Strata (Decision Memory & Provenance)
Strata 2.0 turns your notes, meetings, and captured documents into a durable, source-backed decision record. It remembers why decisions were made, tracks how context changes over time, and highlights contradictions before they impact your work.
Decision Lifecycle
- Detection & Candidate Extraction: Phasoric scans notes for explicit decision markers (e.g.,
Decision:,Approved:), extracts items from meeting transcripts, or proposes candidates during research. - User Confirmation: Candidates appear in your Strata queue. You can confirm, edit, postpone, or reject proposals.
- Durable Decision Record: Confirming a candidate creates an immutable revision and durable decision record.
- Change Monitoring: Strata monitors source notes. Edits or rewrites trigger change signals rather than silently rewriting decision history.
- Review & Supersession: Mark decisions as active, superseded, rejected, or archived as requirements evolve.
Confirmed decisions also participate in the shared trusted knowledge ledger. Confirmation records a Reviewed source fingerprint; reaffirmation can advance it to Verified; source drift becomes Changed; review deadlines become Stale; and supersession preserves the former record as Superseded. Decision workflow status and trust status remain separate fields.
Block Fingerprinting & Provenance
- Stable Block Hashing: Every decision source is tracked using a stable block content fingerprint and surrounding context hashes rather than a volatile line number.
- Relocation & Detached Links: Moving a block within a note maintains provenance automatically. If a source is substantially rewritten or deleted, Strata flags the reference as detached for user review.
Decision Relationships
Link decisions to construct a rich decision graph using defined relation types:
supersedes: Explicitly replaces a former decision.contradicts: Flags logical tensions between conflicting statements.depends_on: Maps prerequisites and dependencies.implements: Links actionable decisions to delivery artifacts.informs: Connects background evidence or research notes.duplicates: Merges duplicate decision proposals.
Team Decision Review
For Team & Collaboration plan users, Strata provides shared review queues and approval workflows:
- Submit proposed decisions for team review.
- Assign decision owners and stakeholders.
- Maintain a complete, immutable decision audit log across shared vaults.
One-Click Decision Register Export
Click Export Register in the Strata header to generate a styled, portable Markdown decision ledger (decision_register_YYYY-MM-DD.md).
- Structured Report: Includes decision text, status, owner, review date, source note link, line number, provenance fingerprint, and relationship graph.
- Export Formats: Ideal for client deliverables, executive leadership updates, and audit compliance.