Section 5 of 103
4. Terminological Authority and Precedence
Stable section ID: S05-CON-015-SECTION-5 · 11 content blocks
Terminological authority is the recognized power of a controlled source to establish, qualify, revise, or retire the meaning of a System05 term.
Terminological precedence shall generally follow this order:
- Applicable constitutional provisions and formally approved constitutional amendments.
- Definitions established by this chapter and the authoritative System05 Terminology Registry.
- Authorized domain-specific definitions with explicitly declared scope.
- Approved regional, engineering, product, or project profiles.
- Approved reference documents, guidelines, and informative materials.
- Ordinary technical, industry, dictionary, or conversational usage.
A lower-level document may narrow the application of a term but shall not contradict or replace its constitutional meaning. Where a narrower meaning is required, the document shall introduce a qualified term or clearly declared scoped definition.
At the same authority level, the specifically applicable provision shall control within its declared scope. A later approved version shall control only where its revision record identifies the intended terminological change. Drafts, proposals, experimental records, and AI-generated text possess no independent terminological authority.
Any unresolved conflict shall be referred to the applicable terminology-governance process.