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David Condrey edited this page Aug 8, 2026 · 4 revisions

On Record Wiki

On Record is a prototype for consented, de-identified community requests with independently verifiable provenance. It is designed around a practical problem: a person may need to return to a request without a reliable device, email address, username, or password. It is not an HMIS, coordinated-entry system, shelter-placement service, emergency line, medical record, or live bed dashboard.

Start here

  1. Understand the site: About On Record, Limitations, and Aspiration and roadmap.
  2. Choose your audience: General public, People living outdoors, or Service providers and government.
  3. Use the practical toolkit: Commitments and printables, Resources, and Know Your Rights.
  4. For maintainers: use the wiki as the reader-facing handbook. Repository docs/ contains implementation references, templates, and source material; changes to public guidance should be reflected here with an owner and review date.

The promise

The prototype keeps a request, its consent record, its original wording, its disclosed transformation, and its integrity proof together. A signature can show that bytes changed; it cannot show that a story is true, that consent was freely given, that a provider is authorized, or that a service is available.

Safety rule

Never put a real person’s name, date of birth, ZIP code, health information, recovery credential, immigration information, victim-service information, or precise sleeping location into the demo or a public discussion. Use composite examples only. Call 911 for immediate danger, 988 for a mental-health or suicide crisis, and 2-1-1 San Diego for current local service referrals.

Handbook sections

About the site

Audience guides

Commitments and practical tools

Governance and participation

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