1 Purpose
This document establishes the authoritative entries and maintenance rules for defined terminology Register within the defined Good Taste Awards standards system.
2 Scope
This document applies to the requirements, decisions, records, controls, and outputs expressly identified under defined terminology Register. 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-REG-002; 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 |
|---|---|---|
uses_terms_from | inbound | GTA-GOV-002 |
controls | inbound | GTA-GOV-005 |
publishes | inbound | GTA-DATA-004 |
governed_by | outbound | GTA-GOV-001 |
4 Requirements
GTA-REG-002-R001 — Preferred term
The Standards Authority shall assign one authoritative English expression to each defined concept.
GTA-REG-002-R002 — Definition
The Standards Authority shall state necessary and sufficient meaning within the Good Taste Awards system.
GTA-REG-002-R003 — Term class
The Standards Authority shall classify governance, method, assessor, sample, decision, data, claim, publication, or operational terms.
GTA-REG-002-R004 — Aliases
The Standards Authority shall identify permitted search aliases without granting them formal authority.
GTA-REG-002-R005 — Prohibited usage
The Standards Authority shall identify expressions that create ambiguity, external authority, or unsupported meaning.
GTA-REG-002-R006 — Capitalization
The Standards Authority shall preserve defined product, role, star, and system names.
GTA-REG-002-R007 — Cross-reference
The Standards Authority shall link terms to owning clauses, data fields, and public explanations.
GTA-REG-002-R008 — Translation
The Standards Authority shall preserve English authority and record verified accessibility equivalents.
GTA-REG-002-R009 — Change
The Standards Authority shall assess every dependent document, field, interface, test, and publication before amendment.
GTA-REG-002-R010 — Term validation
The Standards Authority shall detect undefined defined terms, duplicate meanings, circular definitions, and conflicting use.
6 Conformity and records
Conformity with defined terminology Register requires evidence comprising the entry identity, owner, state, reference result, and activation decision. The record for each applicable GTA-REG-002 requirement shall permit reconstruction without relying on an unrecorded explanation.
Evidence created under GTA-REG-002 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.