Section 41 of 105
40. Rule Status, Version and Lifecycle State
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Every Rule shall have a controlled status and version independent of its permanent identifier.
Lifecycle states may include:
- Proposed.
- Draft.
- Technical Review.
- Constitutional Review.
- Approved.
- Published.
- Effective.
- Suspended.
- Deprecated.
- Superseded.
- Withdrawn.
- Archived.
Only Rules in an effective state shall create normal mandatory conformance obligations, except where an approved emergency provision establishes immediate temporary authority.
Rule versions shall distinguish:
- Editorial corrections that do not change normative meaning.
- Clarifications that improve interpretation.
- Minor technical revisions with controlled compatibility impact.
- Major revisions that change obligations, thresholds, scope, verification, or acceptance.
Each version shall identify:
- Version number.
- Approval authority.
- Publication date.
- Effective date.
- Transition period.
- Affected profiles.
- Compatibility impact.
- Migration requirements.
- Superseded version.
- Change rationale.
- Supporting evidence.
Deprecation shall warn against future use without immediately invalidating safe existing assets. Continued-use conditions shall be defined where necessary.
Withdrawal may prohibit new use or require corrective action when unacceptable risk is identified.
Historical versions shall remain retrievable so that previous designs, certifications, buildings, and lifecycle decisions can be interpreted accurately.