Building BIOS Architecture

The Policy and Rules Engine evaluates whether proposed actions, configurations, permissions, and state transitions are permitted.

Rules may originate from:

System05 constitutional requirements;

Interface Specifications;

Cartridge requirements;

Engineering Profiles;

regulatory requirements;

project engineering decisions;

owner policies;

operational settings;

emergency procedures.

The hierarchy of authority shall be explicit. A lower-level convenience rule shall not override a higher-level safety, regulatory, or engineering restriction.

Each rule shall identify:

Rule ID;

source authority;

version;

applicable entities;

triggering condition;

required inputs;

decision logic;

permitted action;

prohibited action;

exception authority;

effective period;

evidence requirement.

The Rules Engine shall produce deterministic decisions for identical verified inputs. AI-generated recommendations shall not be inserted as authoritative rules without review, versioning, and approval.

Rule conflicts shall produce an explicit conflict state. Safety-preserving restriction shall apply until the conflict is resolved.

Examples of BIOS policy decisions include:

whether an uncommissioned Cartridge may receive power;

whether a replacement Cartridge satisfies the required capacity;

whether a maintenance user may release a lock;

whether a remote service may issue a command;

whether an update may proceed during emergency operation;