Direct answer
Source Identity, in this verification guide, is limited to the following inspected scope. Operational checks for declared scholarly identity. Provenance relations used by a verification workflow. The answer carries the source boundaries forward and does not infer authority from a neighboring topic.
Verification procedure and refusal codes
Recompute or re-observe the relevant identity, digest, state, or output instead of trusting a self-declared success field.
A verifier must distinguish missing evidence, failed observation, mismatch, and confirmed success.
Applied scope: Operational checks for declared scholarly identity. Provenance relations used by a verification workflow.
Definition and operating context
The canonical concept owner is maha-research. This route may apply evidence; it cannot redefine or inherit the authority of its canonical owner.
This property may publish bounded explanations, operational guides, commercial entry points. It must not publish research-source duplication or unreleased evidence claims.
Evidence and exact locators
Versioning — Versioning: object identity and version relationships. Establishes: Operational checks for declared scholarly identity.
PROV-O: The PROV Ontology — Entity and revision relationships. Establishes: Provenance relations used by a verification workflow.
What the evidence does not establish
Identity verification does not imply passage support or commercial reuse rights.
A provenance assertion remains an assertion until checked.
This route must not claim research-source duplication.
This route must not claim unreleased evidence claims.
Related definitions and applications
canonicalOwnerDefinition: https://research.mahastrategies.com/federation/research/source-identity/definition
same-topic-application: https://www.mahastrategies.com/clearing/evidence-workflows/source-identity/commercial-use
same-topic-application: https://www.mahastrategies.com/clearing/evidence-workflows/source-identity/workflow
property-home: https://www.mahastrategies.com/
Questions this page can answer
What does Source Identity mean in this bounded context?
Source Identity, in this verification guide, is limited to the following inspected scope. Operational checks for declared scholarly identity. Provenance relations used by a verification workflow. The answer carries the source boundaries forward and does not infer authority from a neighboring topic.
Which inspected sources establish the verification answer?
Versioning (living guidance inspected 2026-09-05), at Versioning: object identity and version relationships, supports operational checks for declared scholarly identity. PROV-O: The PROV Ontology (Recommendation, 30 April 2013), at Entity and revision relationships, supports provenance relations used by a verification workflow.
What does the evidence not establish?
Identity verification does not imply passage support or commercial reuse rights. A provenance assertion remains an assertion until checked. Property boundary: This route may apply evidence; it cannot redefine or inherit the authority of its canonical owner.
Which canonical definition must be read first?
This page is the local maha-research definition for its topic. Related applications may depend on it but may not silently redefine it.
What change would require this page to be revised or withdrawn?
Re-evaluate this page when a cited source, locator, governing instrument, local implementation, or canonical definition changes. Publication also requires a matching exact-revision review and active canonical release.