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Model reputation as counterparty assurance gradient across four tiers

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Add research on the journey from gamable opinion signals (reviews, ratings)
through observed metrics (PAYDEX, SLA stats), financial commitments (bonds,
escrow), and adjudicated outcomes (arbitration, courts). Resolve OpenQuestions:
no Reputation entity; use Reputation Signal, Performance Evidence, Commercial
Commitment, and Adjudication Outcome with Counterparty Assurance Gradient pattern.
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| alei / ibrn | Registry Identifier (government_registry) | ISO 8000-116 | Authoritative legal entity identifier from government register. |
| iso 6523 / icd | Registry Identifier scheme | ISO/IEC 6523, PEPPOL | ICD + organization identifier encoding. |
| legal person | Legal Person | eIDAS, civil law, agency | Natural or juridical person under law. |
| paydex | Evidence Source | D&B | Credit/payment performance history. |
| paydex | Performance Evidence | D&B | Observed-tier payment performance metric. |
| reputation | Resolve by assurance tier | marketplaces, credit | Not canonical — see Counterparty Assurance Gradient. |
| star rating / review | Reputation Signal | Yelp, Amazon, App Store | Opinion-tier Evidence Source; weak, gamable. |
| feedback score | Reputation Signal | eBay, Uber | Platform-local opinion tier. |
| credit score | Performance Evidence | bureaus, D&B | Observed-tier counterparty metric. |
| performance bond / surety | Commercial Commitment | construction, procurement | Committed-tier financial assurance. |
| escrow | Commercial Commitment | marketplaces, Stripe | Committed-tier funds segregation. |
| arbitration award | Adjudication Outcome | AAA, ICC, JAMS | Adjudicated-tier dispute result. |
| court judgment | Adjudication Outcome | courts | Adjudicated-tier enforcement outcome. |
| assurance gradient | Counterparty Assurance Gradient | commercial identity | Four-tier reliance model (opinion → adjudicated). |
| kyc / cip | Evidence Source + Assurance | FinCEN, FATF | Regulated commercial identity onboarding. |
| crm account | Commercial Record | Salesforce | Company/household commercial record. |
| fluid identity | Persona / weak binding | theory | Low commercial stake; intentional mutability. |