Terminology Reconciliation
Definition
Terminology reconciliation is the governed process of mapping an external framework term to Admissibility Wiki vocabulary without changing governance meaning, authority semantics, or commit-time standing requirements.
Reconciliation is governed rather than lexical. Similar wording, intent, implementation, or outcome is insufficient to establish synonymy.
Relationship Classes
| Class | Definition |
|---|---|
| Synonymous | The external term may be substituted for an Admissibility term without changing governance semantics, authority reconstruction, transition meaning, or commit-time behavior. |
| Adjacent | The external term expresses a related concept but differs in scope, authority, timing, assumptions, or governance semantics. Both terms are preserved and their relationship is documented. |
| New | The external term introduces a concept not presently represented within the Admissibility vocabulary. It is preserved as a native external term until its relationship can be independently evaluated. |
| Unresolved | Insufficient evidence exists to determine whether the relationship is synonymous, adjacent, or new. The relationship is intentionally left undecided pending additional evidence, testing, or authoritative sources. |
Commit-Time Relevance
Terminology reconciliation does not grant execution authority, admissibility, standing, certification, or governance proof.
A reconciled term may support review, crosswalk, or observatory records, but final execution authority remains a commit-bound SPE determination.
Non-Claim
This glossary entry does not claim that external terminology is equivalent to Admissibility terminology. It defines the governed method for deciding and recording whether a relationship is synonymous, adjacent, new, or unresolved.