POM-RX

The limits of structural checks

A valid structural result is neither evidence of truth nor an attestation or security guarantee.

Objectives

Prerequisites

Concepts

Supplied structure
The verifier checks format, contiguous order, selected shared fields, and hash links.
Evidence boundary
The result confirms neither the source, a reliable time, an identity, an action, nor an external fact.
Reference verifier
A tested public prototype illustrates the specification; it is not presented as a production control.

Visual guide

Reading a result

Synthetic example

A fictional chain passes structural checks but contains no independent evidence about its author.

Structurally valid does not mean authentic.

The public prototype accepts or rejects selected structural aspects of supplied chains under the published schema.

What this lesson does not demonstrate

It proves neither truth, chronology, authenticity, authorization enforcement, observation, blocking, security, audit, nor production use.

Check question

The verifier checks selected structural elements of supplied receipts.

The result confirms the authenticity of every source.

The result proves that an execution was blocked.

Choose an answer to read its feedback.

Local checklist

Associate a fictional result with a limitation.

This activity does not run the verifier.

Sources and limitations