ARCS-PUB: Publish Boundary

Purpose

ARCS-PUB defines the governance domain applicable when interaction records cross from a governed environment into a published, exported, transferred, or externally accessible state. This family establishes the requirements that attach at the publish boundary, including boundary declaration, downstream lifecycle continuity, and the treatment of records that remain discoverable, retrievable, or propagable after transfer. Its purpose is to ensure that external release is governed as a distinct condition rather than treated as the end of record responsibility by implication.

Governance focus

• Declaration of publication, export, or external release conditions
• Treatment of records that remain discoverable or accessible after transfer
• Continuity of lifecycle obligation across publish-boundary events
• Distinction between internal persistence and external circulation
• Release conditions involving APIs, syndication, downstream delivery, or third-party exposure

Boundary

ARCS-PUB applies where records are made available beyond the operator's direct environment through publication, export, API delivery, syndication, transmission, or similar release mechanisms. It governs the transition from internal custody to wider circulation where the record may continue to exist, propagate, or be relied upon after crossing the original system boundary. This family applies whenever release alters the governance condition of the record by extending its accessibility beyond the governed environment.

The corresponding control statements for this family are maintained in the Controls catalog.