Type and status classify evidence records. Both are optional on every record, and both lists are configurable by an administrator, so what you see may extend the defaults described here.
Types
The type says what kind of document the record cites: policy, procedure, register, diagram, report, record or other by default. Types are labels for filtering and reading; they carry no logic.
Statuses
The status says where the document is in its lifecycle. The defaults are planned, draft and in review (caution-toned), approved and published (positive), and superseded (retired). Status is informational only: it never changes a derived outcome status and never affects profile attainment. It exists so a reader can tell a cited draft from a cited approved document.
Not yet firm evidence
A record is treated as not yet firm when its status is one that does not count as firm (planned, draft, in review by default) or its review date has passed. Records with no status count as firm; the flag never nags by default. The dashboard shows a line counting outcomes that rely only on non-firm evidence, expandable to the specific refs, so you know which parts of your position rest on documents that are not settled.
Excluded from coverage
Some statuses (superseded by default) are excluded from coverage: a superseded policy still appears in the register for traceability, struck through, but no longer makes an outcome count as evidenced. This keeps the coverage measure honest when documents are retired.