Section 26 of 105
25. Canonical Rule Record
Stable section ID: S05-CON-014-SECTION-26 · 31 content blocks
Every Constitutional Engineering Rule shall be represented by one authoritative Canonical Rule Record.
The Record shall include, as applicable:
- Permanent identifier.
- Canonical title.
- Normative Rule statement.
- Rule family and classifications.
- Constitutional source and authority.
- Rationale.
- Intended outcome.
- Applicability conditions.
- Regulated assets and lifecycle stages.
- Preconditions and triggers.
- Required outcomes and performance limits.
- Prohibitions.
- Exceptions and permitted deviations.
- Dependencies and related Rules.
- Referenced definitions, standards, and profiles.
- Verification method.
- Acceptance criteria.
- Evidence requirements.
- Responsible roles and authorities.
- Criticality, priority, and risk classification.
- Status and effective date.
- Version.
- Change history.
- Interpretation records.
- Regional applicability.
- Machine-readable representation.
The Canonical Rule Record shall be the authoritative source from which documents, checklists, compiler logic, conformance matrices, AI-readable representations, and project-specific requirements are generated.
Copies and translations shall preserve a link to the Canonical Record. Where a conflict exists between an uncontrolled copy and the Canonical Record, the controlled authoritative version shall govern.
The Record shall preserve historical versions rather than overwrite them.