Effective from MAIS v0.1

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Identifier permanence

 

A MAIS Evidence Primitive identifier, once issued, is permanent.

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• An identifier is never reused for a different primitive.

• An identifier is never reassigned to different subject matter.

• An identifier's meaning is never redefined after issue.

 

A primitive may be deprecated and superseded. When that happens, the original identifier remains permanently bound to its original meaning, is marked deprecated with the date and reason, and carries a pointer to its successor. It is not deleted and it is not recycled.

 

Why this matters: without identifier permanence, no one can safely cite MAIS in a contract, an audit file, an evidence register or a regulatory submission. A reference made today must still mean the same thing in five years. This policy is the precondition for MAIS being citable, and citability is the whole point of a shared taxonomy.

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Version numbering

 

MAIS uses semantic versioning — MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH.

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Framework revisions

 

When an issuing authority revises a framework, MAIS absorbs the change in its versioned data files. Primitive identifiers and assertions are unaffected unless the revision introduces a genuinely new evidentiary condition, in which case a new primitive is added — an existing one is never repurposed.

 

MAIS content changes when a regulator changes a framework, not because our documentation was imprecise.

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Change record

 

Every release carries a published change record stating what was added, what was clarified, what was corrected, and what was deprecated. Corrections are stated, not silently amended.

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Editorial responsibility

 

Editorial responsibility for MAIS v0.1 rests with Jawaid Ali, PRAECEPTA CYBERSECURITY LLC. Comments are adjudicated publicly, with reasons, and contributors are credited.