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The systematic loss of interpretability, intent, or purpose as governance objects move across containers. Semantic decay arises because governance meaning is encoded indirectly—in prose, precedent, institutional memory, or informal norms—rather than as a first-class, persistent object.
A foundation's original mission to support local artists becomes diluted over decades as successive boards interpret 'local' and 'artists' differently, eventually funding international commercial galleries—the text never changed, but meaning decayed.
INA Section 2.3