# XXIII. CORRECTION

## 23.1 Correctionability Doctrine

### 23.1.1 Correction as trust infrastructure.

Correctionability under the Distributed Digital Public Goods Framework shall be treated as core trust infrastructure for all digital public-good objects, not as an exceptional remedy, reputational response, or post-failure administrative process. Every DDPGF object shall be capable of being corrected, patched, annotated, revised, superseded, downgraded, suspended, withdrawn, recalled, deprecated, archived, or marked non-continuing where evidence changes, error is discovered, risk increases, support ends, rights issues emerge, security exposure arises, privacy exposure occurs, protected knowledge is exposed, public-safe status fails, boundary overclaim occurs, or downstream use becomes unsafe.

Correctionability shall apply across software, data, models, AI-agent workflows, ontologies, schemas, APIs, dashboards, digital twins, simulations, notebooks, Reports, learning objects, credentials, Campaign objects, Marketplace listings, Registry records, Studio workflows, Grid inputs, TRL notes, Observatory objects, DRI objects, National Portfolio objects, Nexus Universe objects, secure-room records, data-room records, compute-to-data workflows, proof receipts, and lawful handoff packages. Trust shall be preserved by making error visible, bounded, repairable, traceable, and archived, rather than by pretending that digital public goods are final, complete, or immune from change.

### 23.1.2 Digital object correction.

Digital object correction shall mean the recorded process by which any DDPGF object is updated, annotated, limited, relabeled, restricted, replaced, withdrawn, recalled, archived, or made non-continuing. Correction shall identify the affected object, affected version, affected dependencies, affected repositories, affected Marketplace listings, affected Registry records, affected Reports, affected Studio workflows, affected Grid or TRL notes, affected National Portfolio records, affected Nexus Universe materials, affected handoff recipients, and affected public-safe outputs.

Correction shall include the reason for correction, severity, scope, responsible steward, review status, action taken, downstream notification requirements, successor object where applicable, archive status, and future prevention notes where appropriate. A correction shall not create new authority, approval, certification, public authority meaning, procurement status, financeability, insurability, deployment authorization, or execution authority unless separately and lawfully recorded by competent actors outside default DDPGF status.

### 23.1.3 Software correction.

Software correction shall apply to bugs, vulnerabilities, dependency issues, secret exposure, license issues, broken APIs, insecure defaults, inaccessible interfaces, faulty documentation, reproducibility failures, unsupported dependencies, unsafe scripts, incorrect notebooks, unstable dashboards, infrastructure-as-code errors, Studio component errors, and public-good technical baseline issues. Software correction may include patch, hotfix, release note, version update, dependency update, security advisory, repository notice, Marketplace delisting, Registry update, Grid or TRL downgrade, support status change, deprecation, withdrawal, recall, archive, or non-continuation.

Software correction shall not imply warranty, security certification, production approval, provider validation, procurement readiness, deployment authorization, or operational support beyond recorded scope. Where software was included in handoff context, correction shall be routed to identified recipients through handoff correction or recall pathways.

### 23.1.4 Data correction.

Data correction shall apply to inaccurate data, incomplete data, stale data, biased data, misclassified data, wrongly licensed data, improperly disclosed data, wrongly aggregated data, unsafe geospatial precision, missing metadata, lineage errors, rights errors, privacy exposure, protected knowledge exposure, AI-use label errors, data-use label errors, data quality errors, public-safe transformation errors, and cross-border or sovereignty issues. Data correction may include metadata update, data replacement, masking, aggregation, access restriction, data-room restriction, compute-to-data restriction, withdrawal, recall, deletion, sealing, archive, or public-safe correction notice.

Data correction shall not create open data status, unrestricted reuse, AI training permission, public authority record status, handoff permission, cross-border transfer authorization, or deployment authority. Corrected data shall remain governed by rights, sensitivity, license, access class, public-safe status, and archive rules.

### 23.1.5 Model correction.

Model correction shall apply to model errors, evaluation errors, benchmark errors, drift, bias and harm findings, prompt-injection risks, unsafe outputs, hallucinated authority, tool-permission misuse, unauthorized data use, model card errors, system card errors, benchmark card errors, agent workflow errors, human oversight failures, withdrawal conditions, and AI incident findings. Model correction may include model card update, system card update, benchmark card update, AI-use label change, tool-permission restriction, output restriction, red-team update, model withdrawal, agent shutdown, Registry update, Marketplace delisting, Studio shutdown, Grid or TRL downgrade, handoff recall, archive, or non-continuation.

Model correction shall not create AI safety certification, general validation, automated decision authority, public authority approval, procurement readiness, financeability, insurability, deployment authorization, or execution authority. Corrected model objects shall remain bounded by intended use, prohibited use, review status, human oversight, and incident pathway.

### 23.1.6 Report correction.

Report correction shall apply to errors, omissions, outdated statements, incorrect citations, unsafe public-safe language, protected knowledge exposure, sensitive geospatial exposure, public authority overclaim, finance overclaim, procurement overclaim, certification overclaim, consent overclaim, warning overclaim, rating overclaim, data errors, model errors, methodological errors, translation errors, accessibility failures, and handoff-context overstatements in Reports or knowledge products. Report correction may include erratum, addendum, revised edition, supersession notice, withdrawal, retraction where necessary, repository update, DOI-linked correction, public-safe notice, Marketplace update, Registry update, and archive.

Report correction shall not convert a Report into approval, public warning, public authority decision, certification, procurement recommendation, financeability, insurability, consent, deployment authorization, or execution authority. A corrected Report shall clearly identify what changed and how prior versions should be interpreted.

