Section 97 of 104
95. Registry and Terminology Governance
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System05 Registries and controlled terminology shall be governed as authoritative shared infrastructure.
Governed Registries may include:
Node and Cartridge types;
Interfaces and Versions;
Products and manufacturers;
Profiles and extensions;
organizations and qualifications;
certification status;
Building and Assembly identities;
software schemas and APIs;
terminology and semantic definitions;
withdrawn, deprecated, and prohibited entities.
Each Registry shall define:
responsible steward;
authority and scope;
entry requirements;
identifier structure;
validation and review;
change control;
correction procedures;
access and availability;
security and continuity;
historical retention.
Registry inclusion shall not be confused with certification, legal approval, commercial recommendation, or marketplace preference unless the exact status is explicitly declared.
Identifiers shall remain stable and shall not be silently reassigned.
Terminology changes shall evaluate their effect on existing documents, software, data, contracts, certifications, and Buildings. A new preferred term shall not erase the historical meaning of an earlier term.
Synonyms, deprecated terms, translations, and regionally adapted expressions should be linked to their authoritative concepts.
Commercial sponsorship shall not determine technical definitions or identifier allocation.
Errors shall be correctable through an auditable process that preserves previous states and explains the correction.
Essential Registry information shall remain exportable and recoverable if a software provider or operating organization fails.
Access controls may protect sensitive data, but essential public Conformance, Compatibility, safety, and identity information shall remain available to authorized affected parties.