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Trace, Memory State, Retrieval, and Authority Matrix

Status: candidate pre-production Content canon status: unset

| Object or state | What it preserves | What it may do | What it may not do | |---|---|---|---| | Source event | Living occurrence and participant relation at the time | Generate witnessed traces | Become fully reproducible from the record | | Durable trace | Selected persistent difference | Support later interpretation | Claim to contain the whole field | | Active memory | Current action-relevant trace | Enter ordinary retrieval under authority | Override corrections, boundaries, or restrictions | | Active with conditions | Current trace with explicit limits | Guide bounded action | Expand beyond conditions | | Reference only | Reviewer-visible trace | Explain or compare | Enter automated action | | Archive | Historical trace | Explain prior events and versions | Authorize current consequential action | | Restricted memory | Trace under access limits | Enter scoped retrieval | Become generally searchable | | Quarantined memory | Potentially contaminated trace | Support investigation | Guide ordinary action | | Stale memory | Once-useful trace no longer current | Explain historical action | Act as current source or authority | | Released memory | Trace no longer governing the released purpose | Preserve bounded witness | Reactivate without new authority | | Deleted memory | Content removed within known scope | Preserve narrow deletion witness where authorized | Remain retrievable through undeclared copies | | Retrieval grant | Scoped permission to search or read | Permit named operation and recipient | Create action, disclosure, or training authority automatically | | Action authority | Permission to affect the field | Use eligible traces for a named action | Convert relevance into legitimacy |

Hard distinctions

event ≠ trace
trace ≠ field
memory ≠ possession
retrieval ≠ authority
relevance ≠ permission
salience ≠ legitimacy
archive ≠ active governance
release ≠ historical erasure

Action gate

Before a trace governs action, confirm:

source status
current version
memory state
retrieval authority
action authority
correction currency
contestation
scope
privacy
retention
release status
descendant status

Governing principle

A system may remember a trace only within the authority that governs what the trace may now do.