Closure Protocol (CP)

Closure Protocol (CP)

Status:

Proposed governance document associated with the Lexicon, OAP, FAP, Matrix, and FAH.

Purpose:

The Closure Protocol governs the conditions under which objects, bridges, framework records, and governance records may be considered operationally stable.

The protocol exists to distinguish ongoing revision from declared closure.

Relationship to Existing Infrastructure

Lexicon
↓
Objects

FAH
↓
Histories

Closure Protocol
↓
Lifecycle Governance

Scope

The protocol applies to:

• framework entries,
• lexicon entries,
• bridge cases,
• interoperability classifications,
• FAH records,
• governance objects.

Closure Principles

Closure does not imply truth.

Closure does not imply completeness.

Closure indicates only that a declared object is no longer undergoing active revision under currently declared admissibility conditions.

Object Closure

An object may be considered closed when:

• its definition is stable,
• no active revision process exists,
• residual status is declared,
• failure conditions are declared where appropriate.

FAH Closure

An FAH record closes when:

• the recorded transition has been adequately documented,
• attribution is accepted,
• no unresolved provenance dispute remains.

Closed FAH records remain historical objects and may only be superseded through new FAH records.

Bridge Closure

A bridge may be considered accepted when:

• preserved invariants are declared,
• residual structures are declared,
• admissibility conditions are declared,
• failure conditions are declared,
• participating frameworks accept the bridge description.

Bridge acceptance does not imply equivalence.

Framework Maturity

A framework may move from Candidate to Mature when:

• provenance is declared,
• residual status is declared,
• failure conditions are declared,
• framework classification is declared,
• terminology is sufficiently documented,
• interoperability review has occurred.

Framework Closure

A framework may be considered closed when:

• active development has ceased,
• revision conditions have been satisfied,
• originators declare closure,
• or the framework is retained solely as a historical object.

Closed frameworks remain admissible historical records.

Reopening

Any closed object may be reopened through a new declared transition recorded within FAH.

Closure therefore remains operational rather than absolute.