UPI
A persistent practitioner identifier that anchors verified records.
Evidence, rights and appropriate support.
Protecting work begins by identifying the claim, preserving the evidence behind it and using the right legal, provenance, collective or cultural-authority pathway.
Maker / method / product / proof
03.2Protecting your work
Match each claim to the right evidence.
ACA connects practitioners with practical information about documenting authorship and production, preserving records of materials and process, distinguishing copying from misleading origin claims, and finding the appropriate rights or referral pathway.
Persistent maker identity, product records, provenance evidence, craftsmanship assessment and Digital Product Passport fields work together to support market integrity. Geographical indications remain collective place-based rights. ACA recognises and respects the cultural authority of First Nations knowledge holders and communities.
Report basisMapping Australia’s Crafts Sector 2026 · Sections 13–15; Recommendations 4–7 and 15.
Provenance record
Evidence about material, method, maker, production stages and place.
GI readiness
Collective governance, specification and controls for a protected product name.