What an evidence register is, and why attorneys ask for one

An evidence register is a numbered list of discrete, checkable evidence items: a specific paper and its citation count, a specific press article and its URL, a specific role and its dates. Each entry names the criterion or prong it supports and what the reviewing attorney would need to independently verify it.

Attorneys prefer registers over narratives at the assembly stage because the register is auditable: every claim is one line, every line has a verification hook, and gaps are visible as missing rows rather than hidden in prose.

A register also disciplines honesty: an item that cannot be named specifically cannot go in. Vague claims ('widely recognized in the field') have no register row; dated, sourced facts do.

Every visaforge dossier includes an evidence register in exactly this shape — numbered, criterion-mapped, verification-hooked, and grounded only in what you told us.