D.3:3 - Collection and Episteme Cases

A collection is ethically current only when whole-level characteristics, membership relations, environment-mediated effects, or aggregate consequences matter. Use A.14 for part-whole and membership relations and C.13 for constructive grounding. A plural or institutional name does not make the collection an acting or responsible System.

An episteme is ethically current when its claim content, source use, publication, described EntityOfConcern, or model use changes the affected systems or decisions. Use C.2.1 for episteme identity and exact edition claims, and E.17 with E.24.PUB for publication. The D.3 conflict description is a separate episteme about the selected case; it does not become identical to the policy, model, standard, or architecture description involved in one of its sides.