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Claim Evidence Class Taxonomy

Evidence ClassMeaningBoundary
Canonical external scienceestablished external backgroundused as grounding only
Public interpretationexplanatory bridge by Ivan Pasevnot validation
Authorial frameworkoriginal synthesis / theory layerrequires review
Research extensionproposed theoretical developmentrequires formalization and critique
Formalization targetcandidate theorem/modelnot proven
Proof sketchinformal reasoning existsnot mechanical verification
Formal stubproof-assistant statement/scaffold existsnot completed proof
Implementation testsoftware/protocol test existsnot scientific validation
Public provenancecitable/archive recordnot peer review by itself
External reviewdocumented external critiquenot endorsement unless explicit