How can chain of custody travel with a document?
Carry evidence records and state relationships with the document while keeping external procedures and witness claims separate.
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What does document provenance actually prove?
It can show declared source lineage, exact-state relationships and integrity evidence; it does not prove factual truth by itself.
What UD changes
Universal Document treats document state and lineage as explicit information instead of leaving them only in filenames, folders or platform history. That can make the answer inspectable after the file travels.
What it does not prove
Document integrity and provenance do not by themselves establish factual truth, legal sufficiency, identity, regulatory acceptance or organizational authorization.
Related questions
Can a document say that it has expired?
A UD can carry explicit expiry or status metadata that compliant readers can surface.
Read answer →Can redaction preserve provenance?
A redacted derivative can point back to its source state and record the transformation without exposing removed content.
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