Draft 0.1.0-beta.4, not released Verified Claimant Register Standard =================================== How a claimant register shows who stands behind a collective action, record by record, with a count an independent auditor checks. Drafted by Steddle, which builds and runs claimant registers and so has an interest in this standard. 01 Overview -------- 4 sections What it is ---------- A court asks the party that brings a collective action who supports it, and later who gets paid. VCRS sets how a register answers: every record graded by fixed rules, every sign-up flow and document traceable, coverage measured against a stated class size at a stated date, and an independent auditor who checks the count without trusting the operator. A jurisdiction-neutral core, and one annex per jurisdiction with what its law and courts require and what the standard asks beyond them, each item cited. What it asks ------------ Every record gets a grade, set by fixed rules from the facts on it: | Grade | A record is this grade when | |---|---| | D, not counted | Withdrawn, a duplicate, outside the class, anonymous, not told apart from a namesake, unconfirmed contact, joined through a flow that didn't say what the claim is, or without an opt-in made in time where the annex requires one | | C, identified | A distinct, named person who confirmed a contact channel and joined through an informing flow | | B, evidenced | C, and a document or an outside source places them in the class | | A, corroborated | B, checked against an outside source, with identity verified through eIDAS or a scheme the annex names | The register as a whole claims one level, which sets what it keeps and how the auditor checks it: **Registered** (grade C or better counted, sample tracing by the auditor), **Identified** (grade C or better counted and grade B reported, full recomputation, regenerated before each hearing) or **Verified** (grade B or better counted and grade A reported, the reproduction test on the live system). [The core](https://vcrs.org/draft/core) holds the rules. Where to start -------------- - **Keeping a register.** [Apply it](https://vcrs.org/draft/apply) takes a board from choosing a level to publishing the statement, with [the spreadsheet template](https://vcrs.org/draft/apply/spreadsheet) and [the self-assessment](https://vcrs.org/draft/apply/self-assessment). [The annexes](https://vcrs.org/draft/annexes) hold what each jurisdiction requires. - **Funding an action.** [The conformance statement](https://vcrs.org/draft/apply/statement) is what a representative publishes when it claims a level, and [core 8](https://vcrs.org/draft/core#8) the check an auditor runs behind it. - **Checking a register, as its auditor, for a defendant or for a court.** [Core 8](https://vcrs.org/draft/core#8) sets the check per level, [5.4](https://vcrs.org/draft/core#5.4) the snapshot root and a record's inclusion proof, and [11.2](https://vcrs.org/draft/core#11.2) what a statement holds. - **Building a system.** [Format](https://vcrs.org/draft/format) holds the schemas, the test vectors and the order an implementation builds in. Citing ------ 'VCRS 0.1.0-beta.4, core and Annex NL, [https://vcrs.org/v/0.1.0-beta.4](https://vcrs.org/v/0.1.0-beta.4)'. A released version stays unchanged at its own address, as core section 13 sets out. [The governance](https://vcrs.org/draft/about#governance) says how versions are released and how to comment.