This annex establishes a consistent vocabulary for Constitutional Execution Infrastructure (CEI). The glossary provides canonical definitions, while the ontology describes how the principal concepts relate to one another.
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Authority | The permission or mandate required before a consequential action may proceed. |
| Admissibility | The determination that a request satisfies the conditions for evaluation or execution. |
| Policy | A versioned set of governance rules evaluated by the runtime. |
| Evidence | Supporting information used to justify or validate a decision. |
| Decision | The governance outcome (for example GO or DENY) produced after evaluation. |
| Ledger Event | An immutable record describing a governance-relevant occurrence. |
| Replay | Deterministic reconstruction of historical execution from recorded events. |
| Projection | A derived operational view rebuilt from immutable events. |
| Runtime | The execution environment that evaluates governance decisions. |
| Source Concept | Relationship | Target Concept |
|---|---|---|
| Authority | is evaluated by | Policy |
| Policy | produces | Decision |
| Decision | is recorded as | Ledger Event |
| Ledger Event | is reconstructed through | Replay |
| Replay | rebuilds | Projection |
This glossary and ontology provide a common semantic foundation for CEI documentation, implementations, and discussions, supporting consistent communication across teams and organizations.
Next: Companion Annex U — Research Roadmap.
This document forms part of the CEI publication record. Supporting evidence is organized through the engineering-evidence archive, specifications, architecture documentation and replay verification materials.