Gravity Verification Record Standard v1.0

GRAVITY VERIFICATION RECORD STANDARD
GVRS-1
Status: Draft
Authority: Gravity
Classification: Public Standard

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1. PURPOSE
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GVRS-1 defines the Gravity Verification Record.

A Gravity Verification Record is the primary record created
by Gravity service workflows. It preserves verification,
retrieval, continuity, integrity, authority, lifecycle state,
and independent review capability.

A Verification Record is not a file, report, transaction,
hash, or package alone.

A Verification Record is the governed relationship between
an operational event, its associated artifacts, retrieval
pathways, verification data, integrity references, and
continuity references.

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2. CORE DOCTRINE
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Gravity creates Verification Records.

Gravity delivers Verification Packages.

A Verification Record is the primary Gravity artifact.

A Verification Package is the governed container used to
preserve, retrieve, transport, and independently verify a
Verification Record.

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3. REQUIRED RECORD PROPERTIES
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Every Verification Record SHALL preserve:

- Record Identifier
- Service Classification
- Invoice Identifier
- Creation Timestamp
- Lifecycle State
- Integrity Reference
- Retrieval Reference
- Verification Instructions
- Continuity Relationship

Records missing required properties SHALL be considered
non-compliant.

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4. INDEPENDENT VERIFICATION
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Verification Records SHALL remain independently verifiable
without access to:

- Gravity runtime systems
- Gravity operators
- Gravity internal databases

Verification SHALL be achievable using governed artifacts,
integrity references, manifests, hashes, attestations,
retrieval information, and publicly available verification
data.

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5. RETRIEVAL
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Verification Records SHALL support deterministic retrieval.

Retrieval SHALL be governed through invoice authority.

Retrieval information SHALL be preserved within the
associated Verification Package.

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6. CONTINUITY
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Verification Records SHALL preserve continuity between:

- Operational Event
- Verification Record
- Verification Package
- Integrity Reference
- Retrieval Pathway
- Lifecycle State

Continuity SHALL remain reconstructable through governed
record artifacts.

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7. CANONICAL LIFECYCLE
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Every Verification Record SHALL be associated with the
Gravity Canonical Lifecycle:

1. Request
2. Invoice
3. Confirmation
4. Execution
5. Artifact Generation
6. Retrieval
7. Verification

Verification Records SHALL preserve continuity across all
applicable lifecycle stages.

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8. CERTIFICATION
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Certification MAY attest:

- record existence
- record issuance
- record review
- standards compliance

Certification SHALL NOT determine legal validity.

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9. GOVERNANCE
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Verification Records SHALL be governed by published Gravity
standards.

Material changes to this standard SHALL follow Gravity
governance procedures.

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10. STANDARD OBJECTIVE
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GVRS-1 establishes the record model for Gravity verification,
retrieval, continuity, authority, lifecycle preservation,
and independent review.

End of Standard

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11. INVOICE AUTHORITY DOCTRINE
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Invoice Authority is the root authority for a Gravity
Verification Record.

A Verification Record SHALL be associated with one Invoice
Identifier.

An Invoice Identifier MAY govern one or more Verification
Records.

A Verification Record SHALL NOT exist without an associated
Invoice Identifier.

Invoice Authority governs retrieval authority, continuity
authority, and record association.


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12. VERIFICATION RECORD STATE MODEL
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Verification Records SHALL exist in one or more governed
states.

Canonical states include:

- Pending
- Issued
- Retrieved
- Verified
- Archived

A Verification Record SHALL preserve its current lifecycle
state.

State transitions SHALL remain reconstructable through
associated record artifacts and continuity references.