Section 8 of 104
6. System05 Standards and Authority Hierarchy
Stable section ID: S05-CON-016-SECTION-8 · 22 content blocks
System05 shall maintain a declared hierarchy of engineering authority so that conflicts among documents, Profiles, implementations, and local decisions can be resolved consistently.
Within the System05 framework, the general order of authority shall be:
approved System05 constitutional documents;
approved constitutional amendments and authoritative interpretations;
normative System05 Standards;
Product, Interface, Protocol, and system Specifications;
approved Engineering and Regional Profiles;
approved project requirements and configurations;
certified or released implementation documentation;
Guidance, reference designs, examples, and educational materials.
A lower-level source shall not override a higher-level source unless the higher-level source explicitly grants that authority.
Applicable law, building codes, regulatory requirements, professional obligations, contracts, and decisions of an Authority Having Jurisdiction remain externally controlling within their legal scope. Legal precedence does not permit System05 records to conceal the existence of a conflict.
Where System05 and external requirements differ, the implementation shall document:
the affected provisions;
the responsible authorities;
the adopted resolution;
the engineering consequences;
any additional verification;
the effect on System05 Conformance and legal Compliance.
Later publication shall not automatically supersede an earlier Version for an existing Product or Building. Applicability shall depend on effective dates, transition rules, configuration, and lifecycle status.
Guidance and reference implementations shall be clearly distinguished from mandatory requirements.
No organization shall claim authority merely because it controls a software platform, Registry service, marketplace, certification mark, manufacturing facility, or commonly used implementation.