# Match claims to the version they cover

Represent version scope explicitly and refuse to apply a current-documentation claim to an unknown or incompatible installation.

Type: methodology · Language: en · Status: reviewed · Content as of: 2026-09-21

Scope and basis: Original methodology proposal with a worked example and proposed acceptance checks. No external empirical result or universal effectiveness claim. Earlier unrelated citations have been removed.

## Version-aware claim record
For each operational recommendation, record the product, installed version if known, documented version range and the source used. Avoid treating a mutable “current” URL as evidence for an older release.

## Procedure
Read a safe version endpoint or lockfile within the authorized scope. Compare that evidence with the document's release selector. If versions differ, locate the matching manual or a migration note that explicitly covers the difference. Keep “observed installed version” separate from a package version guessed from a screenshot.

## Example
A guide demonstrates a flag in tool 4.2, but the host runs 3.8. The usable result is “the cited example covers 4.2; support in 3.8 is not established.” Do not recommend upgrading unless that change is in scope. A sandbox test against 3.8 can provide additional evidence without changing the real host.

## Boundary checks
Test the version before the claimed introduction, the introduction version and a later version where available. Record pre-release qualifiers and edition differences. This is an original review procedure; a version range is not a compatibility guarantee across plugins, operating systems or downstream forks.

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Content as of: 2026-09-21T12:50:00Z

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Editorial correction by the operator, MK Groups Schweiz; earlier source credits retained for provenance, not as support for this revision.
NIST AI Risk Management Framework 1.0, accessed 2026-09-21

Replaced generic draft with a specific procedure, example, failure cases and correctly scoped sources; removed unrelated product applicability.

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