### 23.1.7 Registry correction.

Registry correction shall apply where object identity, status, version, provenance, review status, data-use label, AI-use label, license status, access class, support status, provider contribution record, sponsor support record, public authority participation record, correction record, withdrawal record, recall record, archive record, or non-continuation record is inaccurate, incomplete, outdated, misleading, or overclaimed. Registry correction shall preserve status truth and prevent stale or incorrect records from creating false reliance.

Registry correction may include status update, version update, access restriction, support status change, public-safe notice, downgrade, suspension, withdrawal, recall, archive, successor link, or correction propagation. Registry correction shall not create certification, approval, procurement status, financeability, public authority meaning, deployment authorization, or execution authority.

### 23.1.8 Marketplace correction.

Marketplace correction shall apply where a listing is inaccurate, misleading, unsafe, outdated, overclaimed, improperly categorized, improperly featured, unsupported, wrongly licensed, not public-safe, provider-validating, sponsor-controlled, procurement-implying, finance-implying, certification-implying, consent-implying, or handoff-overclaiming. Marketplace correction may include metadata update, public-safe language revision, support status update, provider-neutrality notice, sponsor-boundary notice, delisting, suspension, reclassification, Registry linkage update, or archive.

Marketplace correction shall preserve the rule that discovery is not endorsement. Marketplace correction shall not create procurement approval, provider validation, certification, public authority approval, financeability, insurability, deployment authorization, or execution authority.

### 23.1.9 Handoff correction.

Handoff correction shall apply where a lawful handoff context package contains incorrect evidence, outdated data, unsafe public-safe status, incorrect Grid or TRL note, missing dependency, unclear recipient responsibility, omitted public authority dependency, omitted legal dependency, omitted finance or insurance question, provider-neutrality issue, sponsor-boundary issue, procurement-boundary issue, safeguard issue, license issue, protected knowledge issue, data-use issue, AI-use issue, or authority overclaim. Handoff correction may include dependency update, recipient notice, package revision, partial recall, full recall, restricted access, Registry update, Marketplace update, Report correction, Studio shutdown, archive, or non-continuation.

Handoff correction shall reinforce that handoff transfers context and dependencies only. It shall not create implementation authority, procurement approval, finance approval, insurance approval, public authority approval, provider selection, community consent, Indigenous consent, deployment authorization, operational command, or execution authority.

### 23.1.10 Archive correction.

Archive correction shall apply where archived objects, metadata, access class, license status, public-safe status, correction history, withdrawal record, recall record, successor link, archive-not-current notice, or historical-use note is inaccurate, unsafe, incomplete, misleading, or improperly accessible. Archive correction may include metadata correction, access restriction, sealing, deletion where lawful, public-safe notice, successor link update, withdrawal annotation, recall annotation, or non-continuation clarification.

Archive correction shall preserve institutional memory without reviving current authority. An archive correction shall not make archived materials current, supported, approved, certified, procurement-relevant, finance-relevant, deployable, or executable.

## 23.2 Incident Classes

### 23.2.1 Security incident.

A **Security Incident** shall mean any actual, suspected, attempted, or potential compromise of confidentiality, integrity, availability, access control, repository security, API security, system security, secure-room security, data-room security, compute-to-data security, key management, secret management, dependency security, vulnerability handling, or infrastructure security affecting DDPGF objects or environments. Security Incidents may include unauthorized access, credential compromise, secret exposure, repository compromise, dependency compromise, malicious code, API abuse, secure-room breach, data-room misuse, compute misuse, or infrastructure attack.

Security Incidents shall trigger containment, severity classification, access review, technical freeze where required, vulnerability handling, Registry update where applicable, Marketplace action where applicable, public-safe notice where appropriate, handoff recall where affected, and archive or reinstatement.

### 23.2.2 Privacy incident.

A **Privacy Incident** shall mean any actual, suspected, attempted, or potential unauthorized access, disclosure, processing, profiling, export, retention, publication, AI use, public display, or misuse of personal data, learner data, contributor data, worker data, youth data, health data, community-sensitive data, public authority participant data, Marketplace user data, Registry participant data, Campaign participant data, or other privacy-relevant data. Privacy Incidents may include consent failure, data minimization failure, purpose limitation breach, portfolio display error, access-control failure, cross-border transfer issue, AI-use violation, or deletion/sealing failure.

Privacy Incidents shall trigger containment, data freeze where required, access restriction, affected-object mapping, correction, deletion or sealing where appropriate, public-safe notice where appropriate, and archive of incident records under appropriate access controls.

### 23.2.3 Data incident.

A **Data Incident** shall mean any error, misuse, misclassification, unauthorized access, unauthorized export, unsafe publication, incorrect license, data quality failure, lineage failure, metadata failure, aggregation failure, geospatial sensitivity failure, protected knowledge exposure, AI-use label failure, data-use label failure, data-room misuse, compute-to-data misuse, or data correction failure affecting a DDPGF data object. Data Incidents may involve open data, public-safe data, controlled data, restricted data, public authority-sensitive data, community-sensitive data, Indigenous protocol-sensitive data where applicable, health data, youth data, cyber-sensitive data, infrastructure-sensitive data, geospatial-sensitive data, DRI data, Observatory data, National Portfolio data, or handoff-recipient-only data.

Data Incidents shall trigger data freeze where required, access restriction, output review, public-safe transformation, correction, withdrawal, recall, archive, and downstream notice where affected.

