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 "version": "1",
 "guide": {
  "url": "/evidence/",
  "label": "How to read the evidence"
 },
 "states": {
  "proved": {
   "label": "Documented",
   "family": "documented",
   "glyph": "✓",
   "source": "research",
   "meaning": "A cited record states this directly, and the research has checked that the record belongs to this person."
  },
  "strongly_supported": {
   "label": "Strongly supported",
   "family": "supported",
   "glyph": "✓",
   "source": "research",
   "meaning": "Several independent, consistent records point to this, but no single record states it outright."
  },
  "probable": {
   "label": "Probable",
   "family": "probable",
   "glyph": "~",
   "source": "research",
   "meaning": "The evidence favours this over the alternatives, but it is not proved and could still change."
  },
  "possible": {
   "label": "Possible",
   "family": "possible",
   "glyph": "?",
   "source": "research",
   "meaning": "Consistent with the evidence so far. A lead to test, not a conclusion."
  },
  "uncertain": {
   "label": "Uncertain",
   "family": "possible",
   "glyph": "?",
   "source": "research or tree",
   "meaning": "Flagged as uncertain, either by this research or by the tree contributor. Treat as unresolved."
  },
  "disputed": {
   "label": "Disputed",
   "family": "conflict",
   "glyph": "!",
   "source": "research",
   "meaning": "Records or researchers disagree, and the conflict is not resolved."
  },
  "contradicted": {
   "label": "Contradicted",
   "family": "conflict",
   "glyph": "✕",
   "source": "research",
   "meaning": "The available records argue against this link. It is shown only so that readers can see why it was rejected."
  },
  "superseded": {
   "label": "Superseded",
   "family": "conflict",
   "glyph": "↺",
   "source": "research",
   "meaning": "An earlier proposal that later research has replaced. Kept for the audit trail."
  },
  "dna_confirmed": {
   "label": "Tree-marked DNA confirmed",
   "family": "tree",
   "glyph": "◇",
   "source": "tree",
   "meaning": "The WikiTree contributor marked this link as confirmed with DNA. This project has not independently checked that DNA reasoning."
  },
  "confident": {
   "label": "Tree-marked confident",
   "family": "tree",
   "glyph": "◇",
   "source": "tree",
   "meaning": "The WikiTree contributor marked this link as confident. It is the contributor’s judgement, not an assessment by this project."
  },
  "non_biological": {
   "label": "Tree-marked non-biological",
   "family": "tree",
   "glyph": "◇",
   "source": "tree",
   "meaning": "The tree marks an adoptive, step or other non-biological relationship."
  },
  "unmarked": {
   "label": "Unassessed tree link",
   "family": "unassessed",
   "glyph": "○",
   "source": "tree",
   "meaning": "Copied from the family tree with no certainty mark. It has not been assessed against records."
  }
 },
 "aliases": {
  "documented": "proved",
  "strongly-supported": "strongly_supported",
  "supported": "strongly_supported",
  "dna-confirmed": "dna_confirmed",
  "non-biological": "non_biological",
  "unknown": "unmarked",
  "unassessed": "unmarked",
  "": "unmarked"
 },
 "tree_data_status": {
  "5": "non_biological",
  "10": "uncertain",
  "20": "confident",
  "30": "dna_confirmed"
 },
 "record_quality": {
  "original": {
   "label": "Original record",
   "meaning": "An image or original register, return, will or deed that has been inspected."
  },
  "derivative": {
   "label": "Index or transcription",
   "meaning": "An index, abstract, calendar or transcription of an original. Useful for finding the original, but open to copying errors and omissions."
  },
  "secondary": {
   "label": "Secondary source",
   "meaning": "A published history, family account or later compilation. Its claims need their own sources."
  },
  "tree_only": {
   "label": "Tree/profile only",
   "meaning": "Known only from a family-tree profile. A lead to look for records, not evidence in itself."
  },
  "unknown": {
   "label": "Unclassified",
   "meaning": "The source has not yet been classified. Do not assume it is an original."
  }
 },
 "record_evidence": {
  "Documented": "A cited record places this person in this event.",
  "Probable": "The record probably concerns this person, but the identification is not proved.",
  "Profile lead": "Reported on a tree profile; inspect its sources before relying on it.",
  "Kin-inferred profile lead": "Placed through a relative’s tree profile, not through a record naming this person.",
  "Traditional": "A family tradition or later account without a contemporary record.",
  "Estimated": "A date or place inferred from other evidence, such as an age at death or a later census."
 },
 "study_tones": {
  "proved": {
   "label": "Documented",
   "state": "proved",
   "meaning": "A cited record states the link."
  },
  "supported": {
   "label": "Strongly supported",
   "state": "strongly_supported",
   "meaning": "Consistent records support it; none states it outright."
  },
  "hypothesis": {
   "label": "Working hypothesis",
   "state": "possible",
   "meaning": "A proposal the study is testing; not a conclusion."
  },
  "unresolved": {
   "label": "Unresolved",
   "state": "unmarked",
   "meaning": "Not yet assessed, or the records do not decide it."
  }
 },
 "question_status": {
  "open": "Open",
  "partly_answered": "Partly answered",
  "answered": "Answered"
 },
 "question_fields": {
  "resolve": "What would resolve this",
  "record": "Record to request or inspect"
 },
 "not_yet_identified": "Not yet identified",
 "cluster_note": "Research clusters, households and study groups organise related records and hypotheses. Being placed in the same cluster does not prove that people were related."
}