Locator is not truth
Search components may nominate and rank candidates. Only deterministic validation can certify them.
PAIL exposes what the system accepts, returns, audits, and learns from. It does not expose proprietary rule implementation, sound fingerprints, fuzzy matching, model data, or private datasets.

Search components may nominate and rank candidates. Only deterministic validation can certify them.
If requested identifiers cannot be proven together, PAIL returns no verified evidence instead of guessing.
Public requests must never be allowed to cross private tenant or source boundaries.
Token reduction is accepted only when required evidence survives inside the final packet.