# Bates Numbers Should Be Data, Not Ink

A visible Bates stamp helps humans, but structured production identity can also be searched, validated and exchanged without reading pixels from every page.

## How UD approaches the problem

UDR preserves revision lineage. UDS binds verification to an exact final state. BrowserCarrier is offline-readable and zero-install.

## Limitation

Technical provenance does not decide authenticity, relevance, completeness or admissibility.

- Demo: https://universaldocument.org/legal/demo
- Pilot: https://universaldocument.org/legal/pilot