# The Witness Register: Co-Registration Without Aggregation

**Daniel Ari Friedman** (2026) · *Zenodo*

[![DOI](https://zenodo.org/badge/DOI/10.5281/zenodo.21754245.svg)](https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21754245)

---

## Abstract

A shared register that co-registers independent instruments' report envelopes without aggregating them. It stores each report's envelope verbatim, records cross-instrument relations as separate describing records, keeps history append-only and sealed, and — only when asked, for one declared next use — emits a bounded posture that always points back at the state that earned it. It never parses, compares, ranks, averages, or merges any instrument's native status. Subtitle: A shared register for line report envelopes that never ranks, merges, or overrides the instruments it holds Code is MIT licensed; prose and figures are CC BY 4.0. See LICENSE in the repository.

## Keywords

co-registration · append-only log · provenance · non-compensatory decision rules · boundary objects · research infrastructure · open science

## Artifacts

| Field | Value |
|------|-------|
| **DOI** | [10.5281/zenodo.21754245](https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21754245) |
| **Published** | 2026-08-02 |
| **Version** | 0.1.0 |
| **Zenodo record** | https://zenodo.org/records/21754245 |

## Files

- `witness_register_combined.pdf` - Zenodo PDF

## Citation

> Daniel Ari Friedman (2026). *The Witness Register: Co-Registration Without Aggregation*. Zenodo. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.21754245. URL: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21754245.

## Related

- Zenodo record: https://zenodo.org/records/21754245
- [Full Bibliography](../../pages/BIBLIOGRAPHY.md) · [All Papers](../README.md)