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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.
- S01C2PA Technical Specification 2.4
current technical standard / published 2026-04-01 / retrieved 2026-07-10
- S02Verifying Provenance of Digital Media: Why C2PA Falls Short
research preprint / published 2026-04-27 / retrieved 2026-07-09