METHOD
Read the negative space.
Productions are reviewed for what they contain.
Absentia analyzes what the corpus implies should exist.
01STRUCTURE
A corpus has structure.
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Communication volume changes over time.
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Participants recur.
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Attachments travel with messages.
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Records refer to other records.
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Business activity leaves a rhythm.
Absentia looks for where that structure breaks.
02 SIGNALS
Where the structure breaks.
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Statistical quiet zones
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Broken sequences and missing counterparts
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References to material that does not appear
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Anomalies across time, participants, and document families
These four are what Absentia examines. This page does not describe how.
03BOUNDARY
Named, not explained.
The categories above state what Absentia examines in a production. They are not a description of technique, and none is published.
A signal is not a verdict. Absentia does not prove spoliation. It does not promise that every missing document can be found. Some records never existed. Some gaps are ordinary. Some loss cannot be reconstructed.