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vr.wm-org-018 · wm-org-018-governance-body-committee

Describe a constituted collective body through mandate, membership and decision-authority context.

World Models Society, people and institutions SOC.ORG.GOV

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6 bundles · 12 layers · 12 findings · 36 questions

Constitution and jurisdiction Governance-body constitution and jurisdiction.

Body identity and establishment

Constituted-body body identity and establishment context qualified by governing instrument, time and evidence; not an executable legal-validity judgment.

Body identity and establishment record

Constituted-body body identity and establishment context qualified by governing instrument, time and evidence; not an executable legal-validity judgment.

  1. Which stable master-qualified identifier distinguishes the body from its parent, secretariat and individual meetings? identity
  2. Which establishing instrument created it and who had authority to establish it? authority
  3. Which body class and organizational context distinguish a governing board, advisory committee or temporary panel? classification

Mandate and delegation limits

Constituted-body mandate and delegation limits context qualified by governing instrument, time and evidence; not an executable legal-validity judgment.

Mandate and delegation limits record

Constituted-body mandate and delegation limits context qualified by governing instrument, time and evidence; not an executable legal-validity judgment.

  1. Which topics, entities, territory or resources fall within the body's mandate? definition
  2. Which powers are advisory, delegated or reserved elsewhere under the governing instrument? authority
  3. Which reporting and escalation relationships preserve retained accountability without assuming unlimited subdelegation? relationship
Composition and office Governance-body composition and office.

Seats, membership and terms

Constituted-body seats, membership and terms context qualified by governing instrument, time and evidence; not an executable legal-validity judgment.

Seats, membership and terms record

Constituted-body seats, membership and terms context qualified by governing instrument, time and evidence; not an executable legal-validity judgment.

  1. Which seats and membership classes exist independently of their current holders? composition
  2. Which appointment, election or ex-officio evidence links a member to a seat for a valid term? provenance
  3. Which vacancies, substitutions or disputed appointments affect participation under the applicable rules? exception

Chair, officers and secretariat

Constituted-body chair, officers and secretariat context qualified by governing instrument, time and evidence; not an executable legal-validity judgment.

Chair, officers and secretariat record

Constituted-body chair, officers and secretariat context qualified by governing instrument, time and evidence; not an executable legal-validity judgment.

  1. Which chair, deputy and secretary roles exist and who currently holds each role? ownership
  2. Which procedural and administrative responsibilities are delegated without adding substantive decision powers? authority
  3. Which succession or temporary-cover rules apply when an officer is absent or conflicted? exception
Participation and decision rules Governance-body participation and decision rules.

Eligibility, interests and recusal

Constituted-body eligibility, interests and recusal context qualified by governing instrument, time and evidence; not an executable legal-validity judgment.

Eligibility, interests and recusal record

Constituted-body eligibility, interests and recusal context qualified by governing instrument, time and evidence; not an executable legal-validity judgment.

  1. Which participants may attend, speak, advise or vote, and for which matters? access
  2. Which declared conflicts and management decisions restrict a participant for a specific agenda item? evidence
  3. How do recusals or exclusions affect quorum and voting denominators under the pinned rule version? constraint

Procedure, quorum and decision methods

Constituted-body procedure, quorum and decision methods context qualified by governing instrument, time and evidence; not an executable legal-validity judgment.

Procedure, quorum and decision methods record

Constituted-body procedure, quorum and decision methods context qualified by governing instrument, time and evidence; not an executable legal-validity judgment.

  1. Which rule version governs notice, meeting modes, written procedure and decision categories? process
  2. Which quorum formula, eligible population and time-of-check apply to each type of decision? constraint
  3. Which consensus, voting, abstention, tie or dissent rules determine the recorded outcome without assuming simple majority? decision
Deliberation and decision evidence Governance-body deliberation and decision evidence.

Sessions, agendas and materials

Constituted-body sessions, agendas and materials context qualified by governing instrument, time and evidence; not an executable legal-validity judgment.

Sessions, agendas and materials record

Constituted-body sessions, agendas and materials context qualified by governing instrument, time and evidence; not an executable legal-validity judgment.

  1. Which meeting-session references and agenda items fall within this body's business? relationship
  2. Which versions of papers or expert advice were made available to authorized participants? provenance
  3. Which material-access restrictions or late changes must be visible without copying confidential payloads? access

Outcomes, minutes and follow-up

Constituted-body outcomes, minutes and follow-up context qualified by governing instrument, time and evidence; not an executable legal-validity judgment.

