determinismidentical content → bit-identical markers
robustnesssurvives format conv · compression · minor edits
provenancecryptographic chain · tamper-evident
content modestext · image · audio
corefrozen · version-pinned
format coverage
TXTPDFDOCXMDPNGJPGWEBPSVGMP3WAVFLACOGG
Video and 3D: reduced support in current version.
public layer
Invisible, not editable.
Markers live in the content's semantic structure, so they are not removable like a visible overlay nor forgeable like a metadata tag. Verification is deterministic and reproducible across hosts; the provenance chain is cryptographic rather than trust-based.
stated openly
Where it is weaker.
Video and 3D have reduced support today; severe transformations (major edits, re-encoding) can break verification — use the original for the strongest check. Independent cryptographic audit is scheduled and available to evaluation partners under NDA. Embedding mechanics and the frozen core stay sealed.