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Evidence contracts

Governance Record

Governance Record is a distinct evidence boundary owned by the Registry/toolkit implementation. It records evidence; it does not issue runtime authority or execute work.

Durable governance evidence contractv1.0.0Evolving contractMIT toolkit implementation

Status

Implemented in Python toolkit 0.2.0

Durable evidence for authority, approval, action, handoff, lifecycle, and provenance.

Capabilities

What this component covers.

  • Provenance-bearing evidence records
  • Authority and approval references
  • Action and handoff evidence
  • Lifecycle and revocation evidence

Use path

Make a scoped, versioned claim.

  1. Use it as an evidence format, not an authority source.
  2. Validate records with the Python toolkit 0.2.0.
  3. Preserve source-system authority and provenance references.

Evidence boundary

Declare only what the evidence supports.

Python governance-commons 0.2.0 validates Governance Record documents and emits the shared ConformanceReport format.

Read validation and declaration guidance →