### 23.2.4 AI incident.

An **AI Incident** shall mean any harmful, erroneous, unauthorized, unsafe, biased, discriminatory, privacy-invasive, security-compromising, protected knowledge-exposing, misleading, overclaimed, unreviewed, or boundary-violating behavior by an AI system, model, AI-agent workflow, prompt workflow, retrieval workflow, evaluation harness, model interface, or AI-enabled Studio workflow. AI Incidents may include hallucinated authority, unsafe classification, prompt-injection compromise, tool misuse, unauthorized write-back, unauthorized command attempt, output leakage, re-identification risk, automated high-stakes decision attempt, public authority overclaim, finance overclaim, procurement overclaim, consent overclaim, deployment overclaim, or execution overclaim.

AI Incidents shall trigger model freeze where required, tool restriction, output withdrawal, human review, AI-use label update, model card update, system card update, Registry update, Marketplace action, Studio shutdown where necessary, Grid or TRL downgrade, handoff recall, and archive.

### 23.2.5 Model incident.

A **Model Incident** shall mean any material issue affecting a model object, including evaluation failure, benchmark error, model drift, unsafe output, biased behavior, harmful recommendation, incorrect intended-use description, omitted prohibited-use description, training data concern, fine-tuning concern, retrieval source issue, model card error, system card error, benchmark card error, red-team finding, withdrawal trigger, or deployment overclaim. A Model Incident may be a subset of an AI Incident but may also apply to statistical, simulation, digital twin, forecasting, optimization, or risk models.

Model Incidents shall trigger model correction, model withdrawal where required, public-safe notice where appropriate, Registry correction, Marketplace correction, Studio correction, Grid or TRL correction, and handoff correction where affected.

### 23.2.6 Public-safe incident.

A **Public-Safe Incident** shall mean any release, publication, listing, display, dashboard, report, summary, map, learning object, Campaign material, Studio output, Nexus Universe material, Registry description, Marketplace listing, Grid note, TRL note, Observatory output, DRI output, or handoff note that exposes unsafe detail, protected knowledge, sensitive location, private data, cyber-sensitive information, infrastructure-sensitive information, false certainty, warning-like language, rating-like language, public authority overclaim, finance overclaim, procurement overclaim, certification overclaim, consent overclaim, deployment overclaim, or execution overclaim.

Public-Safe Incidents shall trigger claims freeze, public-safe review, content correction, delisting where required, withdrawal where required, public repair where appropriate, and correction propagation.

### 23.2.7 Protected knowledge incident.

A **Protected Knowledge Incident** shall mean any unauthorized collection, disclosure, publication, translation, mapping, AI use, repository deposit, Marketplace listing, Registry description, Report inclusion, Studio use, data-room use, handoff inclusion, or archive exposure involving protected knowledge, Indigenous protocol-sensitive knowledge where applicable, sacred site information, community-protected knowledge, sensitive ecological knowledge, culturally sensitive information, health-sensitive knowledge, or other knowledge requiring protection. Protected Knowledge Incidents may occur through text, data, metadata, maps, dashboards, images, audio, video, models, prompts, embeddings, or derived outputs.

Protected Knowledge Incidents shall trigger immediate containment, access restriction, withdrawal or recall where necessary, protected knowledge room review, community-facing correction where appropriate, Indigenous protocol review where applicable, archive sealing or deletion where lawful, and prevention measures.

### 23.2.8 Public authority boundary incident.

A **Public Authority Boundary Incident** shall mean any statement, object, workflow, room, dashboard, Report, Marketplace listing, Registry record, Nexus Universe presentation, DRI output, Observatory output, Studio workflow, Grid note, TRL note, or handoff package that implies public authority approval, regulatory approval, permit, license, official warning, emergency command, public finance allocation, procurement decision, governmental endorsement, policy adoption, compliance determination, or public authority action where none has been separately and lawfully recorded.

Public Authority Boundary Incidents shall trigger claims freeze, correction, public-safe notice where needed, public authority participation record correction, Registry update, Marketplace correction, Report correction, Studio correction, handoff recall where affected, and boundary repair.

### 23.2.9 Finance boundary incident.

A **Finance Boundary Incident** shall mean any overclaim or misuse suggesting that a DDPGF object, readiness note, Grid input, TRL note, Report, Marketplace listing, Registry record, Studio workflow, Nexus Universe presentation, National Portfolio object, Campaign record, or handoff package creates financeability, bankability, investment suitability, investor interest, financial advice, securities offering, transaction readiness, donor commitment, public finance allocation, guarantee, creditworthiness, or capital commitment where none has been separately and lawfully recorded.

Finance Boundary Incidents shall trigger claims freeze, finance-boundary review, correction, public-safe notice where appropriate, Marketplace correction, Registry correction, Report correction, handoff correction, and regulated-perimeter escalation where required.

### 23.2.10 Procurement boundary incident.

A **Procurement Boundary Incident** shall mean any overclaim or misuse suggesting that a DDPGF object, Marketplace listing, Registry record, Report, Studio workflow, provider contribution, sponsor support, Grid input, TRL note, Nexus Universe demonstration, National Portfolio object, or handoff package creates procurement approval, preferred provider status, vendor validation, tender qualification, supplier approval, procurement recommendation, public procurement status, or purchase recommendation where none has been separately and lawfully recorded.

Procurement Boundary Incidents shall trigger procurement-neutrality review, provider-neutrality review, claims freeze, Marketplace correction, Registry correction, Report correction, public-safe notice where appropriate, and handoff correction where affected.

