Question before acquisition
Evidence is collected because a defined question authorises it.
Technical methodology
A method designed to govern what can be concluded.
HTMF Protocol separates raw observations, plausible interpretations, reproducible determinations, competing hypotheses and human-released operational findings.
Evidence vocabulary
Five levels. Nothing moves up quietly.
Every statement is reported at the level it has earned. No pattern is upgraded simply because it appears persuasive.
LevelMeaningStatus
OBSObservationA raw fact read exactly as the source record provides it.Recorded
HEUHeuristicA plausible reading held provisionally and labelled as such.Qualified
DETDeterminedA statement established by an explicit, reproducible method.Verified
HYPHypothesisA candidate explanation carried with the alternatives it beat.Contested
OPEOperationalA qualified conclusion released after named human validation.Released
Methodological controls
The doctrine constrains both the investigator and the software.
Level before prose
A statement receives its evidence level before a report can describe it.
Challenge before release
The strongest alternative is tested before the finding is accepted.
Human before operational
Only an authorised person can release an operational conclusion.
Controlled cycle
Focus → Question → Evidence → Candidates → Finding → Challenge
The engine sets a current focus, asks a bounded question and preserves only the evidence required to answer it. Candidate explanations remain separate until a declared method produces a finding.
That finding is written to the case record and submitted to an adversarial challenge. Rejection, revision and uncertainty remain part of the record.
Artificial intelligence
Assistance earns its way to proof.
AI can explore, propose and help frame the next question. It is not permitted to establish a fact merely by producing a plausible answer.
Certainty is earned through a separate deterministic method, then tested by challenge and governed by human release.
Open to institutional review
The method is written down so it can be argued with.
HTMF is proprietary doctrine and software of Vant Underrättelse AB. Its evidentiary requirements can nevertheless be presented for institutional, expert and methodological review under appropriate terms.
Technical briefing