{
  "contract_id": "EAS-KB-EVIDENCE-RECORD",
  "version": "0.4.2",
  "status": "draft",
  "purpose": "Machine-readable minimum verification record implementing VER-004 through VER-007 without forcing every human-facing output into JSON.",
  "work_states": ["not_started", "in_progress", "completed_for_scope", "blocked", "not_applicable"],
  "verdicts": ["verified", "mostly_accurate", "partly_accurate_needs_context", "misleading", "unsupported", "disputed", "false", "unable_to_verify"],
  "confidence": ["high", "medium", "low"],
  "evidence_directions": ["supports", "contradicts", "qualifies", "attribution_only", "background"],
  "required_fields": ["record_version", "claim_id", "claim_text", "assessment_scope", "work_state", "verdict", "confidence", "evidence", "checks_performed", "blockers", "explanation"],
  "semantic_constraints": [
    "If work_state is not completed_for_scope, verdict and confidence must be null.",
    "A completed_for_scope record must have one permitted verdict.",
    "verified, mostly_accurate, partly_accurate_needs_context, misleading, disputed and false require at least one evidence record.",
    "unsupported and unable_to_verify require at least one actual check in checks_performed.",
    "false requires at least one evidence record with direction contradicts.",
    "disputed requires material evidence on opposing sides, represented by at least one supports and one contradicts evidence record.",
    "Confidence applies to a concluded assessment and must be null for unfinished or blocked work.",
    "A required application field must not force fabricated evidence, coordinates, numbers or dates."
  ],
  "example_record": {
    "record_version": "0.4.2",
    "claim_id": "claim-001",
    "claim_text": "The council approved the measure on 5 September 2026.",
    "assessment_scope": "Whether the council formally approved the measure and the date of approval.",
    "work_state": "completed_for_scope",
    "verdict": "verified",
    "confidence": "high",
    "evidence": [
      {
        "evidence_id": "ev-001",
        "source_ref": "example-primary-record",
        "source_type": "primary_record",
        "locator": "decision section 2",
        "direction": "supports",
        "what_it_establishes": "Formal approval and approval date.",
        "limitations": "Does not establish later implementation."
      }
    ],
    "checks_performed": ["inspected the supplied primary record"],
    "blockers": [],
    "explanation": "The primary record directly states the formal approval and date.",
    "safer_wording": null,
    "as_of": "2026-09-06"
  }
}