Origins & process

Write a process declaration

Use a symbol and full category label, optionally with a short origins and production statement. Make a fuller declaration available alongside it.

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Sources

What material did the work start from, and where did it come from?

Identify supplied stories, artwork, drafts, recordings, data or references. Name creators and origins where known. State what is not known.

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Creative direction and development

Who established and developed its concept, structure and expressive choices?

Describe who set the direction and how it developed. Include decisions about structure, composition, wording, form, performance and other expressive choices.

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Production

How was the finished text, imagery, audio or other material produced?

Describe the creative material made by people, generated, combined or edited. Routine proofreading and technical correction do not require an inventory of tools.

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Review and approval

Who checked and approved the result?

Record who checked and approved this particular work, and what they checked. Approval is distinct from creative direction.

Sources are not training data

Describe what was supplied.

A creator’s supplied source material is distinct from an AI model’s training data. A story supplied to a tool, a recording used as a reference or a camera capture used in a composite is a supplied source.

The creator may not know which material was used in training. The declaration should say so, rather than imply knowledge it does not have.

Identify existing material and its origins. Record source permissions or another basis for use separately from the process category.

Hypothetical illustrated book

Declare the components

The text and illustrations have different histories. These declarations expand the homepage credits example, using the existing writing and illustration workflows.

Text

Human-createdHuman writing and editing

A writer develops and drafts a story, then works with a human editor. AI spelling checks correct errors without rewriting the story’s voice or content.

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Sources: The writer’s original ideas, notes and draft; any quotations or existing material are identified separately.
Creative direction and development: The writer develops the story and language. The human editor helps refine structure and expression.
Production: People write and edit the finished text. Routine AI proofreading corrects spelling errors.
Review and approval: The writer reviews the edits and approves the final text; the editor completes the agreed editorial checks.

Why this fits

The creative ideas and expression come from people. Collaboration and routine proofreading are compatible with Human-created.

What could change it?

Retaining AI rewrites that contribute style, voice or narrative material could move the text into Human-led creation, depending on the direction and shaping.

Illustrations

Human-led creationHuman sketches and art direction · AI-assisted rendering

An illustrator supplies original character sketches, composition and colour direction. AI renders elements; the illustrator repeatedly edits and combines them to realise the intended image.

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Sources: The illustrator’s original sketches, composition studies and identified references.
Creative direction and development: The illustrator establishes the composition and visual expression and substantially shapes the finished result.
Production: AI renders elements that the illustrator selects, redraws, combines and edits.
Review and approval: The illustrator and art editor review the final image; the illustrator approves the agreed version.

Why this fits

Human creative direction remains clear, while generated expression is retained in the finished illustration.

What could change it?

If generated proposals substantially reshape both the concept and expression through repeated development, Shared creative development may fit better.

The same approach applies to a song and its performance, a sculptural design and its fabrication, or a film and its soundtrack.

Explore the illustration examples

Hypothetical adaptation

New expression. Existing origins.

An illustrated adaptation can start from an existing human-written story while introducing generated imagery under human direction. Declare the adapted text and illustrations separately.

Scope · illustrations

Human-led creationExisting human story · human art direction · AI-assisted rendering

Human direction and substantial shaping support this category for the illustrations. If repeated AI proposals reshape both the adaptation’s concept and its expression, reassess whether Shared fits.

Sources: An identified existing human-written story, its creator and the supplied edition. Record permission or another basis for use separately.
Creative direction and development: A human adaptor establishes the new treatment and script. An illustrator sets the visual direction and substantially shapes the retained images.
Production: People write the adaptation. AI renders image elements from the illustrator’s studies; the illustrator edits and combines them.
Review and approval: The adaptor checks the script and the illustrator checks the imagery. The responsible editor approves this particular adaptation.

Plain-text declaration

Useful with or without a glyph.

Complete this template locally for the particular work or component. No information is submitted to this website.

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HAMP Mark — Draft 0.1 — for discussion
Work / component: [identify]
Category: [full category label]
Origins and production: [short statement]

Sources: [material and origins]
Creative direction and development: [account]
Production: [how the material was made]
Review and approval: [people and checks]

Uncertainty: [explain if relevant]
Source permissions / basis for use: [separate record]