Compliance Glossary for Confluence

What is a verifiable evidence archive?

A verifiable evidence archive is a deterministic package for one deposited baseline. Its manifest identifies the tenant, baseline, product release, coverage, section counts, ordered parts, content hash, and root hash. Its parts carry meanings, artifacts, usage, links, and conformance records. Validation recalculates hashes and counts before an archive can be accepted.

Last verified against production v6 · 26 September 2026

At a glance

InputActionOutputLimit
Deposited baseline collectionsSort stable record identities across five sectionsCanonical evidence streamEvery required section must be present
Bounded record groupsCreate ordered archive partsPart hash and chained part summaryPart, record, and byte limits apply
Archive metadata and part summariesCalculate the manifest root hashVersioned root manifestA matching hash does not prove source correctness
Archive packageRecalculate schema, tenant, order, count, key, chain, and hash checksValid result or named failure codesFailed validation blocks import

How it works

  1. Open Enterprise evidence workspace.
  2. Select Run verification for the deposited baseline.
  3. Select Export archive.
  4. Keep the root manifest with every ordered part.
  5. Preserve the archive identity, baseline identity, counts, and hashes.
  6. Before re-use, select the file under Archive package.
  7. Select Import archive and review the validation result.

Example

An evidence archive contains two ordered parts. A stored byte changes in the second part. Validation recalculates that part hash and the package hashes. The values no longer match the manifest. Import fails, while the deposited baseline remains unchanged.

What this does not mean

Archive verification detects package changes and structural gaps. It does not prove that the original source was correct. It does not create legal WORM storage, execute a signature, approve a release, or certify compliance. The archive covers only the evidence recorded in its deposited baseline and manifest.

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Next step

Export the deposited baseline and preserve its manifest with every archive part.

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Verification basis: production v6 code, tests, manifest, and operations guidance. Verified 26 September 2026.