%% Evidence Eligibility State Flow - source material must pass admission, snapshot,
%% freshness, approval, sensitivity, and permitted-use checks before it can ground reasoning.
flowchart LR
I["Source intake<br/>retrieval · feed · upload · tool result"]
A{"Admission decision<br/>may enter this context?"}
X["Rejected material<br/>not evidence for this use"]
S[("Source snapshot<br/>source id · hash · fetch date · excerpt")]
F["Freshness state<br/>fresh · stale · unknown · expired"]
P["Approval state<br/>approved · pending · rejected"]
L["Use boundary<br/>sensitivity · license · permitted purpose"]
E{"Evidence eligibility<br/>usable for this actor and claim?"}
G["Retrieval-grounded reasoning<br/>cites eligible evidence"]
B["Block or route review<br/>refusal · data request · approval task"]
D[["Preserved derivation<br/>evidence bundle · decision record"]]
I --> A
A -->|"no"| X
A -->|"yes"| S
S --> F
S --> P
S --> L
F --> E
P --> E
L --> E
E -->|"eligible"| G
E -->|"not eligible"| B
G --> D
B --> D
Evidence Eligibility State Flow
Content source: Canonical Unit · canon/diagrams/evidence-eligibility-state-flow.mmd · Canonical source: canon/diagrams/evidence-eligibility-state-flow.mmd
Incoming References
Case Study 1
- AISDR (AI Security Decision Record)case-aisdr
Law 1
- Evidence Before Intelligencelaw-05-evidence-before-intelligence
Pattern 2
- Evidence Bundle Artifactpattern-evidence-bundle-artifact
- Evidence Eligibility Gatepattern-evidence-eligibility-gate