Outcomes, minutes and follow-up record

Constituted-body outcomes, minutes and follow-up context qualified by governing instrument, time and evidence; not an executable legal-validity judgment.

  1. Which decisions or recommendations reference the rule version, meeting and evidential record used? evidence
  2. Are minutes draft, approved or contested, and how are objections and corrections preserved? state
  3. Which action owners, reporting duties or review routes follow from the recorded outcome without execution by this model? process
Accountability and lifecycle Governance-body accountability and lifecycle.

Reporting and effectiveness review

Constituted-body reporting and effectiveness review context qualified by governing instrument, time and evidence; not an executable legal-validity judgment.

Reporting and effectiveness review record

Constituted-body reporting and effectiveness review context qualified by governing instrument, time and evidence; not an executable legal-validity judgment.

  1. Which oversight recipient receives reports and what information is required at what cadence? requirement
  2. Which attendance, workload or effectiveness assessments have an explicit method and limitations? measurement
  3. Which recommendations to revise mandate, membership or procedures remain pending with the competent authority? decision

Renewal, succession and dissolution

Constituted-body renewal, succession and dissolution context qualified by governing instrument, time and evidence; not an executable legal-validity judgment.

Renewal, succession and dissolution record

Constituted-body renewal, succession and dissolution context qualified by governing instrument, time and evidence; not an executable legal-validity judgment.

  1. Which review, sunset or renewal conditions govern the continued existence of the body? lifecycle
  2. Which authorized change replaces, merges or dissolves it while preserving identifier and mandate history? event
  3. Where do outstanding matters, records and responsibilities transfer without silently transferring decision authority? ownership
Governed records and interoperability Governance-body governed records and interoperability.

Mastership, access and retention

Constituted-body mastership, access and retention context qualified by governing instrument, time and evidence; not an executable legal-validity judgment.

Mastership, access and retention record

Constituted-body mastership, access and retention context qualified by governing instrument, time and evidence; not an executable legal-validity judgment.

  1. Which systems master constitution, membership, rules and decision evidence and which cached versions are stale? ownership
  2. Which actors may read or change each record without acquiring membership, voting rights or access to unrelated private data? access
  3. Which retention and correction policies preserve justified records while controlling confidential member information? retention

Mapping and agent acceptance

Constituted-body mapping and agent acceptance context qualified by governing instrument, time and evidence; not an executable legal-validity judgment.

Mapping and agent acceptance record

Constituted-body mapping and agent acceptance context qualified by governing instrument, time and evidence; not an executable legal-validity judgment.

  1. Which ORG membership, role and post mappings preserve body identity and temporal scope without claiming complete authority semantics? interoperability
  2. Which rule distinctions are lost in an external representation and require a warning or refusal? quality
  3. Which negative fixtures prevent record updates from appointing members, casting votes or declaring a decision legally valid? validation

Classifiers Filled

Family
World Models
Category
Society, people and institutions
Entry kind
entity
Navigation path
NAV.SOC.ORG.GOV
Domain
SOC.ORG.GOV
Industry
Cross-industry
Tags
governancebodycommitteesoc.org.gov

What it is Filled

An enduring body that persists across sessions and membership turnover; distinguish its constitution, seats, holders, procedure and references to decisions. Not a meeting, legal entity by default or legal-validity engine.

In scope

  • Body identity, establishment, mandate and delegation limits
  • Seats, terms, officers, participation and rule-specific decision procedure
  • Decision evidence references, reporting, renewal, dissolution and governed records

Out of scope

  • Underlying person or organization identity and full meeting/decision payloads
  • Appointing people, casting votes, convening meetings or executing resolutions
  • Universal quorum, legal validity, retention periods or unrestricted delegated power

Why it exists Filled

Describe a constituted collective body through mandate, membership and decision-authority context.

Distinguishing features Filled

  • An enduring body that persists across meetings and changes of members.
  • Separates seats from their holders and the body from its parent organization.
  • Differs from a meeting, which is one session of the body.
  • Holds references to decisions without being a validity engine for them.

What robots and AI may and may not do Filled

Must not

  • Infer binding authority from a committee name or chair title.
  • Cast votes, appoint members or convene meetings.
  • Apply a default quorum rule when the governing rule is unknown.
  • Remove dissent or contested states from the record.
  • Publish confidential deliberations.

Only with a human decision

  • Establishing or dissolving a body.
  • Appointing or removing members.
  • Approving minutes and resolutions.

