Canonical Specification Overview • Execution Governance Derived from Measured Admissibility
Execution authority does not exist by default. Execution authority exists only when admissibility conditions are measurably satisfied at execution time and authorization has been issued based on measured admissibility state.
Unified Agency Architecture (UAA) establishes execution governance by making execution authority conditional. Execution capability and execution authority are structurally separated: a system may possess the capability to execute, but authority to execute exists only when admissibility conditions are satisfied and externally validated at execution time.
UAA derives authorization from measured admissibility state rather than internal policy assertion, discretionary controls, or static permission assignment. If admissibility conditions are not satisfied, authorization is not issued and execution cannot proceed.
Conventional governance approaches typically operate through declarative policy, behavioral monitoring, retrospective audit, or permissions assigned by identity or role. These mechanisms influence or evaluate behavior, but do not determine whether execution authority exists at the moment execution occurs.
This distinguishes UAA from governance-as-oversight. UAA establishes governance as an enforceable execution condition: authorization is contingent on admissibility determination, and execution control points enforce dependency on valid authorization.
Measurement evaluates system conditions relevant to execution admissibility and produces an admissibility state. Admissibility state represents the evaluated condition of execution validity and boundary integrity at execution time.
Authorization issuance is derived from admissibility state. Execution authority does not exist independently of admissibility determination. The measurement layer is described architecturally (not operationally) to preserve intellectual boundary: this specification defines the dependency of authority on measured admissibility, without disclosing formulas, thresholds, algorithms, or internal signal sources.
The flow model reinforces the invariant: execution authority is conditionally issued based on measured admissibility state at execution time. If admissibility conditions are not satisfied, authorization is not issued and execution is blocked at control points.
UAA establishes governance as a measurable system condition rather than a policy declaration. Execution authority becomes conditionally issued, not statically granted. Execution capability becomes structurally dependent on admissibility determination at execution time. Execution authority cannot exist outside admissibility conditions because authorization is not issued when admissibility is not satisfied.
This specification defines the structural dependency and enforceable control relationship. It intentionally does not disclose measurement formulas, thresholding logic, internal signals, or proprietary computation mechanisms.
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