Contributing to Chronos

The Ingest Pipeline

Chronos grows through Member contribution. When Members discover, document, or verify historical artifacts that belong in the cooperative substrate, they submit them through the ingest pipeline.

What Can Be Ingested

Submission Format

POST /chronos/ingest
Authorization: Bearer <member-token>
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "canonical_ref": "string (create or cite existing)",
  "title": "string",
  "artifact_type": "document | decision | innovation | testimony | reference",
  "content": "string (the artifact content or excerpt)",
  "created_ts": "ISO 8601 (exact or estimated)",
  "temporal_class": "anchored | estimated",
  "sources": ["array of source descriptions"],
  "contributor_id": "string (your Member ID)",
  "witness_ids": ["array of Member IDs who can corroborate"],
  "initiative": "string (Sweet Sixteen initiative name if applicable)"
}

Verification Process

All ingested artifacts go through a three-stage verification:

Stage 1: Automated Screening

• Schema validation
• Duplicate detection (canonical_ref check)
• Temporal consistency check (does the date fit the era?)

Stage 2: Peer Corroboration

• Two Member witnesses confirm (or one CANON document reference)
• If neither is available: artifact enters unverified status (still ingested, clearly labeled)

Stage 3: Eyewitness Scoring

• Multi-source agreement scoring applied
• Eyewitness score assigned
• Confidence class determined

Marks for Contribution

All accepted submissions receive a substrate receipt logged to your Member record.

Ingest Discipline

The Chronos ingest discipline:

• Never fabricate timestamps. If you don’t know, say “estimated” and explain why.
• Cite your sources. Even partial citations are better than none.
• Corroborate before claiming high confidence. The Eyewitness score exists for a reason.
• Honest uncertainty is welcome. A well-labeled unverified artifact is worth more than a confident fabrication.

“The most cooperative thing you can do for history is tell the truth about what you don’t know.”