Every change is signed by who made it, under whose authority, and when. Nothing enters a workspace unsigned.
- Change
- Mortgage quote, 25 years
- Signed by
- Alder Bank, 14:02
- Authority
- Agreement with Sanne Visser
Let’s make it official.
Four things make an exchange of knowledge official.
Provenance
History
Every change is kept, none overwritten, none quietly rewritten. Like code, a workspace has history.
- 14:02
- Quote computed
- 14:02
- Rules checked
- 13:58
- Access granted
Validation
Every change is checked against the workspace’s rules before it lands. What fails is refused, with the reason.
- Refused
- Debt ratio above the bank’s limit
- Rule
- Affordability
Agreement
Access is granted for one purpose, under an agreement that is itself on record. An agreement can carry a price.
- Purpose
- Mortgage quote, 25 years
- Scope
- Income and debts
- Term
- 48 hours
How an exchange runs
- Agree The owner names the purpose, the scope, the term, and the price.
- Authorize The other party gets only the authority that purpose needs.
- Execute The question travels to the workspace; only the answer travels back.
- Settle Every party is paid at once, and the record stays where the work happened.
On record
The record lives in the workspace it concerns, not in anyone’s central log. To read it, ask that workspace.
- Journal
- Sanne Visser’s workspace
- Entries
- 4, one refused