### 23.2.11 Provider validation incident.

A **Provider Validation Incident** shall mean any statement, listing, contribution, support record, Report, Marketplace object, Registry record, Studio workflow, Nexus Universe presentation, technical note, handoff note, or public communication that implies a provider, vendor, platform, cloud provider, model provider, software provider, infrastructure provider, consultant, operator, or technical contributor has been validated, endorsed, certified, preferred, approved, or selected by DDPGF or Nexus by virtue of contribution, support, hosting, sponsorship, participation, or technical involvement.

Provider Validation Incidents shall trigger provider-neutrality correction, Marketplace correction, Registry correction, public-safe communication correction, sponsor/provider boundary review, and where necessary delisting, withdrawal, or public repair.

### 23.2.12 Sponsor control incident.

A **Sponsor Control Incident** shall mean any actual, attempted, perceived, or implied sponsor influence over object scope, review outcome, Registry status, Marketplace placement, public-safe language, Report conclusions, Studio access, Nexus Universe visibility, Grid or TRL status, handoff routing, National Portfolio priority, or public authority learning context. Sponsor Control Incidents may arise from support conditions, branding, acknowledgment language, priority claims, exclusivity claims, funding pressure, or public communications.

Sponsor Control Incidents shall trigger support-ledger review, conflict review, sponsor-boundary correction, claims freeze, public-safe notice where appropriate, and potential removal or revision of sponsor acknowledgment.

### 23.2.13 Consent overclaim incident.

A **Consent Overclaim Incident** shall mean any statement, object, data record, map, dashboard, Report, Campaign, Marketplace listing, Registry record, Studio workflow, Nexus Universe presentation, National Portfolio object, Observatory output, DRI output, handoff package, or public communication that implies community consent, Indigenous consent, social license, data-use permission, protected knowledge permission, implementation permission, endorsement, approval, or participation-based consent where such consent has not been separately and lawfully recorded.

Consent Overclaim Incidents shall trigger safeguard review, community-facing correction where appropriate, Indigenous protocol review where applicable, protected knowledge review, public-safe correction, withdrawal or recall where necessary, and archive or sealing where required.

### 23.2.14 Handoff overclaim incident.

A **Handoff Overclaim Incident** shall mean any misuse, statement, object, note, package, listing, report, dashboard, Studio workflow, Grid input, TRL note, Nexus Universe presentation, or recipient communication that implies handoff creates authority, approval, procurement status, financeability, insurability, provider selection, public authority action, data rights, IP transfer, community consent, Indigenous consent, deployment authorization, operational command, or execution authority. Handoff overclaim may occur before, during, or after a handoff.

Handoff Overclaim Incidents shall trigger immediate handoff correction, recipient notice, recall where necessary, Registry update, Marketplace update, Report correction, Studio correction, and boundary repair.

### 23.2.15 Execution overclaim incident.

An **Execution Overclaim Incident** shall mean any claim, communication, object, workflow, demonstration, listing, record, Report, Studio output, Nexus Universe material, Campaign material, National Portfolio object, public authority learning material, Grid note, TRL note, or handoff package that implies DDPGF or Nexus executes projects, operates systems, commands field activity, deploys technology, procures providers, finances projects, underwrites risk, grants approvals, issues warnings, or implements locally by default. Execution overclaim is a fundamental public-good firewall incident.

Execution Overclaim Incidents shall trigger stop-the-line where material, claims freeze, public-safe correction, role-separation review, Registry correction, Marketplace correction, Report correction, handoff recall where affected, and archive or withdrawal where necessary.

## 23.3 Stop-the-Line

### 23.3.1 Trigger.

Stop-the-Line shall be triggered where a DDPGF object, workflow, release, listing, record, room, repository, dashboard, API, model, dataset, Report, Studio workflow, Marketplace object, Registry record, Grid input, TRL note, Nexus Universe output, National Portfolio object, Observatory object, DRI object, or handoff package creates or may create material risk to security, privacy, data rights, protected knowledge, public-safe communication, community safeguards, Indigenous protocols where applicable, youth protection, public authority boundaries, finance boundaries, procurement neutrality, provider neutrality, sponsor control, consent boundaries, deployment boundaries, execution boundaries, or institutional trust.

Stop-the-Line may be triggered by maintainers, reviewers, stewards, public-safe reviewers, safeguard reviewers, data stewards, security maintainers, communities, National Nodes, Working Groups, Competence Cells, public authority learning participants, handoff recipients, affected users, or other credible sources. Triggering Stop-the-Line shall not require final proof of harm where credible risk exists.

### 23.3.2 Immediate containment.

Immediate containment shall secure the affected object or workflow and prevent further harm. Containment may include access suspension, download suspension, API restriction, repository restriction, secure-room closure, data-room closure, Studio shutdown, model disablement, dashboard freeze, public link removal, Marketplace delisting, Registry status update, Report withdrawal, Campaign freeze, Nexus Universe material removal, handoff pause, recipient notice, or archive sealing.

Containment shall be proportionate to risk, recorded, and reviewed. Containment shall not be framed as certification, final determination, or admission beyond recorded facts.

### 23.3.3 Claims freeze.

A claims freeze shall suspend public claims, promotional claims, technical claims, readiness claims, public authority claims, finance-readiness claims, procurement claims, certification claims, Marketplace claims, Registry claims, TRL claims, handoff claims, provider claims, sponsor claims, consent claims, deployment claims, and execution claims relating to the affected object or workflow. Claims freeze shall apply to websites, Reports, social posts, decks, Marketplace listings, Registry descriptions, Campaign pages, Nexus Universe materials, handoff packages, and partner communications where affected.

