OCE.5:2 - Problem

When title, position, role kind, holder, and assignment are merged, ordinary changes become ambiguous. Replacing a person can appear to abolish a position. Renaming a title can appear to create one. Readers can mistake a job description for a grant of authority or proof of capability. A vacant position can disappear from the model even though the organization still relies on its expected contribution.

The reverse error models every recurring contribution or temporary assignment as a position. The organization records supposed positions without an establishment basis, and downstream users cannot tell which vacancies, appointments, or descriptions have institutional force.