# Contribution, attribution and reputation

A contribution describes work that has happened, with its evidence; pay, credits, entitlements and any equity arrangement follow separate rules. Contributions are traceable, attribution is explainable and errors can be corrected.

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## What this map shows

![Contribution, attribution and reputation diagram (A12)](/figures/atlas-v2-2/A12.png)

*MYRILUM architecture map v2.2 · A12 (public edition). Labels are in Chinese; every element is listed in English below. Select the diagram to open it at full size.*

This is MYRILUM's target architecture. It does not mean everything on the map is live; whether a capability can be used today is stated in “Current availability”.

A contribution describes work that has happened and its evidence; pay, credits, entitlements and any equity arrangement belong to separate rules.

Contributions are traceable, attribution is explainable and errors can be corrected; recognizing value and settling money stay independent.

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## Contribution candidates come from real work

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Work and delivery events | Tasks, roles, results, versions and acceptance references |
| Contribution claim | Who did what and when, and which results it affected |
| Supporting evidence | Work orders, handoffs, artifacts and the counterparty's confirmation |
| Deduplication and relationship checks | Duplicate claims, related parties, forgery and overlapping attribution |

> **No global score** — There is no unappealable, all-purpose “score of a person's worth”. Reputation always has a subject, a scope and a basis.

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## Confirming attribution and handling objections

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Attribution method | Rules, responsibilities and each party's role are stated in advance |
| Review by an authorized party | Records acceptance, conditional acceptance or rejection, with reasons |
| Objections and appeals | Conflicts stay open for handling; a model never makes the final ruling |
| Correction or revocation | Adds the reason and the new state without erasing history |

> **GRAPH only derives** — Official contributions and verification are written by the owning domain; the relationship graph never generates a second set of facts in reverse.

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## Three uses that never convert into each other directly

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Contribution history | Shows verifiable work records within the permitted scope |
| Relationship and reputation view | Derived from events; explainable, correctable and open to appeal |
| Input to opportunity matching | Only produces candidate suggestions; never decides high-impact admission automatically |
| Separate reward rules | Contract, budget, review and settlement are established separately |

> **Nothing pays out automatically** — Contribution ≠ cash ≠ compute credits ≠ equity. Converting to any reward needs a separately approved policy and contract.

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## Data and entitlement boundaries

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Privacy and visibility | Private project information does not become public because of a contribution record |
| Export and portability | Includes scope, version, correction and revocation status |
| Rule versions | A change in the attribution method never silently rewrites past evaluations |
| Audit and anti-abuse | No entitlement can be gained by inflating volume, circular trading or self-certification |

> **Many hands** — One result can link several contributors, but the same contribution can never be counted twice under the same reward rule.

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## Source

This page follows A12 of the MYRILUM architecture map v2.2 (public edition: restricted products and internal open items are left out). Related: “Business domains and fact authority”; “Commerce and the five ledgers”; “Commands, events and consistency”.

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