The discipline
Trust tiers
Optimistic by default, verified by discipline. Every node in RDKG carries a trust tier, and the label is never omitted (Constitution LD-03).
At least one primary source (paper, patent, filing, standards body, primary doc, or named expert) and a freshness date.
Credible and corroborating, but not yet anchored to a primary source. Provisional.
Circulating widely without primary support. Tracked as a contrarian indicator — never presented as fact.
A Verified claim rests on a primary source — a peer-reviewed paper, a patent, a regulatory filing, a standards body, a company primary document, or a named credentialed expert — and a freshness date. We cite the record, not the aggregator or the podcast (LD-09).
Hype is not filler. A confident narrative running ahead of the primary record is itself a contrarian signal — usually that the verifiable, physical-world edge is being underpriced.