The content travels. Its context often stays elsewhere.
Evidence, status or policies may depend on a separate service.
DIGITAL ORIGINAL FORMAT · ACTIVE VERSION 4.0.0
A container designed to carry a document with the metadata, fingerprints and signatures needed for its checks — without claiming that a format alone establishes authenticity.
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Evidence, status or policies may depend on a separate service.
The holder keeps the file and can run supported checks locally.
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Educational diagram faithful to the current binary order. Co-signature records are optional and follow the primary block.
A mathematically valid signature does not automatically establish identity, authority, revocation, temporal validity or legal effect. Those conclusions depend on available evidence and a trust policy.
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TWO LEVELS THAT MUST NOT BE CONFUSED
Structure, header checksum, signature, fingerprint and payload integrity can be checked from available elements.
Certificate chain, revocation freshness, timestamp, policy and authority may require current anchors or external services.