Operator and Verification Terms ​

Operator ​

Operator — the bearer of a service function that services the infrastructural environment.

Receipt ​

Receipt — a verifiable confirmation of a limited service fact.

Proof ​

Proof — a separate verifiable material concerning one aspect.

Proof Package ​

Proof Package — a composite chain of receipts and proofs for one action or one outcome.

Transport Confirmation ​

Transport Confirmation relates only to the fact of intake or delivery at the transport level.

Operator Observability ​

Operator Observability — a visibility term with an operator scope: a limited service surface of visibility needed to service the network.

Main distinction of the section ​

One must not collapse:

• operator service and ownership of content;
• receipt and canonical outcome.