Getting Started

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Getting Started

Start with one business decision that benefits from trustworthy, attributable evidence.

For example, a procurement system receives a supplier quotation. It needs to know which registered company the message represents, who signed it and whether that person was authorized to issue it.

1. Identify the subject

Use an unambiguous legal-company identifier and jurisdiction where possible. A trading name, email address or logo alone cannot uniquely establish legal identity.

2. Identify the action

A company profile lookup, signed quotation, order acceptance and company-issued statement are different objects. A verifier should know which exact action or content digest is under evaluation.

3. Check the authority

A valid cryptographic signature is necessary evidence of attribution, but it is not automatically permission to act for a company.

Check the scope, validity period and changes affecting representative authorization. A delegated agent may prepare a quotation but not commit a company to a purchase.

4. Handle each outcome

Your integration should distinguish a verified action from insufficient authority, altered content, expired evidence and inconclusive source information.

A verification outcome should carry useful evidence and timing, not just a generic positive or negative label.

5. Preserve provenance

When storing a verification result, preserve the identifiers, evaluation time, relevant source timestamps and any proof references. This helps audit decisions after a company record or representative role has changed.

Continue with Verification Model, Permissions and Consent and the Verify a Business Sender example.