{
  "artifact": "White Noise Public Evidence Artifact Shipment Ledger Gate",
  "date": "2026-06-29",
  "public_route": "wn-evidence-artifact-shipment-ledger-gate.html",
  "markdown_source": "white-noise-public-evidence-artifact-shipment-ledger-gate.md",
  "prepared_from": "current public-site materials, public source-record queue, and local evidence gaps only",
  "use_boundary": "This gate is a public board-readiness artifact only. It is not a customer proof packet, not audited delivery reporting, not a services maturity claim, not investment advice, not an offer to sell or solicit securities, and not proof that customer outcomes, shipment velocity, named case-study strength, or accepted artifact records exist.",
  "board_rule": "Do not publish warmer delivery-velocity, customer-outcome, named-case-study, services-maturity, KPI, revenue, or capital language until evidence artifact shipment records pass this gate and the public claim-language boundary is reviewed.",
  "current_status": "pending_source_evidence",
  "source_record_priority": 4,
  "companion_tools": [
    {
      "path": "tools/check_evidence_artifact_shipment_ledger_gate.js",
      "purpose": "Validate that the public gate, source files, image provenance, and manifest references preserve the artifact-shipment acceptance boundary."
    }
  ],
  "blocked_public_claims": [
    "delivery velocity",
    "customer outcome proof",
    "named case-study strength",
    "services maturity",
    "repeatable delivery workflow",
    "source-backed evidence artifacts shipped"
  ],
  "required_source_inputs": [
    {
      "field": "artifact_title",
      "minimum": "Artifact title, artifact class, source location, version or checksum where available, and private/public availability state retained privately.",
      "public_boundary": "Do not publish confidential titles, client-specific scopes, private file paths, source repository details, or customer identifiers without permission."
    },
    {
      "field": "delivery_date",
      "minimum": "Delivery date, timezone, delivery channel class, and whether the date represents a final delivery, draft, internal review, or sample artifact.",
      "public_boundary": "Public summaries must state the dated window and must not imply broader shipment history."
    },
    {
      "field": "recipient_class",
      "minimum": "Recipient class such as internal, public sample, prospect, partner, sponsor, customer, investor, or board reviewer, with private identifiers redacted.",
      "public_boundary": "Do not publish recipient names, company names, personal data, private relationship context, or endorsement signals without permission."
    },
    {
      "field": "permission_state",
      "minimum": "Permission status for public mention, quote, logo, screenshot, artifact excerpt, case-study use, and revocation/contact route.",
      "public_boundary": "Treat unknown, verbal, stale, or channel-limited permission as not permissioned for stronger public claims."
    },
    {
      "field": "evidence_level",
      "minimum": "Evidence level separating internal artifact, public sample, redacted proof, permissioned reference, delivered customer artifact, outcome-supported artifact, and audited proof where applicable.",
      "public_boundary": "Do not upgrade sample artifacts into customer outcome proof or audited delivery evidence."
    },
    {
      "field": "claim_boundary",
      "minimum": "Allowed public summary, blocked claim family, required companion source record, unresolved gaps, and next review trigger.",
      "public_boundary": "Every public statement must map to the exact evidence level and permission state."
    },
    {
      "field": "availability_state",
      "minimum": "Private retained source, redacted public source, gated after fit review, unavailable, or intentionally withheld with reason.",
      "public_boundary": "Do not imply a private dataroom, customer archive, or audit trail exists if only a public sample or internal file exists."
    },
    {
      "field": "owner_review",
      "minimum": "Owner role, review date, unresolved gaps, approved public summary, blocked claims, and next review trigger.",
      "public_boundary": "Owner role may be public; private reviewer names and counterparty details can stay private."
