---
title: "PossibleMatch"
description: "two entities that may be one; they stay two until it is settled"
section: concepts
address: /concepts/possiblematch
contract: 0476e35e6e275db5
---

# PossibleMatch

two entities that may be one; they stay two until it is settled

[figure: PossibleMatch is a work at follows scope. The drawing shows its fields and the objects that they point at.]

| property | value |
|---|---|
| kind | work |
| scope | follows |
| key | the pair of entities, in a fixed order |
| store | postgres |
| family | identity |



## Fields


| field | type | required | note |
|---|---|---|---|
| `first` | `id` | yes |  |
| `second` | `id` | yes |  |
| `chance` | `chance` | yes |  |
| `evidence` | [EvidenceRef](/concepts/evidenceref) | yes |  |
| `what_would_settle_it` | `text` | yes |  |
| `hypothesis` | `id` | yes | its claim under test |



## Routes that use it
No route takes or returns PossibleMatch directly. The record holds it, and the objects that point at it reach it.