E01¶


Research	R0051 — Fact-Checking Gap
Run	2026-03-31
Query	Q002
Source	SRC04
Evidence	SRC04-E01
Type	Analytical

Independent survey confirms CCIV is "informal and incomplete" but foundational for research.

URL: https://arxiv.org/html/2410.21360v2

Extract¶

Srba et al. (2025) characterize the CCIV as follows: the W3C Credible Web Community Group "crowdsourced from human experts an extensive list containing more than 200 credibility signals." However, this remains "an informal and incomplete draft and has not been standardized yet," though it has "been adopted and served as a foundation to several research works."

The survey also notes that credibility signal research is "highly fragmented" with "many signals studied in isolation and lacking integration" and "no standardized unified list and categorization of credibility signals."

Relevance to Hypotheses¶

Hypothesis	Relationship	Strength
H1	Contradicts	Independent confirmation that the specification is informal and not standardized
H2	Strongly supports	Confirms real outputs that influenced research but lack standardization
H3	Contradicts	Confirms ongoing influence and foundation for research work

Context¶

This independent academic assessment from 2025 provides the most current third-party evaluation of the CCIV's status. The characterization as "informal and incomplete" but "foundational" precisely captures the H2 position.