A CONCEPT · PROJECTED FROM THE VINDEX KNOWLEDGE GRAPH
FIDELITY
what a copy is worth
Every variant's fidelity is recorded against the source at extraction — the baseline's own included, which closes the loophole where a lossy copy becomes exact by being promoted.
The lattice runs source-exact, source-equivalent, numerically-approximate, structurally-approximate, analysis-only. A profile's authority is the weakest fidelity across its selections, capped further by declared omissions — derived, never asserted.
IN THE GRAPH
fidelity— grades →representation
fidelity— folds into →authority