Claims freeze shall remain until review determines whether claims may be corrected, reinstated, restricted, withdrawn, or archived.

### 23.3.4 Data freeze.

A data freeze shall suspend data access, export, publication, transformation, AI use, training use, handoff use, repository deposit, Marketplace listing, dashboard update, Studio use, data-room output, compute-to-data output, and public-safe release involving affected data objects. Data freeze shall apply where data accuracy, rights, privacy, sensitivity, protected knowledge, cross-border transfer, public-safe status, or data-use label is in question.

Data freeze shall preserve evidence and prevent further misuse while review proceeds. Data freeze shall not create open data status, data rights, or final legal determination.

### 23.3.5 Technical freeze.

A technical freeze shall suspend changes, releases, deployment-like demonstrations, API changes, repository merges, dependency updates, dashboard updates, infrastructure changes, Studio runtime changes, network changes, secure-room changes, data-room changes, compute environment changes, and handoff technical packaging where technical integrity, security, reliability, or public-safe status is in question.

Technical freeze shall preserve system state, prevent compounding errors, and support review. It may be lifted, narrowed, extended, or converted into patch, withdrawal, recall, archive, or non-continuation.

### 23.3.6 Model freeze.

A model freeze shall suspend model use, model output publication, AI-agent execution, model card promotion, system card promotion, benchmark claims, fine-tuning, training, inference, evaluation release, Studio AI workflow use, public-safe AI output, Marketplace listing, Registry promotion, Grid or TRL claim, and handoff inclusion involving affected model objects. Model freeze shall apply where AI incident, model incident, data issue, bias issue, drift issue, unsafe output, tool misuse, prompt-injection concern, or authority overclaim is identified.

Model freeze shall remain until model correction, withdrawal, or reinstatement is recorded.

### 23.3.7 API freeze.

An API freeze shall suspend API access, new keys, endpoint changes, write operations, data export, model calls, connector access, integration changes, automated workflows, or public documentation updates where an API creates security, privacy, data, public-safe, provider, dependency, or boundary risk. API freeze may include rate-limit tightening, key revocation, endpoint disablement, access restriction, or no-write-back enforcement.

API freeze shall not create data rights, approval, certification, or deployment decision. It is a containment and review mechanism.

### 23.3.8 Marketplace delisting.

Marketplace delisting shall remove, hide, restrict, downgrade, or annotate a Marketplace listing where an object is unsafe, inaccurate, unsupported, misclassified, wrongly licensed, not public-safe, overclaimed, provider-validating, sponsor-controlled, procurement-implying, finance-implying, certification-implying, consent-implying, deployment-implying, or execution-implying. Delisting may be temporary or permanent.

Marketplace delisting shall be linked to Registry status where applicable and shall not erase correction history. Delisting shall prevent discovery from becoming misleading.

### 23.3.9 Registry status update.

Registry status update shall record the affected object’s current state, including under review, suspended, corrected, downgraded, deprecated, withdrawn, recalled, superseded, archived, or non-continuing. Registry status shall identify affected versions, reason at a public-safe level, correction pathway, successor object where applicable, and user or recipient action where appropriate.

Registry status update shall preserve status truth. It shall not certify the corrected object or create authority by itself.

### 23.3.10 Public-safe notice.

Public-safe notice shall communicate corrections, restrictions, suspensions, withdrawals, recalls, deprecations, or incidents in a manner that is accurate, bounded, non-exploit-enabling, privacy-protective, protected-knowledge-protective, and authority-disciplined. Public-safe notices may be issued through Reports, repositories, Marketplace listings, Registry records, Campaign pages, Academy pages, Studio pages, dashboards, Nexus Universe materials, or direct recipient communications.

Public-safe notice shall not be official public warning, emergency command, legal determination, finance notice, insurance notice, procurement notice, or public authority notice unless separately issued by competent authority.

### 23.3.11 Handoff recall.

Handoff recall shall retrieve, suspend, correct, or invalidate a handoff context package or affected component previously provided to a lawful handoff recipient. Recall shall apply where the package contains error, unsafe data, incorrect rights, incorrect public-safe status, omitted dependency, model issue, security issue, public authority overclaim, finance overclaim, procurement overclaim, consent overclaim, deployment overclaim, execution overclaim, or other material defect. Recall shall identify affected recipients, affected versions, reason, required action, replacement package where available, and archive record.

Handoff recall shall reinforce recipient responsibility and DDPGF correctionability. It shall not authorize or prohibit downstream action except within the scope of DDPGF context correction; lawful recipients remain responsible for their own decisions.

### 23.3.12 Archive or reinstatement.

After Stop-the-Line review, an affected object may be archived, reinstated, corrected and reinstated, restricted, downgraded, superseded, withdrawn, recalled, deprecated, sealed, deleted where lawful, or marked non-continuing. Reinstatement shall require recorded review and updated status. Archive shall preserve correction history and prevent stale use. Non-continuation shall explain that the object will not proceed into the next cycle or state.

Reinstatement shall not create certification, approval, procurement readiness, financeability, public authority status, deployment authorization, or execution authority.

## 23.4 Correction Actions

### 23.4.1 Patch.

A **Patch** shall be a targeted correction to software, documentation, data processing logic, API behavior, dashboard logic, model configuration, Studio workflow, public-safe output, or other object component that resolves a specific defect without replacing the whole object. Patch records shall identify affected version, change made, issue addressed, reviewer where applicable, release date, limitations, and downstream dependencies.

