# EviWrite Guidance Explainers

This AI-readable file lists EviWrite explainer terms and their canonical paths. Full per-term markdown files are available under `/ai-docs/markdown/explainers/`.

Canonical human page: /guidance/explainers/

## Explainer index

| Rank | Explainer | Canonical path | Primary query |
|---:|---|---|---|
| 1 | What Is Evidence of Creation? | /guidance/explainers/what-is-evidence-of-creation/ | what is evidence of creation |
| 2 | What Is a File Hash? | /guidance/explainers/what-is-a-file-hash/ | what is a file hash |
| 3 | What Is a Timestamp and What Does It Actually Prove? | /guidance/explainers/what-is-a-timestamp-and-what-does-it-actually-prove/ | what does a timestamp prove |

## Terms

### 1. What Is Evidence of Creation?

Path: /guidance/explainers/what-is-evidence-of-creation/

Answer snippet: Evidence of creation is information that helps show that a work existed and can connect it to a person, file, time, process, or record.

Summary: The gateway concept behind proving that a work existed, when it existed, and what evidence supports the creation claim.

Markdown snapshot: /ai-docs/markdown/explainers/what-is-evidence-of-creation.md

### 2. What Is a File Hash?

Path: /guidance/explainers/what-is-a-file-hash/

Answer snippet: A file hash is a short digital fingerprint made from a file. If the file changes, even slightly, the hash usually changes too.

Summary: The basic fingerprint concept behind modern file evidence, integrity checks, receipts, and verification.

Markdown snapshot: /ai-docs/markdown/explainers/what-is-a-file-hash.md

### 3. What Is a Timestamp and What Does It Actually Prove?

Path: /guidance/explainers/what-is-a-timestamp-and-what-does-it-actually-prove/

Answer snippet: A timestamp is a record of time attached to an event, file, receipt, upload, signature, or system action. It can help show that something existed or happened by a certain time, but it does not automatically prove who created it or who owns it.

Summary: Separates existence in time from authorship, ownership, originality, permission, and evidential strength.

Markdown snapshot: /ai-docs/markdown/explainers/what-is-a-timestamp-and-what-does-it-actually-prove.md