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# OE-0007: Verification
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**Status:** Draft
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**Version:** 0.2.0-draft
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**Depends on:** OE-0006 (Understanding)
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**Phase:** The Bedrock Phase
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## Overview
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Verification is the process of testing understanding against reality.
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## Definition
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Verification applies to understanding that has been formed through observation and survey. It is the mechanism by which understanding earns confidence.
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No amount of reasoning, no matter how elegant, substitutes for verification. An engineering model that has not been verified is a hypothesis — potentially valuable, but not yet reliable enough to base decisions on.
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## The Verification Loop
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Verification closes the loop with observation:
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1. Observation provides the initial input (OE-0004)
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2. Survey organizes observations (OE-0005)
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3. Understanding forms a model (OE-0006)
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4. Verification tests the model against reality
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5. If the model fails verification, the practitioner returns to observation with new information
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This loop is what drives spiral re-evaluation. Each cycle through the loop potentially deepens understanding.
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## Relationship to Understanding
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Verification is applied to understanding. It is not part of understanding's definition. Understanding (OE-0006) is the model. Verification is the test applied to that model. The dependency chain reflects this ordering: a model must exist before it can be tested.
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## Single Responsibility
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This document defines verification and its relationship to the observation loop. It does not define decision-making (see OE-0008). It references it.
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## Applicable Laws
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This document is governed by all Engineering Laws defined in `laws/engineering-laws.md`. |