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Idea-Native Architecture

Provenance-First Linking

Definition

An architectural principle that treats the traceable lineage of ideas as a core governance concern. Each idea carries information about where it originated, what it derived from, what decisions modified it, and what containers have enacted it over time. Changes are recorded as transformations rather than erasures.

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When a policy is revised, the system preserves not just the new text but the explicit link showing it supersedes version 2.1, which derived from board resolution BR-2019-04, which operationalised strategic objective S3.

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INA Section 3.3

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