# Civic QA Source Ledger Schema

For every consequential claim:

- Claim ID:
- Claim text:
- Claim state: F / V / I / H / U
- Decision weight:
- Source title:
- Publisher / author:
- Publication date:
- Access date:
- Stable URL or repository path:
- Exact supporting location:
- Source type and independence:
- What this source establishes:
- What this source does not establish:
- Search / selection method:
- Counterevidence or competing account:
- Unknowns that could change the claim:
- Downstream findings or scores using this claim:
- Reviewer:
- AI assistance used:
- Correction history:
- Next verification action:

## Claim states

- F — observed fact in the inspected record or event.
- V — verified against an independent attributable source.
- I — reasoned inference with confidence and alternatives visible.
- H — plausible hypothesis requiring testing.
- U — unknown that could change the finding or action.