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F.8:4.1 - Decision Targets

If the candidate expression designates…Smallest F.8 dispositionSubject pattern
A one-off phrase after local repairlocalPhraseOnlyE.10 or the subject pattern
An existing selected designation for the governed value and usereuseExistingDesignationThe subject pattern, with F.1, F.2, and F.3 for local-sense discovery; use F.5 or F.18 only when naming work is separately needed
A wording variant for the same value, kind, scope, occurrence identity, and usealiasOnlyF.5, F.13, and F.18
An adequate name already supplied by the subject patternreuseDirectPatternNameThe subject pattern
A cross-local or public reading admitted by one F.17 rowreuseAdmittedTermRow only for its declared useF.17; F.9 only when an obtaining Bridge between the named cells is used
A new designation for a recovered local system-role kindlocalPhraseOnly when local wording is enough; otherwise openDurableNamingSettlement when durable reuse is neededA.2 and C.3 for the kind, then F.5; F.18 only for a durable settlement
A label for a separately justified SystemRoleKindDescription episteme about that kindnameSystemRoleKindDescriptionF.4 for the description, then F.5; F.18 only when the description’s own name must be durable
Any other governed subject—for example, a status, evidence use, source use, requirement, assurance use, gate, decision, access value, policy, Method, Work, publication use, characteristic, architecture value, or relation positionreuseDirectPatternName, or openDurableNamingSettlement only after that subject is recoveredIts subject pattern, then F.5 or F.18 when needed
A recurring durable naming settlement not served by lighter dispositionsopenDurableNamingSettlementF.14, then F.18; a NameCard is optional until its own enduring-use gate passes
A public, Core-facing, durable, or cross-local term not covered by an admitted rowproposePublicTermRowF.17 after the F.18 inputs and row threshold are met
A policy identifierreuse the existing identifier, or select introducePolicyIdentifier for a recovered policy specification; add a mint-occurrence basis only for the stronger history uses in §8.1F.8:8.1 and the subject pattern for the policy use
An expression offered as a new cross-family primitive before its admission disposition is stableblockOrLowerUse; no naming disposition is available yetE.24.CD when the governed object is still unclear; if a U-kind proposal remains, E.24.UK decides admission. Return only after the governed object is recovered or one stable root, same-individual-dependent, identity-dependent, reuse, local-kind, or reject result is available.