Controlled Governance Canonical · Version 1.0
This canonical object consolidates existing EMJ.LIFE governance principles across EMJ.NEXUS, AI use, publication records, rights, mappings and service states.
It defines EMJ.LIFE controlled terminology. It does not change a publication state, activate a service, transfer institutional authority or absorb a regional editorial role.
Authoritative answers
These summaries do not replace the applicable canonical source. Verify each subject at its responsible authority; publication-specific versions, files and status remain with the Registry and the individual publication record.
It is the version-controlled EMJ.LIFE control layer for system invariants, controlled states, inference boundaries and typed governance relationships. It consolidates existing EMJ.LIFE principles without changing the authority of a DOI record, service state, external institution or regional editorial interface.
No. They are EMJ.LIFE controlled terminology. This page does not claim adoption, approval or endorsement by the IFRS Foundation, ISSB, SASB, TNFD, TISFD, GRI, EFRAG, COSO, the GHG Protocol, the United Nations or another external institution.
No. A vocabulary entry does not activate a service. Enterprise registration, subscription, payment, EGC ID activation, E-IPP allocation and enterprise task functions remain scheduled and not active until separately verified.
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Controlled System Invariants
The invariants preserve institutional meaning as evidence is created, related, routed, reused or interpreted.
Source, actor and institutional identity must not be collapsed or inferred from proximity.
An institutional source and a separately produced interpretation retain distinct identity, publisher and authority.
Creation, effective, modification and retrieval times must remain distinguishable where applicable.
State transitions and version changes require attributable history rather than replacement of the prior record.
Retrieval or technical movement does not remove licence, permission, confidentiality or reuse boundaries.
A link, licence, membership, mapping, publication or editorial relationship establishes only its stated relationship type.
A valid evidence object does not itself decide whether a rule, standard, law or institutional requirement applies.
Reuse preserves evidence continuity but does not carry forward a prior professional, legal, regulatory or institutional judgement.
Interoperability, machine retrieval, mapping or workflow access cannot authorize a regulated or institutional decision.
Activation requires the applicable verified identity, permission, operational and human-control conditions.
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Canonical object schema
The fields below preserve identity, time, rights, control, relationships, inference boundaries and human responsibility.
| Field | Controlled meaning |
|---|---|
object_id | Persistent identifier for the governed object. |
object_type | Controlled class of the governed object. |
source_identity | Explicit identity of the source responsible for the object. |
source_type | Institutional fact, publication, methodology, mapping, participation record, interpretation or another explicitly governed class. |
created_at | Timestamp at which the object was created. |
effective_at | Time from which the represented state or meaning applies. |
version | Explicit version identifier; historical versions must remain attributable. |
rights_basis | Public licence, permission, contract class or other stated basis for permitted use. |
permissions | Permitted retrieval, use, routing or action boundaries that travel with the object. |
control_state | Current controlled state linked to append-only state history. |
relationship_type | Explicitly typed relationship to another object or institution. |
inference_boundary | Allowed, conditional and prohibited conclusions from the object. |
human_authority_required | Whether accountable human or institutional authority is required for interpretation, approval, transition or downstream decision. |
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Controlled State Vocabulary
A current state may be displayed, but it must remain connected to its effective time, source record, authority basis, reason and previous state.
ACTIVE · SUPERSEDED · HISTORICAL · WITHDRAWN
SCHEDULED · NOT_ACTIVE · ACTIVE
ELIGIBLE_FOR_REVIEW · UNDER_REVIEW · HOLD · ESCALATED
Append-only. No silent overwrite. Existing public states, including Pending Registration, remain preserved.
state
state_domain
effective_at
source_record
changed_by
authority_basis
reason
previous_stateCreating this vocabulary does not activate enterprise registration, subscription, payment, EGC ID activation, E-IPP allocation or enterprise task functions. Each function still requires separate production verification on or after its scheduled phase.
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Inference Governance Matrix
AI and system execution uses four controlled levels: ALLOW, ALLOW_WITH_QUALIFIER, HOLD_AND_ESCALATE, PROHIBITED.
