Issued PDFs keep travelling after they leave your office.
Engineering documents often move through clients, builders, certifiers, councils, insurers, and archives. When a question comes back months or years later, the practical issue is simple: can the file in hand be compared with a clear record of the file that was issued?
Document Provenance is designed to add that missing record. The beta workflow records defined issuer information, the submitted file hash, timestamp evidence, and current platform status in a page a recipient can check.
One page for the facts a recipient needs to check.
The verification record is intentionally narrow. It does not claim the report is legally valid, technically correct, or suitable for a particular use. It records the file evidence and current status behind the issued document.
Issuer details
Show the recorded organisation attributes attached to the document record, so recipients know which issuer the record refers to.
File hash and timestamp
Represent the submitted PDF with a SHA-256 hash and timestamp evidence, so the received file can be compared with the record.
Current status
Surface whether the record is active, revoked, or superseded, giving recipients a clearer view of the document lifecycle.
Built around the way engineering PDFs are issued.
Start with a verified organisation, then create a verification record each time a report or drawing is issued.
Verify the organisation
Prove domain control and complete the required account checks before issuing records.
Record the PDF
Upload the issued file so the platform can record the submitted hash and timestamp evidence.
Share the link
Send the PDF with its verification link or QR-linked page as part of the normal delivery workflow.
Let recipients check
Recipients compare their file with the record and review the current platform status.
Engineering first.
The current beta is focused on Australian and New Zealand engineering consultancies issuing PDFs that may be relied on outside the original delivery context.
Issue the report
The engineering team releases the PDF through its existing client workflow.
Attach the record
The verification link travels with the document or appears as a QR-linked reference.
Check later
A recipient can compare the file and review whether the record is active, revoked, or superseded.