1 Purpose
This document establishes governance requirements for Terminology Language and Translation Rules within the defined Good Taste Awards standards system.
2 Scope
This document applies to the requirements, decisions, records, controls, and outputs expressly identified under Terminology Language and Translation Rules. Award scope and exclusions are defined by GTA-STD-100; this document shall not create an additional award dimension. Operational prerequisites identified here affect assessment validity and never constitute product certification.
3 Authority and interpretation
The Standards Authority owns GTA-GOV-005; the Standards Authority approves it. formal verbs, defined terms, stable requirement identities, policy constants, and generated representations shall be interpreted under GTA-GOV-002, GTA-GOV-005, and the defined registers.
3.1 Registered relationships
| Relationship | Direction | Related document |
|---|---|---|
controls | outbound | GTA-REG-002 |
governed_by | outbound | GTA-GOV-001 |
4 Requirements
GTA-GOV-005-R001 — English authority
The Standards Authority shall make defined English the sole source for interpretation, implementation, and dispute resolution.
GTA-GOV-005-R002 — Preferred terms
The Standards Authority shall use one registered expression and definition for every defined concept.
GTA-GOV-005-R003 — Role names
The Standards Authority shall use only the eight defined role titles when assigning internal authority.
GTA-GOV-005-R004 — Capitalization
The Standards Authority shall preserve the registered form of programme, role, star, mark, data, and interface names.
GTA-GOV-005-R005 — Definition quality
The Standards Authority shall state necessary and sufficient meaning without circularity or hidden requirements.
GTA-GOV-005-R007 — Conflict handling
The Standards Authority shall resolve ambiguous, duplicate, obsolete, or conflicting terms before dependent content is activated.
GTA-GOV-005-R008 — Change propagation
The Standards Authority shall review every clause, field, test, interface, and public expression that uses an amended term.
6 Terminology control
| Term element | Required control |
|---|---|
| Term identity | immutable term identifier independent of display order |
| Preferred term | one authoritative English expression with defined capitalization |
| Definition | necessary and sufficient meaning that does not contain an unregistered obligation |
| Concept boundary | distinction from adjacent or commonly confused concepts |
| Owner | defined role accountable for semantic maintenance |
| References | requirements, fields, interfaces, and public statements using the concept |
| Alias | retrieval aid only; never a replacement in formal text |
| Change effect | dependent-content and compatibility analysis before activation |
New terminology shall be introduced only where an existing defined term cannot express the concept without ambiguity. Abbreviations shall be expanded at first material use and shall not replace a defined role title. A term change that alters an obligation, decision, state, field, or public meaning is semantic rather than editorial.
8 Conformity and records
Conformity with Terminology Language and Translation Rules requires evidence comprising the source evidence, defined decision, accountable role, and independent or automated verification. The record for each applicable GTA-GOV-005 requirement shall permit reconstruction without relying on an unrecorded explanation.
Evidence created under GTA-GOV-005 shall use stable identifiers, immutable event sequence numbers, and machine event timestamps. A correction shall be append-only. A nonconformity shall place the affected object in a non-releasable state until its consequence and confirmed disposition are recorded. Role combination remains subject to the mandatory separation rules.