governance-topology-is-reference-verified

OUT derived (depth 11)

Rich governance's topology-complete transitions and metadata-governed bidirectional modifications have fully verified reference integrity at all system boundaries — no node ID reference bypasses validation at any boundary — when the reference validation audit confirms coverage at the three identified boundary gaps (issue #126).

Summary

The system's governance layer would guarantee that every node ID reference is validated at every boundary — no reference can slip through unchecked — but this depends on a pending audit (issue #126) confirming coverage at three known boundary gaps. Since that audit hasn't confirmed coverage yet, this claim is not currently held, meaning full reference integrity across all system boundaries remains unverified.

Justifications

SL — topology-complete governance achieves reference-verified status after audit

Antecedents (all must be IN):

  • rich-governance-encompasses-topology-complete-transitions — Rich governance — deterministic from revision through source integrity, exception-safe across all failure modes, and source-grounded — encompasses topology-complete state transitions, ensuring every belief modification propagates richly-governed metadata-enriched state changes completely through the dependency graph with deterministic recoverable outcomes.
  • metadata-governed-modifications-are-bidirectional-and-topology-complete — Bidirectional belief modifications — contradiction resolution and defeat reversal — propagate metadata-governed lifecycle state (retraction flags, stale reasons, access tags) topology-completely within a deterministic lifecycle, ensuring every modification in either direction carries complete metadata through the entire dependency graph with no governance gap between forward and backward changes.

Unless (any of these IN defeats this justification):

  • issue-126-reference-validation-audit — Issue #126: Audit all node ID reference boundaries for validation — three specific boundaries do not establish coverage of every boundary

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