The PAR Model
The process separates the original object or content from the proof needed to demonstrate who authenticated it, under what authority, when, and within which relationship.
1. Enrollment
An individual, organization or institution enters the framework through a verification process appropriate to its level and application context.
3. Authentication Event
A document, declaration, decision, asset, transaction or event is linked to the subject and its authentication context.
4. Proof Record
PAR records fingerprints, timestamps, references and relationships required to create a persistent evidentiary record.
5. Verifytion
The PAR-ID enables subsequent queries of proof status, integrity, provenance and continuity according to the applicable access level.
What PAR Does and Does Not Do
PAR Does
Identifies the source, verifies the subject, records role and authority, links entities and assets, generates temporal and cryptographic proof, and maintains provenance.
PAR Does Not
Does not replace governments, public registries, certified email or digital signatures; does not independently confer legal authority and does not declare authentic what has not been verified.