SYSE.13:6 - Bias Annotation

Document-control practice can make the record or baseline appear more real than the physical unit. Software-centred records can hide installed hardware and effectivity; hardware-centred records can collapse software packages and description editions into part numbers. Start with actual Systems and the receiving decision.

A signal such as an official identifier, required form, vendor schema, digital-thread label, or declared conformance status supports only the claim it actually records; actual project use and configuration correspondence require their own evidence. Use expert judgment with an explicit epistemic status when broad field evidence is unavailable.