draft-vandemeent-tibet-provenance
TIBET: Transaction/Interaction-Based Evidence Trail
This document defines TIBET (Transaction/Interaction-Based Evidence
Trail), a data model and protocol for constructing cryptographically
linked provenance chains over interactions between autonomous agents,
human actors, and automated processes. A TIBET token captures four
dimensions of provenance: content (ERIN), references (ERAAN), context
(EROMHEEN), and intent (ERACHTER). Tokens are cryptographically
signed, hash-chained, and designed for append-only storage. TIBET is
transport-agnostic and encoding-flexible, with JSON over HTTPS as the
baseline serialization. This document specifies the token data
model, chain semantics, canonicalization rules, verification
procedures, and integration points with companion protocols JIS
[JIS], UPIP [UPIP], RVP [RVP], and AINS [AINS].