Evidence and public accountability
One vocabulary for what is real now—and what is not yet.
Heartstone uses explicit maturity labels to prevent future ambition, current work and validated fact from being blended together.
- System
- Evidence
- Public state
- Active governance system
- Purpose
- Define public maturity labels
- Evidence boundary
- Evidence before claim
Orientation
One precise job inside the wider Continuum.
The label follows the specific capability or claim, not the prestige of the wider program. Different parts of one system may hold different maturity states.
Parent domain: Evidence System ↗
Evidence and limits
Ambition remains bounded by proof.
Public evidence pages distinguish established facts, current work, proposed programs, exploratory questions and future hypotheses. Missing evidence remains visible.
What must support advancement
Named source, method, owner, version and review date.
Acceptance criteria tied to the exact intended claim.
A recorded decision to advance, revise, hold or retire.
What this page does not claim
No architecture diagram substitutes for validation.
No planned study is described as a completed result.
No unsupported traction, partnership or performance statement.
Working model
The relationships that govern this domain.
Confirmed
Supported public fact or approved operating doctrine.
Active
Work or capability currently operating within a defined scope.
Proposed
A governed development direction not yet validated.
Exploratory / Future
Research question or long-horizon hypothesis.
What the work contains
The working structure behind the public explanation.
Scope
A maturity state applies to an exact statement and version.
Evidence threshold
Higher-consequence claims require stronger and more independent support.
Reclassification
New evidence can advance, constrain or reverse the state.
Evidence path
A controlled path from need to learning.
Assign the current state.
Link the evidence and limitations.
Approve public wording for that state.
Reclassify when evidence or scope changes.
Continuum return
Useful learning strengthens more than one layer.
Evidence changes what Heartstone may claim, build, prioritize and carry into the next governed development cycle.