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Control Families
ARCS control statements are organized by family. The Standard defines the formal purpose and boundary of each family. This section presents the corresponding control inventory and related implementation-facing detail.
| Code | Family | Domain | Controls |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARCS-LIF | Record Lifecycle | Creation, retention, deletion, vendor deletion verifiability, and lifecycle state transitions | 13 |
| ARCS-CUS | Custody Surface | Custody identification, multi-vendor propagation, authorization-gap custody, vendor governance declarations | 12 |
| ARCS-TAX | Record Taxonomy | Record categories, classification, and category-based lifecycle rules | 11 |
| ARCS-OPB | Operator Boundary | Operator scope, vendor inclusion, responsibility boundary | 5 |
| ARCS-PUB | Publish Boundary | Export, third-party sharing, API propagation | 6 |
| ARCS-NCR | Non-Creation Posture | Non-creation declarations, memory-only processing, publish boundary verification | 6 |
| ARCS-PV | Preservation and Legal Hold | Preservation triggers, hold process, multi-vendor preservation communication | 7 |
| ARCS-VER | Verification and Audit | Lifecycle audit, custody audit, vendor compliance, cross-vendor traceability, attestation | 7 |
| ARCS-AGT | Agent Runtime | Agent runtime artifacts, tool call governance, intermediate record controls, security-relevant content, lifecycle boundaries | 13 |
| ARCS-DEL | Delegation and Memory | Governed persistence, delegation chains, autonomous execution records, emergent execution documentation | 12 |