May

  • Resolve a body and its current mandate.
  • Record membership and term assertions from authoritative sources.
  • Check whether recorded attendance meets the body's stated quorum rule.
  • Prepare reports on mandate reviews and expiring terms.

Moral aspects Filled

  • Membership records reveal personal affiliations and must be handled carefully.
  • Accountability requires that decisions can be traced to the body and rules that made them.
  • Diversity and conflict-of-interest information is sensitive but matters for legitimacy.

Who is affected

  • Body members and officers
  • People governed by the body's decisions
  • Auditors and regulators

Owners Filled

Steward

Declare body-record owner and accountable custodian.

Roles

Dimension owner
Sets delegated scope and purpose.
Body-record steward
Maintains constitution and role-source references.
Contributor
Records authorized minimal evidence.
Reviewer
Checks scope, rule-version and disputed appointment/outcome assertions.
Custodian
Protects papers and enforces retention and revision integrity.

Links to other meta-models Filled

references

  • WM-ORG-003 - Proposed containing organizational context, not automatic legal identity.
  • WM-ACT-025 - Candidate meeting-session relationship; ledger CONTAINS is not yet approved, use non-owning reference only.

aligned

  • https://www.w3.org/TR/vocab-org/ - Candidate membership/post mapping; ORG alone does not express full governance authority.
  • https://www.w3.org/TR/prov-o/ - Candidate assertion-attribution vocabulary, not proof of valid authority.

neighbor

  • Organization or unit - A constituted body can be situated in an organization without automatically being a separate legal entity.
  • Meeting session - Body identity persists across meetings; candidate meeting relationship is not approved composition.
  • Member and post - Seat, membership term and person are distinct; membership does not automatically confer voting or access rights.
  • Decision and operational action - Records reference outcomes and their basis without adopting, validating legally or executing them.

parent

  • WM-ORG-003

contains

  • WM-ACT-025

What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled

Identity and identifiers required Filled

  • Authoritative master-qualified ID
  • Governed issuer-qualified URI
  • Dimension-issued UUID

Direct properties not applicable Not applicable

Not applicable

Institutional or informational subject: no invented physical properties.

Recognition optional Filled

  • A governance body has a constituting instrument, a mandate, seats and procedural rules.
  • Confused with the organization, a meeting, a working group without mandate and a person's office.

Capabilities and actions required Filled

  • Resolve constituted body: Identify the body independently of its current holders and meetings.
  • Record mandate evidence: Append an attributed constitution or delegated-power assertion.
  • Record membership assertion: Link a party, seat and term from an authoritative record.
  • Link rule and decision evidence: Connect governed session and outcome references.
  • Record lifecycle review: Preserve evidence of review, renewal or dissolution decisions.
  • Export authorized projection: Map minimized body context without losing authority distinctions.

Hazards and failure modes required Filled

  • Decisions treated as valid without quorum or authority.
  • Exposure of confidential board papers.
  • Stale membership leading to wrong signatures.

Standards and interfaces required Filled

  • W3C Organization Ontology posts and memberships.
  • Popolo specification for organizations, memberships and motions.
  • OASIS LegalDocML (Akoma Ntoso) for decisions and minutes.
  • ISO 37000 governance of organizations.

Context of use required Filled

  • CC48 applies to England and Wales charities, OECD to corporate governance guidance, and IAB charter rules only to that body; no numeric rule is universalized.

Sources Filled

  1. The Organization Ontology - W3C
  2. G20/OECD Principles of Corporate Governance: board responsibilities - OECD
  3. Charity meetings CC48 - Charity Commission for England and Wales
  4. Charter of the Internet Architecture Board - IETF/IAB
  5. IAB Charter Update for RFC Editor Model - IETF
  6. PROV-O: The PROV Ontology - W3C
  7. Date and Time on the Internet: Timestamps - IETF

Open questions

  • Independent review and precise source/profile/license verification.
  • Executable rule-specific eligibility, quorum and authority fixtures.
  • Approved typed composition and specialized governance-body profiles.
  • Claude and Grok each timed out once; Codex-only reviewable-draft lacks independent review.
  • Selected-source clauses only; dated pins, full licensing and jurisdiction/profile applicability remain pending.
  • OECD and RFC direct HEAD probes unavailable despite readable web text; transport limitation remains visible.
  • No executable nested schema, quorum calculator, appointment verifier or decision-validity/round-trip fixtures.
  • Candidate meeting composition and broader legal/body profiles remain unapproved.

Machine files

Provenance

world-models research · reviewable-draft

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