{
  "apiVersion": "v1",
  "kind": "Enum",
  "metadata": {
    "generated": "2026-08-22T14:14:13Z",
    "language": "en"
  },
  "data": {
  "name": "authority-tier",
  "title": "Authority Tier",
  "description": "Source program authority tier (Decision 5 of strategy-source-program.md). Six tiers tracked in frontmatter on every source entry; constrains which sources may be cited as primary support for a claim.",
  "values": [
    {
      "value": "foundational",
      "label": "Foundational Canon",
      "tier": 0,
      "description": "The Raëlian corpus. Decision 1 locks this tier as Raëlian-exclusive. Highest within the project frame; no other tradition occupies it."
    },
    {
      "value": "primary",
      "label": "Primary Comparative",
      "tier": 1,
      "description": "Hebrew Bible, Qur'an, Book of Mormon, ancient texts. High; the comparative witness layer."
    },
    {
      "value": "scholarly",
      "label": "Scholarly Context",
      "tier": 2,
      "description": "Lexicons, philology, comparative religion academia. High for context, not for doctrinal weight."
    },
    {
      "value": "scientific",
      "label": "Scientific Context",
      "tier": 3,
      "description": "Astronomy, genetics, archaeology, origins-of-life. High for empirical claims."
    },
    {
      "value": "critical",
      "label": "Critical / Skeptical",
      "tier": 4,
      "description": "Critiques of ancient-astronaut readings, skeptical scholarship. High; they keep the corpus honest."
    },
    {
      "value": "supplementary",
      "label": "Supplementary",
      "tier": 5,
      "description": "Documentaries, lectures, encyclopedias, museum materials. Pedagogical only, never primary support for a claim."
    }
  ]
},
  "links": {
    "self": "/v1/enums/authority-tier/",
    "index": "/v1/enums/"
  }
}