LCGD
Lattice Core Governance Document
LCGD establishes the governance framework under which the canonical Lattice Core architecture, standards, specifications, explanatory material, and corpus structure are maintained and changed.
It is the governance authority of the canonical documentation framework. It governs the conditions under which the architecture and corpus may change without replacing LCAD as the source of architectural definition.
Document Status
Lattice Core Governance Document
Document: LCGD
Full title: Lattice Core Governance Document
Document role: Governance of canonical Lattice Core and its corpus
Authority domain: Governance
Publication status: Pre-release
Governance authority: LSN Foundation
Pre-Release Record
LCGD is part of the current canonical documentation framework, but a public canonical edition has not yet been released.
This page records the document's identity, responsibility, authority domain, and relationship to the canonical corpus. It does not itself constitute publication of LCGD or independently establish the detailed governance rules that the document will contain.
Role of LCGD
Governance of the Canonical Corpus
LCGD establishes the governance framework through which the canonical Lattice Core corpus is stewarded across time.
Its responsibility includes governance authority, change conditions, stewardship processes, document lifecycle, and the governance constraints applicable to maintenance and change.
Governance, Not Architecture
LCGD governs the conditions under which LCAD and the remainder of the canonical corpus may be maintained and changed.
It does not become the architectural definition by governing architectural change. Architectural authority remains with LCAD.
Governance Responsibilities
Within the canonical documentation model, LCGD owns the governance domain. Its responsibility is to establish how canonical Lattice Core and its documentation are governed rather than to absorb the substantive authority of the documents being governed.
Governance Authority
Defines the governance authority through which stewardship of canonical Lattice Core and its corpus is exercised.
Change Conditions
Establishes the conditions under which canonical architecture, standards, specifications, explanatory material, and corpus structure may be changed.
Stewardship Processes
Defines the governance processes through which the canonical corpus is maintained and stewarded.
Document Lifecycle
Governs the lifecycle through which canonical documents are maintained, changed, superseded, and preserved as part of the documentary record.
Governance Constraints
Establishes the constraints applicable to the exercise of governance authority and the maintenance of the canonical corpus.
Corpus Stewardship
Provides the governance framework through which consistency, authority boundaries, and continuity across the canonical corpus are maintained.
Relationship to the LSN Foundation
Governance & Stewardship
The LSN Foundation provides the governance and stewardship function of the Lattice Semantic Nexus ecosystem.
Governance authority over canonical Lattice Core, including governance of the canonical architecture and its documentation, is exercised through the Foundation under the governance framework established by LCGD.
Authority Remains Domain-Specific
Foundation governance does not make governance text the source of architectural definition.
LCGD establishes the governance framework. LCAD establishes the architecture. The distinction is maintained even where governance applies to architectural change.
Architecture & Governance
LCAD Establishes the Architecture
LCAD is the controlling source for questions of what Lattice Core is architecturally. It establishes architectural constituents, relationships, responsibilities, boundaries, invariants, primitives, canonical layers, and other architecture-level conditions.
LCGD does not redefine those architectural propositions merely because they are subject to governance.
LCGD Governs Architectural Change
LCGD establishes the governance conditions under which LCAD may be maintained and changed.
Governance may therefore govern architectural change without becoming the architectural definition itself. Where an architectural proposition must change, the change must occur in the document that owns architectural authority.
Relationship to the Canonical Corpus
LCGD is one of five substantive canonical documents. Its governance authority exists alongside distinct architectural, standards, specification, and explanatory responsibilities. LCAAD maps the corpus without substantive authority.
LCGD
Governance
Governs authority, stewardship, lifecycle, change conditions, and maintenance of the canonical corpus.
Current record
LCAD
Architecture
Establishes the architecture of Lattice Core and controls questions of architectural definition.
LCStD
Standards & Conformance
Formalises normative standards and conformance requirements derived from LCAD without redefining the architecture.
LCSpD
Detailed Specification
Expresses detailed technical and functional specification derived from LCAD and LCStD without redefining either.
LCED
Explanation
Explains and interprets the canonical system without acquiring governance, architectural, standards, or specification authority.
LCAAD
Architecture Atlas & Corpus Map
Maps canonical subjects, document relationships, and traceability without substantive authority over the material it maps.
Authority Boundaries
LCGD May Define
Governance authority, stewardship, document lifecycle, change framework, and other governance conditions belonging to the governance domain.
LCGD Does Not Define Architecture
Architectural constituents, relationships, invariants, boundaries, primitives, responsibilities, and canonical layers belong to LCAD.
LCGD Does Not Define Standards
Normative standards and conformance criteria derived from the architecture belong to LCStD.
LCGD Does Not Define Specification Detail
Detailed technical and functional specification derived from architecture and standards belongs to LCSpD.
Governance Does Not Transfer Authority
Governing another canonical domain does not cause LCGD to acquire that domain's substantive authority. The corpus preserves separate ownership of governance, architecture, standards, and specification even where those domains interact.
Change & Conflict Resolution
Governed Change
The canonical documentation system is governed rather than immutable. Changes are permitted through the applicable governance framework.
Where a change affects another authority domain, the substantive change must be made in the document that owns that domain and then propagated consistently through dependent and explanatory material.
Conflict by Subject Matter
Apparent conflicts within the corpus are resolved according to the subject matter at issue rather than through a claim that LCGD universally overrides every other document.
Governance-process and change-authority questions belong to LCGD. Architectural questions belong to LCAD within the governance framework established by LCGD. Standards, specification, explanation, and mapping retain their respective authority or responsibility boundaries.
Publication Status
Canonical Identity, Pre-Release State
LCGD has an established identity and authority domain within the current canonical documentation framework.
Its public canonical edition has not yet been released. The existence of this document record should therefore not be interpreted as publication of the document itself.
What This Record Establishes
This record identifies LCGD as the governance document of the canonical framework and describes its responsibility and relationship to the wider corpus.
Detailed governance rules, processes, constraints, and other substantive LCGD content should be taken from the canonical document once its applicable public edition is released.
Related Governance
Foundation Governance
The Foundation's governance pages provide the public institutional context for stewardship, document lifecycle, change management, standards stewardship, and the relationship between governance and Lattice Core.
Documentation Framework
The documentation framework explains the six canonical document roles, their authority boundaries, derivation relationships, publication records, and corpus integrity principles.