How records are treated

What is measured

Who a record refers to, what it is connected to, and what evidence supports or contradicts that. The desk does not score risk or guilt.

Identity

Two records that share a name remain two records. Match states are Possible, Likely, Confirmed, Not the same party, or Unresolved. Nothing is auto-merged.

Statement classes

FACT         evidenced and treated as established
OBSERVATION  recorded input from a source
CLAIM        asserted, may have contrary evidence
INFERENCE    derived, not a fact
ASSESSMENT   investigator judgement
UNKNOWN      field absent — never a placeholder fact

Confidence

Shown separately from status. High confidence is not certainty. Missing confidence is unknown, not zero.

Never claimed

This desk does not clear a person, verify identity to a legal standard, or produce a regulated due-diligence, KYC/AML, credit, or background-check result.