Retention
Never lose incomplete data
Collect events should persist even when evidence, location, or identifier confidence is incomplete. The system posture must favor preservation over premature rejection.
Truth Gate
Never treat incomplete data as truth
Promotion into registry truth should require explicit validation policy, evidence posture, and reviewer authority appropriate to the change.
Queue Design
Unresolved is a first-class system
Unknown or weakly classified events should route into a visible unresolved workflow, not disappear or silently degrade execution surfaces.
Execution
Run consumes verified outputs only
Operational actions, reporting, and derived outputs should be built only on processed and validated records, with unresolved data clearly flagged where present.