Reason-Provenance Record
Project:
Record ID:
Date / stage:
Prepared by:
1. Consequential research move
What question, decision, interpretation, constraint, rejection or change is being documented?
2. Why it matters
What would be different in the project if this move had not occurred?
3. Contribution functions
Record only functions that are relevant.
| Function | Researcher contribution | AI/system contribution | Other contributor | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Origination | ||||
| Evaluation | ||||
| Integration | ||||
| Interpretation |
4. Evidence timing
- Ex-ante governance or rule
- Contemporaneous trace
- Frozen empirical/project artefact
- Ex-post reconstruction
Describe the evidence:
5. Claim supported
What bounded attribution claim does the evidence support?
6. Alternative histories not ruled out
What plausible contribution history remains compatible with the evidence?
7. Evidential limit
What should not be claimed from this record?
8. Public-release status
- Safe to publish
- Publish only as paraphrase
- Requires quotation verification
- Contains confidential or personal material
- Internal only