ADM.2:5.3 - An applicable rule and an unresolved conflict

In both branches of this constructed case, Mara has the valid October read grant for collection R. A current security restriction prohibits reading that collection from 09:00 to 11:00 local time on 2 October. Her intended read is at 09:30. The grant and restriction therefore give incompatible conclusions about the same participant, action, collection and interval. The supplied authority account names the archive policy owner as the person authorized to resolve this kind of conflict.

In the first branch, an applicable policy explicitly gives that temporary security restriction precedence over read grants during the stated interval. The handler applies the rule and returns its result: the restriction governs Mara’s 09:30 read, so that action cannot proceed under the grant. No further discretionary decision is needed to settle this inquiry. The result concerns the stated overlap; it does not rewrite the October grant.

In the second branch, the same grant, restriction, intended action and decision authority are supplied, but no applicable precedence rule or existing resolving decision is available. The handler returns the particular unresolved question to the archive policy owner: which claim governs Mara’s read of R at 09:30 within the 09:00–11:00 restriction? Naming that person does not supply the answer. The handler does not authorize the disputed read from these inputs.