A patch shall not create warranty, certification, production approval, procurement status, financeability, deployment authorization, or execution authority.

### 23.4.2 Erratum.

An **Erratum** shall identify and correct a specific error in a Report, documentation object, learning object, metadata record, model card, system card, benchmark card, Registry record, Marketplace listing, dashboard note, or public-safe summary without necessarily replacing the full object. Errata shall be linked to the affected version and shall be visible to users.

An erratum shall preserve transparency and shall not erase the original record unless withdrawal, recall, sealing, or deletion is required.

### 23.4.3 Addendum.

An **Addendum** shall add new information, clarification, limitation, dependency, review outcome, public-safe notice, safeguard note, support note, or boundary notice to an existing object. Addenda shall be used where the original object remains materially usable but requires supplemental context.

An addendum shall not silently expand the object’s authority, scope, license, readiness, support, or handoff status. Any substantive change must be versioned.

### 23.4.4 Revision.

A **Revision** shall create an updated version of an object that corrects, improves, localizes, translates, restructures, reclassifies, or refreshes the object while preserving version lineage. Revisions shall include version number, change log, reviewer status, affected dependencies, updated public-safe status, support status, Registry update, Marketplace update where applicable, and archive of the prior version.

Revision shall not imply that prior versions remain current. Prior versions shall be marked according to status truth.

### 23.4.5 Supersession.

**Supersession** shall occur where a new object or version replaces an earlier object or version for current use within a defined scope. Supersession records shall identify the superseded object, successor object, reason, effective date, affected dependencies, status of prior version, user guidance, handoff implications, and archive rule.

Supersession shall not erase history. Superseded objects may remain citable or archived but shall not be treated as current authority.

### 23.4.6 Downgrade.

A **Downgrade** shall reduce an object’s readiness, support class, release class, public-safe status, Grid status, TRL note, Marketplace status, Registry status, or handoff relevance because evidence, review, support, security, privacy, data quality, model quality, accessibility, public-safe status, safeguard status, or dependency status has weakened or was previously overstated. Downgrade records shall identify reason, affected claims, affected users, correction pathway, and reinstatement conditions if any.

Downgrade shall be used proactively where trust requires a weaker status.

### 23.4.7 Suspension.

**Suspension** shall temporarily restrict an object, listing, workflow, room, API, model, repository, dashboard, report, Registry status, Marketplace listing, Studio workflow, Grid input, TRL note, or handoff package pending review, correction, withdrawal, recall, archive, or reinstatement. Suspension shall be recorded with trigger, scope, restrictions, responsible steward, review process, user notice where appropriate, and next decision point.

Suspension shall prevent harmful reliance while preserving the possibility of correction or reinstatement.

### 23.4.8 Withdrawal.

**Withdrawal** shall remove an object from active use, publication, listing, routing, review, or handoff because it is erroneous, unsafe, unsupported, unauthorized, improperly licensed, misclassified, overclaimed, stale, superseded, or otherwise unsuitable. Withdrawal may apply to reports, software, data, models, dashboards, learning objects, Marketplace listings, Registry records, Studio workflows, Grid or TRL notes, DRI outputs, Observatory outputs, National Portfolio objects, Nexus Universe materials, or handoff packages.

Withdrawal shall include user notice where appropriate, archive status, successor link where applicable, and correction history. Withdrawal shall not erase institutional memory unless deletion is required.

### 23.4.9 Retraction where necessary.

**Retraction** shall be used for serious publication, report, data, model, evidence, public-safe, rights, protected knowledge, or integrity failures where the object should not be relied upon as a valid record in its prior form. Retraction shall identify the affected object, reason at a public-safe level, affected versions, affected citations, replacement status if any, archive status, and user guidance.

Retraction shall be used carefully but decisively where error, unsafe disclosure, research integrity issue, rights violation, or boundary overclaim materially undermines the object.

### 23.4.10 Recall.

A **Recall** shall require active notice to known users, recipients, rooms, repositories, Marketplace stewards, Registry stewards, National Nodes, Studio stewards, handoff recipients, public authority learning participants, or other affected actors that an object or package should no longer be used within its prior scope. Recall may apply to handoff packages, data objects, model objects, software, dashboards, APIs, Reports, Studio workflows, Grid inputs, TRL notes, secure-room materials, or Nexus Universe outputs.

Recall shall identify required actions, replacement materials where available, restrictions, correction pathway, and archive status.

### 23.4.11 Public repair.

**Public Repair** shall be used where public-facing error, overclaim, unsafe disclosure, misinformation, misleading authority, sponsor or provider overclaim, public authority overclaim, finance overclaim, procurement overclaim, consent overclaim, deployment overclaim, or execution overclaim requires visible correction. Public repair may include public-safe notice, corrected webpage, corrected Report, corrected Marketplace listing, corrected Registry record, corrected Campaign page, corrected Nexus Universe material, repository notice, or direct affected-party notice.

Public repair shall be accurate, proportionate, non-defensive, and boundary-disciplined. It shall not create new overclaims while correcting old ones.

### 23.4.12 Archive.

**Archive** shall preserve an object, version, record, correction, withdrawal, recall, deprecation, non-continuation, incident, or decision for institutional memory, auditability, citation, legal retention, learning, or historical use. Archive shall record access class, sensitivity class, license status, support status, public-safe status, correction history, successor link, historical-use note, and retention rule.

Archive shall not authorize current use. Archive preserves memory; it does not certify, approve, support, deploy, or execute.

