This enumeration classifies how a graph edge was learned or justified. Variants describe the evidence source or acquisition method, not the graph relationship itself. This keeps evidence orthogonal to GraphEdgeKind, and allows a single edge to carry several genuinely independent signals.

Use Observed narrowly for direct inspection of existing state, such as a filesystem entry or symlink target. Use RuntimeAnalysis for confirmed relationships observed while executing code. Use Declared for explicit authored fields, including workflow directives, ASTRA contracts, and environment requirements. Use StaticAnalysis for inferred relationships found by analyzing source or configuration without executing it, such as imports, conventional lockfile associations, variable flow, or inferred I/O calls.

Parsing, normalization, and resolution enrich the evidence basis that caused the edge; they do not create additional evidence items. Resolved is retained for relationships where deterministic resolution is itself the sole evidence basis.

Members

The GraphEvidenceKind type has these members:

Member	Description
`Declared`	Evidence from an explicit authored or schema field declaration, such as a link target, citation target, include source, or media URL.
`Resolved`	Evidence from deterministic resolution when that resolution is itself the sole evidentiary basis.
`Observed`	Evidence from direct inspection of existing local state, such as filesystem entries or symlink targets.
`Computed`	Evidence from a deterministic Stencila operation, such as walking document structure, decoding a file, or materializing recorded execution outputs.
`Recorded`	Evidence from persisted Stencila metadata already recorded on a node, such as execution dependencies, execution digests, or execution status.
`StaticAnalysis`	Evidence inferred by analyzing code or configuration without executing it, rather than copied from an explicit authored relationship field.
`RuntimeAnalysis`	Evidence from a confirmed operation observed while executing code, such as a successful file access, import, or remote response.
`Imported`	Evidence imported from an external metadata source, service, graph, or document format.
`UserAssertion`	Evidence explicitly asserted by a user.
`Attested`	Evidence from a signed, cryptographic, or otherwise verifiable attestation such as a content credential.
`Inferred`	Evidence from a heuristic or probabilistic inference that has not been directly resolved, observed, or attested.

Bindings

The GraphEvidenceKind type is represented in:

JSON-LD

JSON Schema

Python type GraphEvidenceKind

Rust type GraphEvidenceKind

TypeScript type GraphEvidenceKind

This documentation was generated from GraphEvidenceKind.yaml by docs_types.rs.