A reasoning record that provides provenance for a claim in Strata. Links a question or claim to the method that produced it, the evidence supporting it, and the claim it justifies. Forms the backbone of the Strata provenance graph.
tid
Timestamp-based ID
Properties
confidence
string
Required
Confidence level in the reasoning.
org.latha.island.defs#high, org.latha.island.defs#medium, org.latha.island.defs#lowcreatedAt
string
datetime
Required
When this reasoning was recorded in Strata.
evidence
string
Optional
Supporting evidence, reasoning chain, or explanation of why this method supports the claim.
maxGraphemes: 3000 graphemesjustifies
string
at-uri
Required
AT-URI of the claim this reasoning supports (e.g. 'at://did:plc:.../org.latha.island.citation/3tx...').
method
string
Required
How the claim was produced. Open set — future methods can be added without schema changes.
org.latha.island.defs#webSearch, org.latha.island.defs#humanInput, org.latha.island.defs#inference, org.latha.island.defs#carryLookupquestion
string
Required
The question or claim being justified.
maxGraphemes: 500 graphemessourceUrl
string
uri
Optional
URL of the source if the reasoning came from a web search.
View raw schema
{
"key": "tid",
"type": "record",
"record": {
"type": "object",
"required": [
"question",
"method",
"justifies",
"confidence",
"createdAt"
],
"properties": {
"method": {
"type": "string",
"description": "How the claim was produced. Open set — future methods can be added without schema changes.",
"knownValues": [
"org.latha.island.defs#webSearch",
"org.latha.island.defs#humanInput",
"org.latha.island.defs#inference",
"org.latha.island.defs#carryLookup"
]
},
"evidence": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Supporting evidence, reasoning chain, or explanation of why this method supports the claim.",
"maxGraphemes": 3000
},
"question": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The question or claim being justified.",
"maxGraphemes": 500
},
"createdAt": {
"type": "string",
"format": "datetime",
"description": "When this reasoning was recorded in Strata."
},
"justifies": {
"type": "string",
"format": "at-uri",
"description": "AT-URI of the claim this reasoning supports (e.g. 'at://did:plc:.../org.latha.island.citation/3tx...')."
},
"sourceUrl": {
"type": "string",
"format": "uri",
"description": "URL of the source if the reasoning came from a web search."
},
"confidence": {
"enum": [
"org.latha.island.defs#high",
"org.latha.island.defs#medium",
"org.latha.island.defs#low"
],
"type": "string",
"description": "Confidence level in the reasoning."
}
}
},
"description": "A reasoning record that provides provenance for a claim in Strata. Links a question or claim to the method that produced it, the evidence supporting it, and the claim it justifies. Forms the backbone of the Strata provenance graph."
}