Testimony
Keep each account connected to its witness.
Preserve who spoke, who recorded the account and what the source actually says. Keep qualifications, uncertainty and interpretation visible.
One witness can give several accounts. Each recording has its own date, recorder and wording. A person’s experience provides context; it does not establish that their account is accurate.
In the Meridian showcase
Two accounts, both preserved.
Meridian’s observers describe the same interval differently. Read each account in its own words, then follow it to the recorded source.
Explore the fictional caseA closer look · Fictional example
A witness and their distinct accounts.
Explore the person’s stated experience, the circumstances of each recording and the review attached to an account. All people and accounts below are fictional.
Fictional worked example
One witness, two recorded accounts.
A later retelling remains connected to the same witness. The account dates, source wording and recorder stay distinct.
Recorded 1981 · Recorder A
SYNTHETIC: I saw a light during the third quarter of 1952.
Synthetic account of a light; no sensor measurements supplied.
Summary by Synthetic editor
- Linked speaker
- Witness A
- Given under oath
- Unknown
- Source declaration
- Synthetic interview recorded in 1981
- source:account-1981
Original recording bytes are not supplied in this control.
Procedures remain sourced declarations.
- Polygraph administered
- Unknown
- Polygraph result
- Unknown
Interpretations name their reviewer.
Five years is a source declaration relevant to the event quarter. It does not authenticate the witness or establish independence.
Independence: Unknown
Review by Synthetic reviewer. No credibility score is calculated.
An attributable account can be examined without treating it as independently verified. Private identities and contact details belong outside the public record.
Kinds of source material
Follow the source.
Work with an instrument capture, recorded account, released document or collected specimen. Each has a distinct path through the standard.
Each guide keeps the source’s context and interpretation limits visible. The documentation describes the available checks and release status.