Every source relationship must state what the evidence supports and stop at that boundary.
Source identity and editorial role remain visible.
The classification identifies what kind of record a reader is looking at. Support scope separately identifies which proposition that record may support.
A source issued by a standard setter, regulator, public authority, intergovernmental body or other named external institution.
Attributable external research or analysis that is not represented as an official institutional record.
Analysis, comparison, contextualisation or synthesis authored and published by Sustainability News Network.
A source published by EMJ.LIFE, EMJ.NEXUS or another expressly identified related institutional source.
A public submission, comment letter, response or other attributable participation record.
Sustainability News Network context that routes readers to an authoritative canonical source without reproducing it.
A page that maps source routes, categories, domains or typed knowledge relationships.
EMJ-related primary sources receive a distinct classification.
The classification applies to EMJ.LIFE, EMJ.NEXUS, EMJ-controlled DOI publications, EMJ consultation submissions, the Institutional Registry and EMJ.LIFE machine-governance pages.
source_relationship: related_institutional_source
independent_external_validation: not_claimed
editorial_interpretation: separately_identified
primary_source_publisher: EMJ.LIFE
primary_source_url: canonical_public_source_urlA relationship cannot be extended beyond its evidence.
A hyperlink proves navigation. A publisher statement proves publication. A licence statement proves only the disclosed licensing relationship.
Publisher separation
EMJ.LIFE does not become the publisher of SNN editorial work, and SNN does not become the publisher of an EMJ DOI publication.
Editorial separation
SNN interpretation is separately identified and is not independent third-party validation of an EMJ.LIFE source.
Canonical separation
Each page retains its own canonical URL. Cross-site sources are linked through citation or isBasedOn.
Historical integrity
Dated historical records are preserved. Current notices add context without silently rewriting original publication facts.
Source identity and evidentiary support are separate fields.
Every registered source now carries a controlled support_scope so a source can support only the proposition for which it is attributable.
primary legal / regulatory source
official implementation record
official guidance
consultation
institutional source
independent external source
global canonical analysis
regional interpretation
lineage-only record
Only public canonical evidence belongs in public source governance.
Restricted material is not made discoverable through a public source relationship.
Restricted contracts, non-public licensing schedules, negotiated commercial terms, credentials, private correspondence and internal evidence are excluded from public source records, structured data and machine discovery. Published EMJ.LIFE service pricing remains a public source within its stated pre-activation boundary.
Public metadata must not be used to reconstruct or imply those records.