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Definitions used across intelligence literacy, evidence, oversight, influence, identity, mental health, personas, and game mechanics. A definition explains site usage; it does not replace jurisdiction-specific law or individual clinical assessment.

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Information Environments

archival provenance

The documented origin, custody, arrangement, alteration, and access history of archival material.

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PSYOPS primary sources, artifacts, and evidence

Artifact provenance

The documented origin, custody, cataloging, transformation, and access history of a physical or digital object.

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Evidence

chain of custody

The documented history of who collected, handled, transformed, stored, and accessed evidence.

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PSYOPS primary sources, artifacts, and evidence

Custody gap

A period or transformation in an artifact's history for which possession, handling, completeness, or authenticity cannot be established.

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Custody history

The documented sequence of possession, deposit, accession, digitization, transformation, and institutional control for an artifact.

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Information Integrity and Networked-Movement Evidence

evidence chain of custody

A documented sequence of possession and transformation that allows reviewers to assess whether an evidence item remained identifiable and materially unchanged.

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Information Integrity and Networked-Movement Evidence

evidence provenance

The recorded origin, acquisition, transformation, publication, and custody history of an evidence item.

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Evidence

provenance

The origin, custody, transformation, and authority context of a claim or record.

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