Constitution
Defines authority boundaries, admissibility constraints, evidence obligations, and consequence ownership outside runtime services.
PMS4U Flagship Architecture
Constitutional Runtime Governance — Reference Architecture
This document is the canonical technical view for investors, architects, and engineering teams. It defines the runtime flow from constitutional model to consequence, with admissibility and evidence positioned as execution-time decision controls.
Authority Before ExecutionAdmissibility with Evidence InputReplayable Evidence Continuity
Canonical Flow
Constitution
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Authority Resolver
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Admissibility Engine
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Execution Gate
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Evidence Spine
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Execution
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Consequence
Core Components
Authority Resolver
Resolves who may perform this exact transition now.
Admissibility Engine
Checks if transition is currently permissible within policy state and evidentiary sufficiency.
Execution Gate
Applies allow/deny/defer/interrupt/observe before mutation.
Evidence Spine
Captures decision inputs and continuity artifacts: receipts, hashes, signatures, and replay lineage.
Execution
Commits only what survived admissibility at runtime.
Consequence
Represents the real-world or system-level effect with attributable authority trace.
Decision Semantics
| Decision | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ALLOW | All constitutional and runtime admissibility conditions survived. |
| DENY | Transition is inadmissible under current authority, state, or evidence. |
| REVIEW | Escalation required before controlled release. |
| DEFER | Execution intentionally postponed until conditions become valid. |
Implementation Notes
- Transition-specific authority must be resolved at runtime, not inferred from static role alone.
- Admissibility decisions are evaluated before state mutation.
- Evidence must be available as a decision input before release and preserved after release for replay.
- Replay and trace are first-class requirements, not optional diagnostics.