What rules may apply
- Origin and sourcing requirements
- Quality and grade thresholds
- Release and transfer authorization
- Jurisdiction-dependent requirements
Represented as workflow conditions—not legal or regulatory determinations.
Use Case / Commodities
Follow physical inventory through provenance and custody.
Inventory records, provenance and custody events for physical assets.
USE-CASE MATURITYARCHITECTURE USE CASE
Novera architecture has been mapped conceptually to the use case, but this is not a production product or deployment.
Configures the same primitives
How maturity is defined - NovaIDMVP MOCK
- NovaRegistryMVP
- NovaDeedMVP MOCK
01 · The coordination problem
Many systems. One asset state.
A commodity's value depends on where it came from, its grade, where it is held and who controls it—information held by producers, warehouses, inspectors, carriers and buyers.
Novera's architecture could keep inventory state, provenance and custody events coherent across those parties, without operating markets or custody.
02 · Participants
Who takes part—and who stays authoritative.
- Producer / owner
The lot's origin information and ownership claims.
- Warehouse operatorExternal authority
Physical custody and warehouse receipts.
- Inspector / assayerExternal authority
Quality and quantity determinations.
- CarrierExternal authority
Custody while in transit.
- Buyer
Acceptance and their own payment decisions.
04 · State to coordinate
Six stages. State accumulates around the asset.
Step through the same Novera lifecycle used by every asset class. Each stage names the primitive involved and where Novera stops.
- IdentityOwner, custodian and inspector state
STAGE 01 / 06 · NovaID
Owner and custodians are represented
NovaID could reference producer, warehouse and inspector participant state.
Who is participating?
Boundary Does not independently perform regulated identity verification.
Conceptual model · Visitor-controlled · No live data
05 · Primitive mapping
A configuration of NovaID, NovaRegistry and NovaDeed.
Not a separate product. The same three primitives—with the same component status—applied to this asset lifecycle.
Signature workflow
A custody chain, not a market.
The events a coordination layer would follow as a lot moves from origin to buyer.
- 01Origin
Lot produced; origin and grade references attached.
- 02Warehousing
Warehouse receipt referenced; custodian state recorded.
- 03Inspection
An external inspection outcome is referenced.
- 04Transfer
The ownership-transfer workflow is recorded.
- 05Release
Release conditions met; custody passes to the carrier.
- 06Delivery
Buyer receipt referenced; payment finalizes externally.
06 · 07 · 08 · Policy, evidence, settlement
Rules, proof and the final boundary.
What supports each transition
- Warehouse-receipt references
- Inspection and assay certificate references
- Custody hand-off events
- Transport-document references
Referenced from its source, not certified by Novera.
Where Novera stops
Payment and delivery finalize through buyers', sellers' and warehouses' systems and any exchange or clearing arrangements.
- Handled externally by
- Warehouses, payment providers, exchange and clearing venues
09 · What Novera does not replace
Coordinate state. Preserve the authority.
Novera does not operate commodity markets, warehouses or custody infrastructure.
- REMAINS AUTHORITATIVECommodity markets and exchanges
- REMAINS AUTHORITATIVEWarehouse operators and custodians
- REMAINS AUTHORITATIVEInspection and assay bodies
- REMAINS AUTHORITATIVEPayment providers
10 · MATURITYARCHITECTURE USE CASE
Mapped conceptually · not a product or deployment.
Different assets · One control layer
The asset changes. The architecture remains.
Compare how the same primitives map to other asset lifecycles, or review the architecture behind them.