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THE RECORD

SECTION 06

ISSUE 001

PROJECTIONinteraction6-12mconfidence / medium

Repair Broken Provenance Chains

Projection: provenance tools will support explicit recovery when metadata is stripped—linking a derivative to an earlier signed asset through a new, clearly marked assertion. Interfaces must distinguish recovered claims from continuous cryptographic history so repair does not become a path for laundering false provenance.

Why this idea is here

What the evidence establishes.

C2PA defines ingredient and manifest relationships; critiques identify gaps and trust assumptions that recovered-chain designs must surface.

Source ledger

Read the sources.

  1. S01
    C2PA Technical Specification 2.4

    current technical standard / published 2026-04-01 / retrieved 2026-07-10

  2. S02
    Verifying Provenance of Digital Media: Why C2PA Falls Short

    research preprint / published 2026-04-27 / retrieved 2026-07-09

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