Section 22 of 105
PART II — Rule Architecture, Language & Classification
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21. Constitutional Rule Classification System
Every Constitutional Engineering Rule shall be classified using a multidimensional system that supports human understanding, machine processing, applicability determination, verification, and governance.
Classification may include:
- Rule family and engineering domain.
- Constitutional source.
- Regulated asset.
- Lifecycle stage.
- Obligation class.
- Criticality.
- Risk category.
- Verification method.
- Responsible authority.
- Geographic or profile applicability.
- Stability level.
- Rule lifecycle state.
A Rule may belong primarily to one family while referencing or affecting several other domains. One authoritative family shall own the Rule to prevent duplicated control, while cross-domain relationships shall remain recorded.
Classification shall not change the permanent identity of a Rule. Moving a Rule to a different document, registry view, or technical category shall not create a new Rule unless its normative meaning changes materially.
The classification system shall enable queries such as:
- Which Rules apply to a Structural Node?
- Which Rules govern robotic assembly?
- Which Rules require physical testing?
- Which Rules are safety-critical?
- Which Rules apply during Cartridge replacement?
- Which Rules are mandatory under a regional profile?
- Which Rules have unresolved dependencies?
- Classification values shall come from controlled vocabularies governed by the Master Registry.