ARCS-TAX: Record Taxonomy

Purpose

ARCS-TAX defines the governance domain applicable to the classification of interaction records. This family establishes requirements for assigning records to categories that determine lifecycle treatment, custody significance, boundary conditions, preservation posture, and downstream obligations. Its purpose is to ensure that governance treatment is attached to record type through declared taxonomy rather than through informal naming, application convention, or unexamined default behavior.

Governance focus

• Assignment of records to policy-relevant categories
• Taxonomy attributes that affect retention, deletion, preservation, or publication
• Distinction among transient, persistent, derivative, evidentiary, and other governed record classes
• Classification logic sufficient to support downstream governance decisions
• Consistency between taxonomy and declared lifecycle or custody treatment

Boundary

ARCS-TAX applies wherever differences in record type affect governance treatment. It governs the classification layer by which records are distinguished for policy purposes, including where similar technical artifacts carry different governance significance. This family does not require that every record class receive identical treatment. It requires that treatment-relevant distinctions be declared and maintainable. Where record handling turns on type, this family applies.

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