Authority map
The action, owner, physical claim and failure consequence.
Evidence & deployment
Evidence
before scale.
Begin with the authority boundary, not the device. Test one consequential workflow under explicit operating limits.
Deployment standard
Clear about what exists.
Clear about what comes next.
Evaluation separates current capability, active validation and long-horizon direction. No institution should have to infer product status from ambition.
Controlled path
One boundary.
Four accountable steps.
Each step produces an artifact that can be reviewed before additional commitment is made.
- 01 / Map
Define the boundary.
Name the person, object or authority claim, the consequential action, accountable owner and current failure path.
- 02 / Design
Set the evaluation.
Agree on threat model, success criteria, exception path, data limits and stop conditions before testing.
- 03 / Run
Operate under control.
Test the verification moment in a bounded environment with retained evidence and responsible oversight.
- 04 / Decide
Scale, revise or stop.
Compare observed outcomes against agreed criteria and document the institutional decision.
Evaluation output
A decision package.
Not a demonstration.
A credible evaluation makes authority, limitations and unresolved questions visible.
Threat model
Misuse, substitution, exception and fallback conditions.
Control contract
What Presence establishes, what the institution decides and what is recorded.
Observed record
Acceptance criteria, results, failures and unresolved limitations.
Scale or stop
A recommendation for deployment, revision or discontinuation.
Governance plan
Enrollment, review, exception, incident and retirement responsibilities.
Product status
Separate capability
from direction.
Status must remain specific to the proposed workflow and the evidence available at the time of evaluation.
Presence boundary design
Map the consequential workflow, physical claim and accountable decision.
Key & Layer prototypes
Physical forms, integration assumptions and evidence models under bounded review.
Presence Home
A common governed environment for verified people, objects and permitted actions.
Founding Institution Program
Bring one process. Define what must be verified.
The program is designed for institutions ready to test one real decision—not to purchase an undefined transformation.