State Transition Continuity Model
Status
Canonical source repository: Admissible-Existence/STCM
Wiki state: watching
Detail status: initial public-safe canonical detail page
Definition
State Transition Continuity Model is a canonical formalism for evaluating whether continuity is preserved across state changes.
It supports review of whether a transition remains connected to its prior authority, evidence, policy, boundary, and receipt context.
Source Boundary
Admissible-Existence defines the formalism. Publisher publishes papers and public exposition. The Admissibility Wiki mirrors, relates, crosswalks, and discovers relationships.
The wiki is not the source authority for this formalism.
Scope
State Transition Continuity Model applies where a system must determine whether a later state can still be connected to the prior state that gave a transition standing.
Purpose
The purpose of State Transition Continuity Model is to prevent systems from treating a state change as harmless merely because a prior review artifact or prior approval remains visible.
Core Constructs
| Construct | Role |
|---|---|
| State | A recorded system, policy, authority, evidence, or boundary condition at a moment. |
| Transition | A change from one state to another. |
| Continuity | Whether the transition path preserves the needed relationship between states. |
| Discontinuity | A break that prevents prior standing from carrying forward. |
| Rebinding | A renewed check against current state. |
| Receipt | Record supporting reconstruction of continuity or discontinuity. |
Related Canonical Formalisms
| Related Formalism | Relationship |
|---|---|
| Transition Table | Classifies the posture of state transitions. |
| Runtime Transition Governance | Applies continuity checks at runtime or publication time. |
| Boundary Conditions | Evaluates whether boundary state carries forward or fails. |
| Decision Continuity | Preserves decision standing across state changes. |
| Data Continuity | Preserves evidentiary data across state changes. |
| Continuity Handoff Formalism | Preserves continuity context across handoffs. |
Mathematical Candidates
Status: pending source-confirmed extraction from canonical source or publication artifacts.
Proof Candidates
Status: pending source-confirmed extraction from canonical source or publication artifacts.
Validation Candidates
Status: pending source-confirmed extraction from canonical source or publication artifacts.
Validation candidates should include stale-state, changed-policy, changed-authority, evidence-discontinuity, and boundary-discontinuity cases when public-safe source artifacts are available.
Publication Artifacts
Status: pending source-confirmed extraction.
Reference Implementations
Status: pending source-confirmed extraction.
External Crosswalk Targets
| External Framework | Relationship |
|---|---|
| GLM | May help declare the pre-transition frame whose continuity is later evaluated. |
| EVIDE | May help preserve post-event evidence used to reconstruct continuity. |
These are crosswalk targets only. They do not replace canonical formalism definition.
Open Questions
Which exact Admissible-Existence source file defines STCM?
Which continuity states are canonical versus explanatory?
Which tests validate stale state, discontinuity, and rebinding?
Which receipt fields are required for reconstructing continuity standing?
Non-Claims
This wiki page does not define, prove, or validate the formalism. External framework mappings are crosswalk candidates, not equivalence decisions. A listed relationship does not imply accepted formal equivalence.