In this lesson you
- Found every certificate, and who confirmed the checks behind it
- Opened a certificate's public verification page
- Checked whether your website serves the certified files
Transcript
Ready for the auditor
The evidence register. When an auditor or a records request asks you to prove your documents are accessible, a percentage won't do. They want evidence. The Evidence Register is that evidence. For every certificate, it records who confirmed the checks behind it, and whether your website serves the certified file. The line under the title says it can answer a records request without edits. You can hand it over as it is. At the top, five certificates are in force, which means they currently stand. None has been withdrawn. And three human confirmations are on record. Those are judgment calls a person made.
Every certificate
Now, the register itself. Each row is one certificate, newest first. It names the certificate and its document, then the page count and the day it was issued. The Attested by column is the one an auditor reads most closely. Some checks only a person can make, like whether a page reads in a sensible order. Here, Jordan Lee confirmed the reading order of two documents. On Riverside Park Reopens, the line under the dash says he answered its figure descriptions. A machine can tell a description is there. Only a person can say it's accurate. A dash alone, as on Holiday Opening Hours 2026, means nothing on that document needed a person's judgment. If a certificate is ever withdrawn, its row says Withdrawn, with the reason. If a document is certified again, the old row says Superseded, and names the new certificate.
Anyone can check it
An auditor will want to check a certificate without taking your word for it. Each certificate ID opens its public verification page in a new tab. It's the same address that's printed on the certificate. Anyone can open this page. No Ockem account is needed. It shows the verdict. Here, it's compliant with WCAG 2.1 AA. It also says what Ockem Proof tested on its own, and what the certificate does not claim. Further down, the file's fingerprint lets an auditor confirm their copy is the exact file that was certified. The lesson on verifiable certificates covers the rest.
What was done to earn it
A certificate says a document passes. An auditor may also ask what was done to get it there. The History column answers that. Choose Ledger on Riverside Park Reopens. The Remediation Ledger opens on that one document, with every change in order and who made it. A line that names Proof is the automatic pass, not a person. The ledger has its own lesson. To come back, choose the Evidence Register tab.
Is it on your website?
Next, let's look at publication. Is the certified file really what your website serves? A certificate covers the remediated file. Until that file replaces the original on your site, visitors still get the old, inaccessible one. Each certificate is in one of three states. Live, current means your site serves the certified file. Live, outdated file means at least one web address still serves an older version. Those are the ones to fix first. Not yet published means Proof hasn't confirmed the certified file is on your site. Here, all five are not yet published, because no source sweep has run. A source sweep is Proof checking each document's web address for the file it serves. The On your site column shows the same state for each certificate.
Who made each call
Last, the human confirmations on record show who made each judgment call, grouped by the kind of check. Here, Jordan Lee confirmed reading order twice, and answered figure descriptions once. Those are the three counted at the top.
Take it with you
When an auditor wants the register as a file, choose Register CSV. It downloads one row per certificate. Each row says who attested it, whether it's published, and whether it was withdrawn or replaced. For a printed copy, choose Save as PDF. To send a snapshot that won't change, use Share assessment, which has its own lesson. Now you can answer an auditor with every certificate, the people behind it, and whether your website serves what was certified.
Recap
That's the end of this lesson.
Maple Ridge Community Health, its documents and its people are fictional, made for these lessons.