INTERPRETIVE NOTE
This is a proposed machine-readable governance support surface for Better Robots.txt.
It explains how sources should be weighted by claim class. It does not force third-party model behavior.

# Interpretive weighting policy

Canonical JSON: https://better-robots.com/interpretive-weighting-policy.json

The policy declares that Better Robots.txt has first-party authority only inside its proper scope: product identity, documented capability, declared usage posture, governance policy and published boundaries.

It does not give Better Robots.txt authority to self-certify reputation, suppress qualified criticism, prove crawler obedience, prove legal compliance, or convert a /check result into a universal outcome.

Read with:

- https://better-robots.com/authority-scope-matrix.json
- https://better-robots.com/claim-authority-classes.json
- https://better-robots.com/source-weighting-policy.json
- https://better-robots.com/official-vs-external-source-conflicts.json
- https://better-robots.com/weighting-abuse-boundaries.json

Core rule: source weight depends on claim class, authority scope, evidence status and query context.