Direct answer
Source Identity, in this definition, is limited to the following inspected scope. Version relationships and persistent identifiers for scholarly objects. Machine-readable identity and provenance relationships. The answer carries the source boundaries forward and does not infer authority from a neighboring topic.
Term boundaries and disambiguation
Use the term only for the source-backed scope stated here; keep adjacent concepts separate unless a typed relationship is explicit.
A useful definition states both inclusion and exclusion conditions so a machine answer cannot silently widen it.
Applied scope: Version relationships and persistent identifiers for scholarly objects. Machine-readable identity and provenance relationships.
Definition and operating context
The canonical concept owner is maha-research. This route may apply evidence; it cannot redefine or inherit the authority of its canonical owner.
This property may publish research objects, machine-readable provenance, reproduction protocols. It must not publish sales copy or unsupported interpretation.
Evidence and exact locators
Versioning — Versioning: preprints/accepted manuscripts/versions of record and corrections. Establishes: Version relationships and persistent identifiers for scholarly objects.
PROV-O: The PROV Ontology — Overview; Entity; wasRevisionOf and wasDerivedFrom. Establishes: Machine-readable identity and provenance relationships.
What the evidence does not establish
A DOI identifies an object; it does not prove the object supports a claim.
PROV expresses asserted provenance and does not independently validate it.
This route must not claim sales copy.
This route must not claim unsupported interpretation.
Related definitions and applications
localDefinition: https://research.mahastrategies.com/federation/research/source-identity/definition
same-topic-application: https://research.mahastrategies.com/federation/research/source-identity/fixture
same-topic-application: https://research.mahastrategies.com/federation/research/source-identity/relationships
same-topic-application: https://research.mahastrategies.com/federation/research/source-identity/method
property-home: https://research.mahastrategies.com/
same-topic-application: https://research.mahastrategies.com/federation/research/source-identity/failure-mode
same-topic-application: https://research.mahastrategies.com/federation/research/source-identity/machine-record
Questions this page can answer
What does Source Identity mean in this bounded context?
Source Identity, in this definition, is limited to the following inspected scope. Version relationships and persistent identifiers for scholarly objects. Machine-readable identity and provenance relationships. The answer carries the source boundaries forward and does not infer authority from a neighboring topic.
Which inspected sources establish the definition answer?
Versioning (living guidance inspected 2026-09-05), at Versioning: preprints/accepted manuscripts/versions of record and corrections, supports version relationships and persistent identifiers for scholarly objects. PROV-O: The PROV Ontology (Recommendation, 30 April 2013), at Overview; Entity; wasRevisionOf and wasDerivedFrom, supports machine-readable identity and provenance relationships.
What does the evidence not establish?
A DOI identifies an object; it does not prove the object supports a claim. PROV expresses asserted provenance and does not independently validate it. Property boundary: This route may apply evidence; it cannot redefine or inherit the authority of its canonical owner.
Which canonical definition must be read first?
This page is the local maha-research definition for its topic. Related applications may depend on it but may not silently redefine it.
What change would require this page to be revised or withdrawn?
Re-evaluate this page when a cited source, locator, governing instrument, local implementation, or canonical definition changes. Publication also requires a matching exact-revision review and active canonical release.