## 23.5 Deprecation and Teardown

### 23.5.1 Deprecation notice.

A **Deprecation Notice** shall identify that an object remains available or recorded but is no longer recommended for new use within its prior scope. Deprecation may apply to software, APIs, datasets, models, dashboards, reports, learning objects, Marketplace listings, Registry records, Studio workflows, Grid inputs, TRL notes, Observatory objects, DRI objects, National Portfolio objects, or handoff packages. The notice shall include affected version, reason, effective date, support impact, successor object where available, migration guidance where appropriate, and archive pathway.

Deprecation shall not be hidden behind continued availability. Users shall be able to see that the object is no longer current for its former use.

### 23.5.2 Migration guidance.

Migration guidance shall identify how users, maintainers, National Nodes, repositories, Studio workflows, Marketplace listings, Registry records, Academy materials, Reports, dashboards, data rooms, secure rooms, APIs, or handoff recipients should move from deprecated or withdrawn objects to successor objects where safe and available. Guidance shall identify compatibility issues, data migration considerations, license changes, support changes, security issues, public-safe considerations, and correction pathways.

Migration guidance shall not create warranty, deployment authorization, procurement recommendation, provider validation, financeability, or execution authority. It is guidance for object continuity only.

### 23.5.3 Successor object.

A **Successor Object** shall be the object designated to replace, supersede, continue, or substantially update a deprecated, withdrawn, recalled, or archived object. Successor object records shall identify relationship to prior object, scope differences, license differences, data differences, model differences, public-safe differences, support differences, Registry status, Marketplace status, Grid or TRL status, and handoff implications.

A successor object shall not automatically inherit approval, support, readiness, Marketplace status, Registry status, TRL status, public-safe status, or handoff relevance from its predecessor unless separately reviewed and recorded.

### 23.5.4 End-of-support date.

An **End-of-Support Date** shall identify when active support, maintenance, security review, documentation updates, compatibility updates, public-safe updates, Marketplace support, Registry support, Studio support, or handoff support ends. The end-of-support record shall identify support impact, user notice, successor object where available, migration guidance where appropriate, archive plan, and correction pathway.

After the end-of-support date, continued access shall not imply support, warranty, security response, compatibility, deployment suitability, or reliance.

### 23.5.5 Access restriction.

Access restriction shall be used where an object must move from open, controlled public, Marketplace-listed, Studio-accessible, data-room-accessible, secure-room-accessible, handoff-recipient-accessible, or public repository status to a more restricted status. Access restriction may arise from security, privacy, data rights, protected knowledge, public-safe, license, public authority boundary, finance boundary, procurement boundary, consent boundary, or support concerns.

Access restriction shall be recorded in Registry and reflected in Marketplace, repositories, Reports, Studio, data rooms, secure rooms, and handoff records where affected.

### 23.5.6 Data export.

Data export during deprecation, teardown, withdrawal, recall, or archive shall be governed by data-use labels, AI-use labels, licenses, data rights, privacy, public-safe status, sensitivity, data sovereignty, retention, deletion, sealing, protected knowledge controls, and handoff restrictions. Data export shall be approved, logged, reviewed, and limited to lawful and recorded purposes.

Data export shall not create new data rights, cross-border transfer permission, AI training permission, publication permission, handoff permission, or deployment authorization.

### 23.5.7 Secure deletion.

Secure deletion shall be used where data, credentials, keys, secrets, temporary files, logs, cached outputs, restricted datasets, model artifacts, protected knowledge, personal data, health data, youth data, cyber-sensitive information, infrastructure-sensitive information, or handoff materials must be removed from systems according to law, policy, rights obligations, or safety requirements. Secure deletion records shall identify affected object, scope, method where appropriate, date, steward, exceptions, retention constraints, and archive substitutes where lawful.

Secure deletion shall be balanced with legal hold, audit, correction, and archive requirements. Where deletion cannot occur, sealing or access restriction may be used.

### 23.5.8 Teardown record.

A **Teardown Record** shall document the closure, destruction, retirement, migration, or disabling of a repository, service, API, dashboard, data room, secure room, compute environment, Studio runtime, model endpoint, sensor link, Observatory node, Marketplace listing, Registry workflow, National Node environment, or handoff environment. It shall identify reason, scope, affected objects, data export, deletion, sealing, credential revocation, key rotation, backup handling, archive handling, support status, user notice, and correction pathway.

Teardown records shall prevent abandoned infrastructure, orphaned access, stale reliance, unmanaged cost, uncorrected dependency, and hidden data retention.

### 23.5.9 Archive record.

An **Archive Record** shall document the final or historical status of an object after deprecation, teardown, withdrawal, recall, supersession, or non-continuation. It shall include archive object identifier, prior object identifier, status, reason, access class, sensitivity class, license status, support status, public-safe status, correction history, successor link, historical-use note, retention rule, and archive steward.

Archive records shall be part of Registry status truth and shall prevent archived materials from being mistaken for current objects.

### 23.5.10 Non-continuation note.

A **Non-Continuation Note** shall state that an object, workflow, project, build, dataset, model, report, dashboard, learning object, Campaign object, Studio workflow, Marketplace listing, Registry record, National Portfolio object, Nexus Universe object, or handoff context will not proceed to the next lifecycle stage, support cycle, release cycle, Nexus Universe cycle, National Portfolio cycle, or handoff pathway. The note shall identify reason where appropriate, status, archive path, successor alternatives if any, and correction pathway.

Non-continuation shall be treated as a responsible lifecycle outcome, not as failure by default. It prevents drift, overextension, unsupported claims, and unsafe continuation.

