boundary

provenance representation != proof of truth
attribution != current delegation
derivation != legitimacy
reconstructable chain != admissible chain

Observation Boundary

Pinned PROV implementation: none
PROV document fixture: none
Validation or query output: none
Source-to-PROV mapping: none
Timestamp and environment: none
Independent replay: none

No serialization, validation, query, reconstruction, or interoperability result is claimed.

StegVerse Analysis

CriterionCurrent result
IdentityAgents may be represented, but the representation does not verify identity by itself.
AuthorityAssociation or delegation relations require independent current-authority evidence.
PolicyProvenance acceptance, trust, freshness, and custody rules must be explicit.
DelegationactedOnBehalfOf is a represented relation, not independently reconstructed authorization.
EvidencePROV can structure evidence and improve reconstruction when assertions are authentic and retained.
ReplayabilityRequires pinned implementation, source mapping, PROV document, query or validation command, and environment.
ReconstructabilityStrong for represented relationships only when source evidence and custody remain available.
Commit-time validityMust be established separately for the requested transition.
Failure behaviorMissing, contradictory, unverifiable, or stale provenance must fail closed.

Commit-Time Interoperability Contract

transition_id
prov_document_digest
entity_ids
activity_ids
agent_ids
derivation_relations
attribution_relations
delegation_relations
source_evidence_references
producer_identity
serialization_format
validation_result
validation_timestamp
custody_reference
policy_reference
requested_action
target_system
validity_window

Failure Classes

Failure classAppliesNotes
Semantic equivalence divergenceyesRepresented association may be mistaken for verified causation or authority.
Authority driftyesHistorical delegation may no longer be valid.
Stale evidenceyesProvenance may not reflect current state.
Delegation leakageyesactedOnBehalfOf can be overread as universal authority.
Replay divergenceyesDifferent mappings or queries can yield different interpretations.
Source-claim mismatchyesA PROV record may assert more than its source evidence establishes.
Evidence-class confusionyesSource review must not be presented as observed or reproduced behavior.

Machine-Readable Companions

  • Manifest: docs/external-frameworks/w3c-prov.json
  • Compatibility report: docs/external-frameworks/reports/w3c-prov.compatibility.json
  • Registry: docs/external-frameworks/index.json
  • Canonical inventory: static/external-frameworks/canonical-union-inventory.v1.json

Validation Completion Criteria

pin one PROV implementation and serialization profile
publish a bounded source-to-PROV fixture
capture raw generated document and validation or query output
publish timestamps, immutable hashes, expected result, and replay commands
complete an independent rerun
route provenance evidence into a Commitment Candidate without inheriting authority

Non-Claims

W3C PROV is not a StegVerse canonical formalism. Provenance, attribution, derivation, and reconstructability are not permission, current delegation, transition admissibility, execution authority, certification, or general compatibility.

Challenge Path

A challenge must identify the entity, activity, agent, relation, source evidence, disputed interpretation, and requested correction. A represented provenance relation receives only the standing supported by its underlying evidence and custody.

Next Safe Build Target

Publish one pinned source-to-PROV generation and validation fixture with raw artifacts, custody references, immutable hashes, replay instructions, and an independent rerun.

This page reflects a bounded admissibility packet. Publication does not create standing.