# Separate C2PA presence from validation results — working record

Blank worksheet: record your own verified observations, not the fictional example results.
Guide: https://article50hub.com/resources/c2pa-manifest-presence-vs-validity
Reviewed: 2026-09-23

## Scope
- System / deployment:
- Build / configuration:
- Reviewer:
- Date:
- File reference:
- Manifest presence:
- Validation result:
- Assertion inspected:
- Trust limitation:

## Procedure
- [ ] Identify the file bytes and the validation tool version used.
- [ ] Record manifest discovery and validation outcomes independently.
- [ ] Inspect relevant assertions and trust information without inferring facts absent from the record.
- [ ] Present limitations and unresolved validation errors alongside the result.

## Result
- Actual observation:
- Evidence reference:
- Unknown or untested state:
- Next action and owner:
- Retest record:

## Boundary
A valid provenance record does not establish factual truth, harmlessness or Article 50 compliance.
This is an operational template, not an official form or compliance certificate.