ADB Source Metadata and Provenance

Mandatory Source Metadata

• source actor
• source role
• source channel
• source system
• capture timestamp
• observation timestamp
• workflow / use case
• care area
• child / case / session linkage
• consent / permission tag
• review status
• version
• data quality flag
• transformation lineage

Provenance Principle

No data enters ADB without source, context, consent/permission status, and lifecycle state.

Review / Trust Levels

State	Meaning
Raw / unreviewed	Captured but not reviewed
Source-submitted	Submitted by source actor
Parent-submitted	Contextual parent/helper input
Health-worker captured	Field or session capture pending professional review
Therapist-reviewed	Reviewed by SLP/therapist
Doctor-reviewed	Reviewed by doctor
Final-approved	Approved as final clinical/report output
System-derived	Produced by platform logic
AI-assisted annotation	Future machine-assisted annotation, separated from human evidence

Guardrail

Parent/helper, child-generated, system-derived, and AI-assisted inputs must not be treated as final clinical evidence unless reviewed and approved by the appropriate professional.