CBSR · evidence library
CBSR evidence status glossary: legal force, freshness and review
Read claim class, evidence tier, binding status, source-check dates and decision readiness without turning unknown or historical evidence into approval.
Independent questions require independent fields
An official URL can identify a source without proving that the provision is in force or has been reviewed recently. An enacted Act may contain a section whose commencement is still pending. A historical legal proposition can remain traceable while failing the current decision-use gate. CBSR preserves those distinctions in separate fields.
Read the dates literally
Snapshot generation, legal effective dates, source_last_checked, next_review_due, editorial history and HTML creation are different dates. Missing source checks stay unknown. The 17 October 2026 HTML creation date does not alter the 20 August 2026 dataset or its June legal-analysis base.
Why zero decision-ready records matters
The snapshot counts 46 structural candidates, but currentness and reconciled independent second review are incomplete. Therefore the complete decision-ready count remains zero. Better search visibility and richer schema do not close the legal-review backlog or change the policy evaluator's execution boundary.
| Field or concept | Meaning |
|---|---|
| claim_class | What kind of claim is made: law versus operational observation. |
| evidence_tier | Strength of provenance; it does not establish legal force. |
| binding_status | Instrument force: operative, not commenced, policy, proposal, prohibition or no regime. |
| source_last_checked | Date of an evidenced source check. A page edit date is not a substitute. |
| review_status | Freshness relative to the explicit as-of date, not an independent legal opinion. |
| review_stage | Primary and independent second review are separate, recorded events. |
| structural_candidate | A structural inventory filter; 46 candidates in this snapshot. |
| decision_ready | A stricter gate including currentness and reconciled independent review; 0 in this snapshot. |
| execution_authorized | Always false at the CBSR decision-support boundary. |