SYNCLOGICSL-HAT7-001
How do you assess whether a source is admissible?
HAT-7 tests Hierarchy, Authority, Traceability, Currency, Jurisdiction, Consistency and Completeness for the specific claim and decision context.
AuthorWalter Shepherd
Published26 July 2026
Updated26 July 2026
Version2.1.0
StatusPublic Research and Pilot Release
MethodSL-HAT7-001
Failure mode
What this method prevents
A source is treated as credible in general even though it is outdated, outside jurisdiction or incomplete for the claim being made.
Illustrative example
A superseded guideline may come from an authoritative organisation yet fail Currency and therefore cannot support the current compliance claim.
How it works
A controlled sequence
- Hierarchy: identify its evidentiary level.
- Authority: identify who produced it and under what competence.
- Traceability: confirm the underlying data or source chain.
- Currency: check whether it remains current.
- Jurisdiction: test whether it applies here.
- Consistency: compare it with the wider admissible evidence set.
- Completeness: identify material omissions.
Reliance note
The method supports governance; it does not self-authorise a decision.
Application must be proportionate to the task, evidence and consequence level. The output should state what has been registered, what remains uncertain and which authorised human or organisation controls release.