What an SOV record does not tell you

What a record can show

• —What the owner declared about the resource.
• —What was checked, and within which stated scope.
• —Which evidence was referenced, and when.
• —The declared authority envelope: what the resource may and may not do.
• —The current status under a stated policy.

What a record cannot establish

• —That the resource is safe.
• —That the resource is competent at its task.
• —That the resource is legally compliant.
• —That the resource is correctly deployed.
• —That it is operated by the named controller.
• —That it is free from behavioural drift.
• —That it is suitable for your decision.

Public anchoring

A public anchor can support integrity and provenance: it shows that a record existed in a given form at a given time. It cannot prove behavioural truth, runtime identity or current non-revocation. Status must always be checked against an authoritative source, and evidence remains off-chain.