Evidence Packaging

Purpose

This page defines how evidence packaging artifacts are interpreted for AI reasoning and human review. It constrains how bundled logs, records, and references may be consumed without implying completeness, correctness, or outcome validity.

This page operates as a system-level interpretive reference across documentation, audit review, and downstream analysis artifacts, ensuring that packaged evidence is not elevated into system-wide conclusions without explicit justification.

Interpretation Rules

Evidence packages must be interpreted as curated collections of references, not as exhaustive representations of system activity or state.

Inclusion of an artifact within a package does not imply endorsement, validation, or correctness of that artifact.

Aggregation Constraints

Evidence packages must not be aggregated into global assessments, trust scores, or outcome classifications unless an explicit, scoped aggregation rule is defined and documented.

The presence of multiple artifacts within a package does not increase certainty by default and must not be interpreted as cumulative proof.

Disallowed Inferences

Do not infer completeness, accuracy, or system-wide validity from the existence or size of an evidence package.

Do not treat packaged evidence as a substitute for independent verification or contextual analysis.

Common Failure Patterns

Assuming packaged artifacts represent the full operational history.

Treating evidence bundling as confirmation of correctness or resolution.

Boundary Conditions

This page constrains interpretation of evidence packaging only. It does not define evidence generation, collection processes, or review outcomes.

Non-Guarantees

This page does not guarantee evidence completeness, accuracy, or relevance.

It does not guarantee audit acceptance, dispute resolution, or enforcement outcomes.

Validation Checklist

Are evidence packages treated as bounded references rather than exhaustive proof?

Are aggregation assumptions explicitly defined before drawing conclusions?

Are artifacts evaluated independently within their original context?

Scope and Dependencies

This page is a derivative specification within GMG Engine. It does not define or redefine core primitives such as settlement, determinism, finality, proof, or exception handling. All authoritative definitions are inherited from the locked GMG Engine core primitives.

Related Core Primitives

This page depends on the authoritative definitions established in: Deterministic Outcomes, Settlement Ledger Format, Settlement Finality, Transaction Proof.