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# OE-0007: Verification
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**Status:** 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 act of testing understanding against reality. It is the mechanism by which understanding earns its status.
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## Principle
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Understanding is provisional until verified against reality.
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No amount of reasoning, no matter how elegant, substitutes for verification. An engineering principle that has not been verified is a hypothesis — potentially valuable, but not yet part of the standard's accepted body of knowledge.
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## Relationship to Observation
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Verification closes the loop with observation. Observation provides the initial input; verification confirms that the understanding derived from that input accurately reflects reality. This loop is what drives spiral re-evaluation.
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## Single Responsibility
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This document defines verification. It does not define observation (see OE-0004) or decision-making (see OE-0008). It references them.
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## Status
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This document establishes verification as a core concept. Detailed verification methodologies will be defined in subsequent specifications. |