    }
  ],
  "acceptance_gates": [
    {
      "gate": "source_presence",
      "pass_condition": "Artifact record, delivery date, recipient class, permission state, evidence level, claim boundary, and availability state exist for the same dated review window.",
      "fail_label": "rejected_missing_source"
    },
    {
      "gate": "delivery_date_integrity",
      "pass_condition": "Delivery date and channel class distinguish final delivery, draft, internal review, public sample, and gated follow-up.",
      "fail_label": "rejected_delivery_date_unclear"
    },
    {
      "gate": "recipient_privacy",
      "pass_condition": "Recipient class is retained and all personal data, company identifiers, confidential scopes, and relationship context are excluded unless permissioned.",
      "fail_label": "rejected_recipient_privacy"
    },
    {
      "gate": "permission_integrity",
      "pass_condition": "Permission status explicitly covers each proposed public use channel or blocks that use.",
      "fail_label": "rejected_permission_unclear"
    },
    {
      "gate": "evidence_level_alignment",
      "pass_condition": "Artifact evidence level supports the exact public summary and does not inflate samples into outcome proof.",
      "fail_label": "rejected_evidence_level_mismatch"
    },
    {
      "gate": "availability_boundary",
      "pass_condition": "Private, public, gated, unavailable, and withheld states are separated without implying a dataroom or audit trail.",
      "fail_label": "rejected_availability_boundary"
    },
    {
      "gate": "owner_review",
      "pass_condition": "Owner has reviewed the source record, named unresolved gaps, approved the allowed public summary, and set the next review trigger.",
      "fail_label": "rejected_owner_review_missing"
    },
    {
      "gate": "claim_boundary",
      "pass_condition": "Public summary maps each supported claim to the exact artifact class, permission state, evidence level, source window, and unresolved gaps.",
      "fail_label": "rejected_claim_boundary"
    }
  ],
  "status_labels": [
    "pending_source_evidence",
    "ready_for_private_review",
    "rejected_needs_rework",
    "accepted_for_bounded_public_summary"
  ],
  "public_summary_allowed_when_accepted": [
    "dated review window",
    "artifact classes reviewed",
    "recipient-class summary",
    "permission-state summary",
    "evidence-level summary",
    "availability-state summary",
    "owner role and review date",
    "bounded count or category only if directly supported",
    "unresolved gap count or explicit no-material-gap statement",
    "next review trigger"
  ],
  "public_summary_disallowed": [
    "raw customer artifact contents",
    "recipient names or personal data",
    "company names or identifiers without permission",
    "private file paths or repository details",
    "confidential scopes or pricing details",
    "quotes, logos, screenshots, excerpts, or case-study claims without permission",
    "customer outcome proof unless source-backed",
    "delivery velocity language unless date-window-backed",
    "audited delivery or KPI language unless audit exists",
    "booked revenue language unless source-backed",
    "investment performance language",
    "formal financing process implication",
    "claims about speculative White Noise technologies being commercially deployed"
  ],
  "companion_controls": [
    "wn-source-record-priority-queue.html",
    "wn-source-record-acceptance-standard.html",
    "wn-customer-evidence-permission-standard.html",
    "wn-sample-delivery-case-study.html",
    "wn-commercial-surface-register.html",
    "wn-revenue-readiness-note.html",
    "wn-kpi-evidence-register.html",
    "wn-review-calendar.html"
  ],
  "image_asset": {
    "path": "assets/governance/white-noise-evidence-artifact-shipment-ledger-gate-20260629.png",
    "provenance": "assets/governance/white-noise-evidence-artifact-shipment-ledger-gate-20260629.provenance.json",
    "alt_text": "AI-generated White Noise evidence artifact shipment ledger gate with abstract artifact cards, permission shields, evidence-level stamps, claim-boundary gates, and availability lanes",
    "usage_boundary": "GPT-generated conceptual/editorial shipment-ledger image only; not proof of shipped customer deliverables, delivery velocity, customer outcome proof, named case-study strength, services maturity, a production delivery system, customer permission, legal review, production CRM, audited KPI reporting, formal financing process, live dataroom, operational speculative technology, trained W.N. image model, or web-scale source ingestion."
  }
}