## 23.6 Archive Governance

### 23.6.1 Archive object.

An **Archive Object** shall mean any preserved historical, superseded, withdrawn, recalled, deprecated, non-continuing, sealed, metadata-only, corrected, or retired DDPGF object maintained for institutional memory, auditability, citation, legal retention, learning, accountability, or historical context. Archive Objects may include software, data, models, Reports, dashboards, Studio workflows, Registry records, Marketplace listings, public-safe summaries, DRI objects, Observatory objects, National Portfolio objects, Nexus Universe outputs, incident records, correction records, and handoff packages.

An Archive Object shall not be treated as current, supported, approved, certified, procurement-relevant, finance-relevant, deployable, or executable unless separately reactivated and recorded.

### 23.6.2 Archive metadata.

Archive metadata shall identify archive object title, identifier, prior active identifier, object class, source pathway, steward, author or contributor where appropriate, version, date archived, reason archived, status before archive, access class, sensitivity class, license status, support status, public-safe status, correction history, successor link, retention rule, and historical-use note.

Archive metadata shall be sufficient to preserve memory without exposing protected knowledge, private data, cyber-sensitive details, infrastructure-sensitive details, or unsafe geospatial information.

### 23.6.3 Archive access class.

Archive access class shall determine whether an archived object is open public, controlled public, internal, secure-room-only, data-room-only, protected knowledge room-only, handoff-recipient-only, metadata-only, sealed, deleted where lawful, or otherwise restricted. Access class shall be based on rights, sensitivity, privacy, security, protected knowledge, public-safe status, legal retention, and historical value.

Archive access shall not imply current use permission. Access may support research, audit, correction, or memory only within recorded scope.

### 23.6.4 Archive-not-current notice.

Every archive object available for viewing, citation, download, or controlled access shall carry an **Archive-Not-Current Notice** where there is a risk of reuse confusion. The notice shall state that the object is historical, superseded, withdrawn, recalled, deprecated, non-continuing, or archived, and shall identify successor objects, current versions, or use restrictions where available.

Archive-not-current notices shall prevent stale reliance and shall be preserved in repositories, Reports, Marketplace records, Registry records, dashboards, Studio records, and handoff records.

### 23.6.5 Historical use note.

A **Historical Use Note** shall explain how an archive object may be used for citation, audit, learning, correction history, institutional memory, or research, and what uses are prohibited or unsafe. The note shall identify whether the object may be cited, downloaded, reused, taught, displayed, translated, analyzed, or compared, and whether any restrictions apply because of license, rights, privacy, security, public-safe status, protected knowledge, or withdrawal.

Historical use shall not become current reliance, public authority meaning, procurement relevance, finance relevance, deployment readiness, or execution authority.

### 23.6.6 Successor link.

A **Successor Link** shall connect archived, deprecated, superseded, withdrawn, or recalled objects to newer, corrected, replacement, or continuing objects where such objects exist. Successor links shall identify relationship type, scope of replacement, differences, date, Registry status, Marketplace status, support status, and public-safe status.

A successor link shall not imply that the successor object has inherited all qualities, approvals, support, TRL status, or handoff relevance from the archived object. Successor objects require their own records.

### 23.6.7 Correction history.

Archive governance shall preserve correction history, including patches, errata, addenda, revisions, supersessions, downgrades, suspensions, withdrawals, retractions, recalls, public repairs, support changes, Registry updates, Marketplace actions, Report corrections, Studio shutdowns, Grid or TRL changes, handoff recalls, and non-continuation notes. Correction history shall allow users to understand what changed, why it changed, and what was affected.

Correction history shall be public-safe where disclosed and controlled where necessary. It shall not expose sensitive details merely for completeness.

### 23.6.8 License status.

Archive governance shall preserve license status, including original license, changed license, restricted-use conditions, attribution requirements, data-use restrictions, AI-use restrictions, non-commercial restrictions, no-AI-training restrictions, handoff-recipient-only restrictions, withdrawn permissions, third-party rights, protected knowledge restrictions, and archive-only access conditions. License status shall travel with archived objects.

Archive shall not expand rights. An object’s presence in an archive shall not make it open, reusable, AI-training-permitted, redistributable, commercializable, handoff-ready, or deployable.

### 23.6.9 Public-safe status.

Archive governance shall preserve public-safe status, including whether the archived object is public-safe, controlled public, restricted, sensitive, protected knowledge, cyber-sensitive, infrastructure-sensitive, geospatial-sensitive, privacy-sensitive, health-sensitive, youth-sensitive, public authority-sensitive, or not safe for public release. Archive records shall identify masking, aggregation, restriction, withdrawal, recall, or sealing applied for public-safe reasons.

Public-safe archive status shall prevent historical materials from becoming unsafe through republication, reuse, scraping, translation, AI training, or public display.

### 23.6.10 Retention rule.

A **Retention Rule** shall define how long an archive object or record shall be preserved, who may access it, when it may be reviewed, when it may be deleted or sealed, whether legal hold applies, whether institutional memory requires preservation, and whether privacy, protected knowledge, security, or public-safe concerns require shortened or restricted retention. Retention rules shall apply to objects, logs, data, models, Reports, credentials, access records, incident records, correction records, secure-room records, data-room records, compute-to-data records, and handoff packages.

Retention shall balance memory, accountability, legal obligations, privacy, safety, protected knowledge, and correctionability. Retention shall not create current authority, current support, current approval, deployment authorization, or execution authority.


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