Publish a fixed version
A corpus publication freezes a set of records for citation and reuse. Corrections create a new version.
Publication and interchangeTHE SPECIFICATION
cELF 1.0
Capta-Enriched Locatable Factum
cELF defines how to preserve a record’s source and revision history, and how to link a generated claim to the exact passages used as evidence.
Read the cELF specification (English)Follow a claim back to the source
This example follows a claim to the specific record revision that supports it.
Generated claim
The statement you want to check.
Support binding
How the evidence bears on that statement.
Evidence reference
A reference to the exact material used.
Record revision
The version of the record used as evidence.
Source span
A precise location in the original document or recording.
An evidence reference can also point directly to a source span, such as a page range or an audio time span.
A field value has a history
When a researcher confirms a model’s suggestion, cELF keeps the original derivation alongside the review decision.
Illustrative field assertion
Position holder Levinas
- Derivation
- Model suggestion
- Evaluation
- Value supported
- Authority
- Human confirmed
- Value state
- Present
Carry the record between tools
The Core profile defines durable records. Additional profiles describe what an implementation supports for publication, evidence, claim binding, and reproducible research.
Exchange provenance
The W3C PROV mapping describes how to carry relationships among research objects, activities, and contributors.
PROV mapping profilePackage a research run
The RO-Crate profile describes how to package records, evidence, and run metadata so others can examine how a result was produced.
RO-Crate profileSearch indexes and embeddings are derived from records. A system can rebuild them while keeping record identities and source locations stable.