Draft ask

TLA-Truth — Site-ground truth verification status

Draft ask: verification status profile for site and survey claims beside TLA-EVID. Status enums only.

Schema id: la.archive.site-truth.v1 · Spine: TLA-185

Purpose

Define a thin verification-status profile so site and survey claims can declare draft, conformance_checked, human_accepted, seal_attested, or rejected posture with method notes pointing at TLA-EVID URIs and optional Veritas run ids.

This orbit names verification posture over existing evidence packs. It records status and pointers. It does not assert continuous or absolute ground truth.

Out of scope

Not this orbit	Where it lives
Continuous ground-truth telemetry	Explicitly forbidden posture for this orbit
Drone capture product schema	Separate product / research depth
Archive Seal crypto requirement	Optional pointer only; Seal stays commercial
Second field dictionary	Spine — TLA-185

Enumerations (draft — freeze later)

Field	Allowed values (draft)
`verification.status`	`draft \| conformance_checked \| human_accepted \| seal_attested \| rejected`

Normative intent (when elevated from Draft)

When elevated from draft: verification status must be one of the enumerated values. continuous_ground_truth is not a valid status.
Method notes and evid_pack_ref link to TLA-EVID packs; this orbit does not duplicate evidence URIs.
seal_attested is a pointer posture only. This pack does not issue Archive Seal.

Foundation vs Archive

Foundation	Archive
Publishes the open verification-status shape as an institutional ask for consultation.	May implement Veritas runs, richer audit tooling, and paid attestation.
Does not claim absolute site truth.	Operational sensing and seal products stay separately licensed.

Golden example (illustrative)

Minimal worked example for consultation. Not a production product API. Download JSON · Required-keys schema (Draft). Repo smoke: npm run validate:orbits.

{
  "schema_id": "la.archive.site-truth.v1",
  "schema_version": 1,
  "pack_id": "truth-ex-001",
  "created_at": "2026-07-26T00:00:00.000Z",
  "verification": {
    "status": "conformance_checked",
    "method_ref": "veritas-run-2026-07-001",
    "evid_pack_ref": "evid-ex-001",
    "note": "Verification status over evidence pack only. Does not assert continuous absolute ground truth."
  },
  "claim_scope": {
    "topic": "site_survey",
    "statement": "Contour and existing-tree survey aligned to design base"
  },
  "tla185_refs": {
    "record_id": null,
    "field_paths": ["site.survey_ref"]
  }
}