---
title: "RivalMarking"
description: "a tenant's marking of a rival, with the evidence that made it one; never on the shared plane"
section: concepts
address: /concepts/rivalmarking
contract: 0476e35e6e275db5
---

# RivalMarking

a tenant's marking of a rival, with the evidence that made it one; never on the shared plane

[figure: RivalMarking is a fact at brand scope. The drawing shows its fields and the objects that they point at.]

| property | value |
|---|---|
| kind | fact |
| scope | brand |
| key | the brand and the rival |
| store | postgres |
| family | market |



## Fields


| field | type | required | note |
|---|---|---|---|
| `brand` | `id` | yes |  |
| `rival` | `id` | yes |  |
| `marked_by` | [Caller](/concepts/caller) | yes |  |
| `evidence` | [EvidenceRef](/concepts/evidenceref) | yes |  |
| `hypothesis` | `id` | yes |  |
| `standing` | `one of under test \| supported \| refuted \| not a rival` | yes |  |



## Routes that use it
- [`/v1/act/mark_rival`](/reference/act/mark_rival) returns it