B.1.4:4 - Admissible Checks
For contextual order aggregation:
- the ordered relation refs are named by value;
- the
OrderSpecis declared as total order, partial order, or another named relation; - independence, branch, or join conditions are named when parallel factors are used;
- the record names its included positions, ClaimScope when needed, and admissible use; any holon-boundary crossing is named by an exact relation;
- method, method-description, work, transformation, and resource claims use the patterns that define or test them.
For temporal phase aggregation:
- the carrier identity is recoverable;
- the time window is declared;
- the declared coverage and overlap policy holds; account for allowed overlaps and gaps without double counting, or narrow the use;
- identity change is not hidden as another phase;
- work-resource claims use
B.1.6; temporal claims useC.27, currentness usesG.11, andA.10recovers provenance and bounded reliance when needed.
B.1 invariant carry-through. Apply a B.1 algebraic law only when the recovered relation and declared operator justify it. Contextual aggregation is deterministic relative to the declared OrderSpec and join or independence conditions. Temporal aggregation depends on carrier identity and the declared coverage and overlap policy. A repeated designation creates no additional phase or relation by itself; retain distinct occurrences and ordered positions when the claim distinguishes them. State any singleton or idempotence law for the actual operator. Weakest-link and monotonicity claims name the characteristic and model being bounded or improved; an aggregation record alone establishes no performance, safety or assurance result.
B.1.4:4.1 - Compact Obligation Rows
| Obligation | What must be named | Why it matters |
|---|---|---|
| Independence and joins | Branch relation refs, join relation refs, and the condition under which branches may be combined. | Prevents an ordered aggregate from silently treating dependent branches as independent evidence or work. |
| Order specification | Total order, partial order, precedence relation, or another named relation over the selected positions. | Keeps order-sensitive claims from being read as unordered collection claims. |
| Decisive dependency relation | The relation that makes one position, delay, or missing step decisive for the aggregate use. | Allows weakest-link claims only when the decisive relation is visible. |
| Carrier identity | The carrier being followed across phases and the condition under which it remains the same EntityOfConcern. | Prevents temporal aggregation from hiding identity change or MHT. |
| Temporal coverage | Time window, phase refs, coverage rule, and non-overlap or overlap policy. | Prevents missing phases and double counting. |
| Chronological discipline | The rule that separates chronological order, logical order, publication order, and performed-work order. | Keeps a document sequence, argument sequence, and work occurrence sequence from substituting for one another. |
| Monotone characteristic | The exact characteristic that is preserved, bounded, or improved when the aggregate grows. | Blocks generic monotonicity claims over an unspecified aggregate. |