DTM.8:4.2 - Locate each proposed change
Follow the current account from encounter through established activity to consequence and restoration. Distinguish four target kinds:
| Target | What the action changes | What can remain |
|---|---|---|
| Contact or admission | Opportunity to encounter, receive or establish the variant | Activity already established inside participants |
| Continuing activity | Amount, intensity or occurrence of the unwanted activity after establishment | Past damage, other sources and possible re-establishment |
| Consequence of activity | The effect on a specified function at comparable continuing activity | The activity and its potential for further transmission |
| Restoration | Recovery or replacement of an impaired function | The source of new impairment and continuing exposure |
These targets distinguish causal changes. Their quantities come from the subject practice: failed executions, unauthorized operations, incompatible exchanges or another specified event. There is no universal scalar “burden” shared by all these cases.
One action can affect several targets. Record those actual connections rather than giving it one exclusive label.