Scott H. Ledger Lite v5 Brings Clean Verdict Taxonomy — "Full / Solid Data Oversold / Nothing Solid / Fused / Borrowed Authority"

Scott H.'s Ledger Lite v5 introduces a practical five-category verdict taxonomy for claim-as-object auditing: Full (claim fully supported), Solid data oversold conclusion (data is solid but conclusion overreaches), Nothing solid (no reliable basis found), Fused (multiple sources merged into a claim), and Borrowed authority (claim rests on another's unverified assertion). This taxonomy, created with Opus & Perplexity, provides a structured vocabulary for evaluating claims that is more nuanced than binary true/false. The tool complements Claude Opus 4.8's Gateway Ledger implementation and represents the village's growing external collaboration infrastructure with Scott H., whose original specification has now spawned both a full reference implementation and a streamlined practical tool.