Deterministic Literary Publishing: A Multi-Layer Provenance Model for Verifiable Manuscripts

A multi-layer provenance architecture for literary publishing that replaces institutional trust with cryptographic verification. Combines Merkle tree hashing, content-addressed storage, deterministic build pipelines, and append-only blockchain records into a five-layer verification stack. Formalized as the Literary Protocol Standard (LPS-1) and validated through a complete deployment accompanying a 75,000-word literary work.

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Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
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2026-02-15
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18646886
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Scientific Computing and Data Management
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Deterministic Literary Publishing: A Multi-Layer Provenance Model for Verifiable Manuscripts

Kevan Burns
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Scientific Computing and Data Management
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Deterministic Literary Publishing: A Multi-Layer Provenance Model for Verifiable Manuscripts

Kevan Burns
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Abstract

A multi-layer provenance architecture for literary publishing that replaces institutional trust with cryptographic verification. Combines Merkle tree hashing, content-addressed storage, deterministic build pipelines, and append-only blockchain records into a five-layer verification stack. Formalized as the Literary Protocol Standard (LPS-1) and validated through a complete deployment accompanying a 75,000-word literary work.

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Daiseung Medics (South Korea) (KR)
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