Section 27 of 103
26. Constitutional Document
Stable section ID: S05-CON-015-SECTION-27 · 13 content blocks
A Constitutional Document is a controlled System05 document formally assigned constitutional authority through the approved governance process.
Each Constitutional Document shall possess:
a persistent document identifier;
a declared purpose and scope;
an approval and authority status;
a version and effective date;
an identified owner or steward;
a revision history;
traceability to related constitutional documents;
a defined relationship to lower-level documents.
A draft may be identified as a draft Constitutional Document, but it shall not possess binding constitutional authority until approved and released.
Constitutional Documents establish foundational direction, rules, definitions, and governance. They shall not be silently overridden by standards, specifications, profiles, software behavior, reference implementations, or project decisions.
Where two Constitutional Documents appear inconsistent, the conflict shall be resolved according to constitutional hierarchy, scope, version, and formal interpretation procedures.