A professional marketplace becomes more useful when each claim is attached to the type of evidence that could support or challenge it.
Identity, institutional affiliation, credentials, applied work, client feedback and public contribution are different signals. Combining them into one badge hides important uncertainty.
This working paper proposes separate review states, visible dates, conflict declarations and an appeal route. The framework requires testing with professions, institutions and users before adoption.
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Original working paper preview · not peer reviewed and not presented as settled research





