Section navigation
LIFRecord LifecycleCUSCustody SurfaceTAXRecord TaxonomyOPBOperator BoundaryPUBPublish BoundaryNCRNon-Creation PosturePVPreservation and Legal HoldVERVerification and AuditAGTAgent RuntimeDELDelegation and Memory

ARCS-NCR: Non-Creation Posture

Conditional Profile

The ARCS-NCR family addresses claims that certain workflows do not produce governed records, or do so only in limited transient form. The controls in this family govern non-creation declarations, supporting conditions, and the evidence needed to sustain those claims. These controls are grouped together because non-creation is not a casual assertion. It is a posture that requires clear boundaries and verifiable operating conditions. Without those conditions, non-creation language can conceal persistence rather than define its absence.

The formal definition and scope of this family are maintained in the Standard.

ControlDescription
NCR-01Non-creation declaration: the operator SHALL produce an auditable claim that a specific record category is not created.
NCR-02Memory-only processing: the operator SHALL document categories processed in volatile memory only, never written to storage.
NCR-03Non-retention declaration: the operator SHALL produce an auditable claim that records are not retained beyond session.
NCR-04Preservation posture interaction: the operator SHALL define how preservation obligations interact with non-creation or non-retention claims.
NCR-05The operator SHALL produce non-creation documentation sufficient for procurement, audit, and legal evaluation.
NCR-06Publish boundary lifecycle verification: where non-creation architecture is defined by a publish boundary, the operator SHALL document that boundary as a lifecycle boundary and verify that artifacts below the boundary do not cross into governed record status during ordinary operation, error conditions, or abnormal termination.