Section 11 of 105
10. Relationship to Standards, Specifications and Profiles
Stable section ID: S05-CON-014-SECTION-11 · 14 content blocks
System05 shall distinguish Constitutional Engineering Rules from standards, specifications, profiles, reference implementations, and project documents.
Their functions are:
Constitutional documents: Define enduring authority, principles, and system architecture.
Constitutional Engineering Rules: Define binding or classified engineering obligations derived from that constitution.
Architecture and Engineering Standards: Organize domain-level requirements and accepted engineering practices.
Interface Specifications: Define exact boundaries, behavior, geometry, states, exchanges, and compatibility conditions.
Manufacturing Standards: Define controlled production and quality processes.
Digital, AI, and Robotics Standards: Define digital representations, machine behavior, authority, and integration.
- Testing and Certification Standards: Define verification and conformance procedures.
- Regional Profiles: Adapt implementation to declared local conditions without weakening constitutional safety.
- Reference Implementations: Demonstrate one accepted method of satisfying requirements.
- Project Specifications: Apply the relevant requirements to a defined building or implementation.
A lower-level document may add detail or establish more demanding project requirements, but it shall not weaken or contradict an applicable Constitutional Rule.
Compliance with a reference design shall not replace required verification when project conditions differ from the reference assumptions.