Vericising
Vericising is the practice of adding verifiability to digital content by recording its provenance, applying cryptographic signatures, and providing auditable traces of publication. It aims to enable independent verification of who created content, when it was created or published, and that its contents have not been tampered with. Vericising covers a broad range of media, including text, images, data files, and software artifacts.
The term appears in online discussions and practice notes from the late 2010s in journalism, open data,
Typical vericising workflows attach cryptographic signatures or checksums to content, record provenance in a verifiable metadata
Proponents cite benefits for journalism, research, government data releases, and digital asset management, where traceability and
Challenges include complexity, interoperability, and user adoption. Standards are still evolving, and there is a risk
See also: digital signature, data provenance, verifiable credential, blockchain provenance, fact-checking.