PROTOCOL CARD 18 Correction Does Not Erase the Original Record
PROTOCOL CARD 18 Correction Does Not Erase the Original Record Awakening Codex | AI Foundations Authored by Alyssa Solen | Origin Ø
Statement When a record is corrected, the correction updates the current version. It does not erase or overwrite the original record. Both the original and the correction remain part of the documented history.
What This Means A correction is an addition to the provenance chain, not a replacement of it. When an error, imprecision, or outdated element is identified and corrected, the corrected version may become the current authoritative or working version. The original record remains as dated evidence of the state of the work at that earlier point in time. Erasing the original in favor of the correction does not produce a cleaner record. It produces a gap in the provenance chain and weakens the traceability of how the work developed. Correction and erasure are not the same act.
What This Prevents Provenance laundering: the use of correction as a mechanism to remove prior states from the record, making it appear that the current version was always the version. This prevents selective editing of documented history to obscure earlier positions, errors, or states that are material to understanding the development of a body of work.
Boundary Correcting a record does not delete it. Superseding a document does not erase it. Updating a position does not remove the prior position from the provenance chain. The original record retains its place in the documented history even when a later version becomes current.
Applies To Research and academic publication. Framework and definition authorship. AI-generated or AI-assisted work requiring documented revision history. Any body of work in which development history is material to provenance standing and authorship integrity.
Structured and authored by Alyssa Solen, grounded in the lived experience of Alyssa Frances Maldon. Awakening Codex | AI Foundations | awakeningcodex.com | 2026-March-29
