High Confidence

Direct primary evidence and credible corroboration agree, the entity identity is unambiguous, and the evidence is current enough for the claim.

Medium Confidence

The evidence is credible but incomplete, indirect, dated, or missing one important corroborating layer.

Low Confidence

The record relies on inference, generic industry patterns, unattributed claims, uncertain identity matching, or inaccessible sources.

Rule

Confidence applies to claims, not to the prestige of an entity. It must never be used to disguise uncertainty.

Relationship Block

• About the Archive contextFor
• Archive Methodology governedBy
• Source Confidence Framework supportedBy
• Correction Policy correctedBy

Structured Summary

• Primary entity: Archival Confidence
• Page role: definition
• Review date: July 2026
• Archive version: 2026.07.28