Provenance - EDN

Provenance-aware memory

Every record EDN stores carries a provenance class that records where the record came from. Provenance is not a label added afterwards: it decides whether a record can reach your model at all.

Provenance class	Origin	Used as context
`USER_STATED`	Stated directly by the user	Yes, and can be cited
`USER_CONFIRMED`	Confirmed by the user	Yes, and can be cited
`DOCUMENT_VERIFIED`	Taken from an uploaded document	Yes, and can be cited
`ROUND`	A stored user-assistant exchange	Yes, as background for continuity; never cited
`AI_INFERRED`	Inferred from an assistant reply	No, not until a user confirms it
`AI_GENERATED`	Generated by a model and not confirmed	No, not until a user confirms it

Confirmed fact versus unconfirmed AI output

EDN draws a hard line between what may reach your model as context and what may not.

USER_STATED, USER_CONFIRMED, DOCUMENT_VERIFIED and ROUND records can be retrieved and placed in the SIP.
AI_INFERRED and AI_GENERATED records are stored, but they are never retrieved into context. A record becomes usable only when a user confirms it, which stores it as a new USER_CONFIRMED record.

This rule is enforced when records are retrieved, not filtered out afterwards. See The SIP for how eligible records are chosen and cited.