#A.2.9:9 — Consequences

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#Content

Benefits

• Makes approvals/authorizations/notices first-class and queryable, enabling clean RSG checklists and guard rules.
• Provides stable provenance: commitments and status transitions can cite the instituting act explicitly.
• Prevents recurring category errors: “documents promise”, “interfaces commit”, “logs prove”.

Trade-offs / mitigations

• Requires recording a small structured object for communicative events; mitigated by allowing minimal stubs that still satisfy CC‑A.2.9‑1…4.
• Requires context-local SpeechActTypeRef registration; mitigated by starting with a small set (Approve, Revoke, Publish, Notify, Authorize) and extending as needed.