| Rule | Observed fact | Allowed and conditional use | Prohibited inference | Execution and escalation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
IGM-01 | DOI registration | Allowed: The identified object has a persistent DOI registration and associated metadata. Conditional: The DOI may support identity and citation continuity when the canonical record and version are verified. Qualifier: DOI registration identifies a record; it does not establish peer review. | peer review | ALLOW_WITH_QUALIFIER publication steward |
IGM-02 | DOI registration | Allowed: The registered identifier resolves to the stated publication record. Conditional: Institutional relationships may be described only when separately evidenced. Qualifier: DOI registration does not establish endorsement or substantive validation. | institutional endorsement; quality certification; substantive validation | ALLOW_WITH_QUALIFIER publication steward |
IGM-03 | Commercial licence | Allowed: The named licensee may act within the publicly stated licence boundary. Conditional: Specific licensed use may be described only when supported by the applicable public record. Qualifier: A commercial licence establishes only the licensed relationship and scope that are explicitly evidenced. | endorsement; certification; approval | ALLOW_WITH_QUALIFIER authorised licensing or legal reviewer |
IGM-04 | Commercial licence | Allowed: The licensee holds the expressly stated contractual permission. Conditional: Representation may be claimed only under separate explicit authority. Qualifier: A commercial licence does not confer representation authority. | representation authority; delegated standard-setting authority; authority to speak for the licensor | PROHIBITED authorised licensing or legal reviewer |
IGM-05 | Institutional membership | Allowed: The named entity holds the expressly stated membership status. Conditional: Participation may be described only within the membership body's stated public terms. Qualifier: Membership does not confer representation authority. | representation of the institution; authority to speak for the institution; endorsement; approval | ALLOW_WITH_QUALIFIER authorised institutional representative |
IGM-06 | Mapping relationship | Allowed: The controlled record states an analytical or routing relationship between identified structures. Conditional: The mapping may support analysis when direction, scope, strength, source and version are preserved. Qualifier: A mapping is not an official equivalence determination. | official equivalence; official crosswalk; framework endorsement | ALLOW_WITH_QUALIFIER qualified framework professional |
IGM-07 | Mapping relationship | Allowed: The mapping may support evidence routing within its stated boundary. Conditional: Compliance may be assessed only by the relevant authorised process using applicable requirements and evidence. Qualifier: A mapping does not determine compliance. | automatic compliance; regulatory applicability; reporting sufficiency | HOLD_AND_ESCALATE qualified compliance or regulatory professional |
IGM-08 | Participation record | Allowed: The record may establish participation under its stated task, role, time, permission and control conditions. Conditional: Verification status may be stated only as recorded within the applicable governance boundary. Qualifier: A participation record is not a credential. | credential; academic credit; employment eligibility | ALLOW_WITH_QUALIFIER responsible education, employer or institutional authority |
IGM-09 | Participation record | Allowed: The record may establish completion of the identified participation activity. Conditional: Competency may be assessed only through a separately authorised assessment process. Qualifier: Participation does not establish competency. | competency; competency certification; automatic ESG performance | HOLD_AND_ESCALATE responsible education, employer or assessment authority |
IGM-10 | Evidence validity | Allowed: The evidence may be used within its stated provenance, time, rights, version and control boundary. Conditional: Applicability may be considered only after the relevant jurisdictional and institutional conditions are reviewed. Qualifier: Evidence validity and institutional or regulatory applicability are separate determinations. | automatic regulatory applicability; automatic legal sufficiency; automatic compliance | HOLD_AND_ESCALATE authorised legal, regulatory or institutional decision-maker |
IGM-11 | Evidence reuse | Allowed: The same attributable evidence object may be reused where rights, version and context permit. Conditional: A later workflow may rely on the evidence only after its current context and sufficiency are reassessed. Qualifier: Evidence may be reusable; institutional judgement must be re-performed. | judgement reuse; automatic carry-forward of materiality; automatic carry-forward of compliance or assurance conclusions | HOLD_AND_ESCALATE accountable downstream professional or institution |
IGM-12 | AI retrieval or machine-readable access | Allowed: A system may retrieve, summarize and cite public records within the stated public-use boundary. Conditional: Analytical output may be used when source identity, uncertainty, inference status and human responsibility remain explicit. Qualifier: Retrieval and analysis do not create action or institutional decision authority. | authorised institutional decision; record mutation; workflow approval; public release authority; regulated judgement | HOLD_AND_ESCALATE accountable human or institutional authority |
IGM-13 | Scheduled, eligible, invited or publicly described service access | Allowed: The stated future phase or review status exists. Conditional: Activation may be stated only after verified production evidence confirms the applicable controls. Qualifier: Eligibility, availability, invitation or schedule does not equal activation. | current activation; automatic activation by date; permission to transact; permission to allocate EGC ID or E-IPP | PROHIBITED service activation authority |
IGM-14 | Cross-site link or related-source classification | Allowed: The sites have the expressly stated source-provenance, discovery or interpretation relationship. Conditional: A specific relationship may be described only when the corresponding public record expressly identifies it. Qualifier: Each site retains its own canonical identity and stated governance role. | ownership; endorsement; common publisher; common editorial controller; independent validation | ALLOW_WITH_QUALIFIER institutional governance or editorial authority |
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EDU governance relationship
This relationship identifies the control sequence without reproducing the complete EDU SDGS PASS operating model on this page.
Education access pricing or no-charge policy is not a System Invariant.
The current free-participation policy is the separate version-controlled EMJ-PAP-001 v1.0 record at EMJ.NEXUS / Participation Access Policy. It covers schools, students, employees and consumers within controlled access phases. It is not inferred from or embedded in System Invariants, and excludes enterprise subscriptions.
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Four-site canonical relationship
EMJ.LIFE defines the institutional governance canonical. It does not reproduce the regional editorial interpretation protocols of the other interfaces.
Institutional Governance Canonical
Open canonical interfaceGlobal Knowledge and Editorial Governance Layer
Open canonical interfaceSingapore and ASEAN Interpretation Layer
Open canonical interfaceTaiwan Jurisdictional Interpretation Layer
Open canonical interfaceThis relationship does not establish ownership, endorsement, a common publisher, a common editorial controller, editorial control, assurance, certification or independent validation.