AuthorityPreserved relationship
EvidencePreserved relationship
PolicyPreserved relationship
ReasoningPreserved relationship
ContextPreserved relationship
A new decision primitive
Decision-State
The complete relationship that made a consequential decision reasonable at a moment in time.
Outcomes survive. Decision-State preserves the authority, evidence, policy, reasoning and context that made the outcome intelligible.
Preserved stateDecision-StatePreserved at executionComplete
Authority gates permissionEvidence enters as factPolicy governs the boundary
The model
Not five objects. One relationship.
Authority, evidence, policy, reasoning and context continuously hold a consequential decision together.Preserved stateDecision-StatePreserved configurationComplete
Authority gates permissionEvidence enters as factPolicy governs the boundary
The stress test
Remove one relationship and the decision becomes harder to explain.
The other four remain visible. What disappears is the ability to answer one precise question on the original terms.Remove from the preserved state
The model never hides the remaining basis. It reveals the missing relationship.Preserved stateDecision-StatePreserved configurationComplete
Authority gates permissionEvidence enters as factPolicy governs the boundary
What time does
Outcomes survive. Judgement rarely does.
Files remain. Logs remain. The relationship between them separates across time, teams and technology.Preserved stateDecision-StatePreserved configurationComplete
Authority gates permissionEvidence enters as factPolicy governs the boundary
Decision time — Complete
The relationships exist together while the decision is made.
The standard
Decision-State becomes evidence.
VES preserves the complete relationship as structured, attributable and integrity-verifiable evidence—without rewriting it with hindsight.Preserved stateDecision-StatePreserved configurationComplete
Authority gates permissionEvidence enters as factPolicy governs the boundary
01The complete relationship is captured at the moment of decision.
Preserved
Authority, evidence, policy, reasoning and context remain connected to the outcome.
The point of preservation
Because confidence shouldn’t disappear with time.
Preserve the state once. Let another person understand the decision on its original terms—years later.Decision ownerAt execution
Authority, facts, policy, reasoning and context are available together.
Replayable decision record
AuthorityEvidencePolicyReasoningContext
Structured · attributed · integrity-linkedIndependent reviewerYears later
The same basis arrives intact—without searching, guessing or hindsight.