> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.altss.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.
# Evidence & provenance
> Read the source and basis attached to a particular result field.
## What supports a statement
Source evidence is the document or record supporting a particular statement. An observed fact says what the source reports; verification means a recheck only where explicitly recorded. An inference must remain labeled as an inference and must not become a verified relationship by repetition.
Public employment or investment evidence is distinct from customer-private interaction context. A customer note can support what that customer recorded; it does not independently verify a public claim or grant redistribution rights.
When evidence is missing or contradictory, retain the unknown and the limitation. Access to a document does not by itself establish permission to include it in a paid result. Licensed sources and organization submissions keep their source type; a restricted source URL may remain null. Source labels never grant redistribution rights.
## Evidence source types
| source\_type | Meaning |
| ------------------------ | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| official\_website | A subject or organizer’s official published site. |
| filing | A filed document, such as accounts or regulatory reporting. |
| registry | A registry profile or record, distinct from the documents filed against it. Available only where supported; no universal registry match is implied. |
| public\_reporting | Public reporting or news; distinguish reported statements from verified facts. |
| licensed\_source | Permitted source metadata subject to license/disclosure rights. A restricted URL may remain null. |
| organization\_submission | Information supplied by the organization. A stated claim is not automatic independent verification. |
| customer\_provided | Separately authorized customer context; private notes and communications are not public entity facts. |
## Provenance availability
Supporting source references and notes belong beside permitted facts in a bounded result. Subscription views do not expose a citation URL or every date for every field, including all commitments. Missing provenance cannot be repaired by treating record modification time as source publication or verification.
Public records carry source-specific dates where available. No population-wide measured refresh cadence or universal verification deadline is established here. Page modified, source captured, fact observed, entity verified and aggregate measured describe different events. Check the date attached to the relevant claim; a missing verification date means unknown. Stored source history does not establish a customer-facing historical-analysis interface.
## Related
* [Relationship context on the platform](https://altss.com/platform#relationship-intelligence)
* [Evidence schema](https://altss.com/schemas/evidence.json)
* [Access and rights](/access-and-rights)
## Inspect an evidence pack
Fictional request brief, entities, sources, values and dates. This is a documentation example, not a live HTTP response or customer result. Missing dates remain null.
**Current availability:** Reviewed bounded request. **Execution:** Manual / scoped. **Automated invocation:** Not currently available. **API endpoint:** None. **MCP execution:** None.
A research brief for human scope review, not an API payload.
```json theme={null}
{
"organization": "Example Automation Ltd",
"question": "What supports the recorded parent relationship?",
"intended_use": "Research preparation"
}
```
```json theme={null}
{
"task_type": "evidence-pack",
"status": "supported_with_unknowns",
"entity": null,
"subject": {
"entity_type": "company",
"name": "Example Automation Ltd",
"website": "https://example.com/fictional/company",
"research_scope": null
},
"as_of": null,
"result": {
"summary": "A fictional source supports the named company and recorded parent context; beneficial ownership remains unresolved.",
"company": null,
"criteria": [],
"sections": [
{
"entity_type": "company",
"data": {
"name": "Example Automation Ltd",
"description": null,
"website": null,
"sector": null,
"subsector": null,
"location": null,
"country": null,
"founded_year": null,
"employee_count": null,
"ownership_context": [
{
"name": "Example Industrial Holdings",
"role": "Recorded parent organization",
"date": null,
"amount": null,
"currency": null
}
],
"people": null,
"transactions": null
}
}
]
},
"evidence": [
{
"field": "result.sections.0.data.name",
"source_url": "https://example.com/fictional/source-1",
"source_type": "public_reporting",
"published_at": "2026-09-12T09:30:00Z",
"captured_at": null,
"observed_at": null,
"verified_at": null,
"basis": "Fictional source supports the illustrated name entry. This does not establish current interest or independent verification."
},
{
"field": "result.sections.0.data.ownership_context",
"source_url": "https://example.com/fictional/source-1",
"source_type": "public_reporting",
"published_at": "2026-09-12T09:30:00Z",
"captured_at": null,
"observed_at": null,
"verified_at": null,
"basis": "Fictional source supports the illustrated ownership context entry. This does not establish current interest or independent verification."
}
],
"unknowns": [
"Ultimate beneficial ownership"
],
"limitations": [
"Fictional entities, sources, values and dates; no real customer result or live execution.",
"Source coverage and output use remain subject to the agreed purpose and rights review."
],
"rights": {
"scope": "A task purchases the agreed bounded result, not database access, unrestricted API queries, contacts export or graph redistribution. Sources and unknowns accompany results. Purchaser authorization, scope acceptance, agreement and payment are required before manual fulfillment; no automated external task service is offered.",
"raw_graph_access": false,
"bulk_export": false,
"graph_redistribution": false
}
}
```
Each field path identifies the particular value supported by the source note.
| Field path | Illustrated value | Source type | Basis |
| ----------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| result.sections.0.data.name | "Example Automation Ltd" | public\_reporting | Fictional source supports the illustrated name entry. This does not establish current interest or independent verification. |
| result.sections.0.data.ownership\_context | \[\{"name":"Example Industrial Holdings","role":"Recorded parent organization","date":null,"amount":null,"currency":null}] | public\_reporting | Fictional source supports the illustrated ownership context entry. This does not establish current interest or independent verification. |
```json theme={null}
[
{
"field": "result.sections.0.data.name",
"source_url": "https://example.com/fictional/source-1",
"source_type": "public_reporting",
"published_at": "2026-09-12T09:30:00Z",
"captured_at": null,
"observed_at": null,
"verified_at": null,
"basis": "Fictional source supports the illustrated name entry. This does not establish current interest or independent verification."
},
{
"field": "result.sections.0.data.ownership_context",
"source_url": "https://example.com/fictional/source-1",
"source_type": "public_reporting",
"published_at": "2026-09-12T09:30:00Z",
"captured_at": null,
"observed_at": null,
"verified_at": null,
"basis": "Fictional source supports the illustrated ownership context entry. This does not establish current interest or independent verification."
}
]
```