{
  "handle": "Belief",
  "mechanism": "A unit of epistemic {{state}}. Represents a claim held by an {{agent}} with a specific confidence score (0.0 to 1.0) and a pointer to supporting evidence. Unlike a Fact, a Belief is subjective and mutable.",
  "gloss": "A subjective claim with confidence and evidence",
  "_meta": {
    "tier": 1,
    "ring": 2,
    "supersedes": [
      "sema:Belief#mh:SHA-256:5ad9a529582c153a8fcf44db3b2d15f68040049729f13121c484bc8fa9c241df",
      "sema:Belief#mh:SHA-256:7d838b98686e17c69e96df09b2c7ec870df22bba9a9bd02dc29bd62be41d5da8",
      "sema:Belief#mh:SHA-256:675c86db12fcc346e8a95dbf0c49c6a28a7bf81cc65915bdcb695bf291123524",
      "sema:Belief#mh:SHA-256:e160f5d3c82f6a64902c8619ec411f1c33eb0a4d031aea46bddb0f0776d5f150"
    ],
    "path": [
      "Infrastructure",
      "Data Structures"
    ],
    "related": [
      "Normance#6844"
    ]
  },
  "data_schema": {
    "type": "object",
    "required": [
      "proposition",
      "confidence",
      "supporting_evidence"
    ],
    "properties": {
      "proposition": {
        "type": "string",
        "description": "The claim held by the agent"
      },
      "confidence": {
        "type": "number",
        "minimum": 0,
        "maximum": 1,
        "description": "Subjective probability (Bayesian Prior)"
      },
      "supporting_evidence": {
        "type": "array",
        "items": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "description": "IDs of observations supporting this belief"
      },
      "provenance": {
        "type": "string",
        "description": "Source of the belief (Inference, Axiom, Observation)"
      }
    }
  },
  "invariants": [
    "Names the {{agent}} holding it; a claim with no holder is an assertion, not a Belief.",
    "Carries a pointer to its supporting evidence, or records that it has none."
  ],
  "sema_id": "sema:Belief#mh:SHA-256:09e1c919d9829e30422f3fffee11c1af4af54ac7894d157ff371ed50b03f69b1",
  "sema_ref": "Belief#09e1",
  "sema_stub": "09e1",
  "dependencies": {
    "references": {
      "agent": "sema:Agent#mh:SHA-256:e127459069739fffc96a71d54ef6e8c97ca53471d5349c16aa72a092a33756cd",
      "state": "sema:State#mh:SHA-256:4f25e6a16ccd37dc0bc154cccc7055cb504d49daa8b712f372a425eb6c7b8cb2"
    }
  },
  "sema_layer": "Infrastructure",
  "sema_category": "Data Structures",
  "used_by": {
    "references": {
      "BayesUpdate": "sema:BayesUpdate#mh:SHA-256:865637baf030de8ee9babd2a2fdddbf68d99353516aa86eef07cf6bc1e8a5d38",
      "BeliefTracking": "sema:BeliefTracking#mh:SHA-256:c78d68a1f4fe92e2f284e489f6987bc42183245181c6710b9d0c9e582b054e13",
      "Normance": "sema:Normance#mh:SHA-256:6844deac889c8b9a75173e065de56b6833a2f8a6db372108b467c23e76b0c496",
      "SteelmanCheck": "sema:SteelmanCheck#mh:SHA-256:b004eb6d85a184da7f9bb7fc06d011bc869f6eb6ad1061f30cbbbcc4c2b8f6aa",
      "TraceBelief": "sema:TraceBelief#mh:SHA-256:7b8a67006e9e0f510dd1937e9b420fb8cea880ca1fd0d3d1e86ef5bffffa021a"
    },
    "composes_with": {
      "OODA": "sema:OODA#mh:SHA-256:18821021e1b71305acddf87bb6014d8095a62ca7a37e89de4048b0676d028c53"
    }
  }
}