Information Science

Evidence

Definition

Information that supports or refutes a claim: a document, a measurement, a record or a statement that can be checked.

How we use the term

In the Record every claim is tied to the evidence that supports it; the proof concepts (Customer-Verified Evidence, Proof Node) are kinds of it.

Also called

proof

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Wikidata
HW-CON-087
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