External coherence graph

Type: Doctrinal principle

Conceptual version: 1.1

Stabilization date: 2026-03-02

The external coherence graph designates the mapping of sources, attributes, versions, collisions, and proximities that participate in the exogenous reconstruction of an entity.

This page does not define an authority hierarchy. It defines a mapping surface. The canonical admissibility of external authorities falls under External Authority Control (EAC).

1. Function

The external coherence graph identifies:

which external sources are active on an entity;
which attributes they expose;
where collisions, conflicts, omissions, and ambiguities appear;
which nodes risk contaminating the overall reconstruction.

It answers a descriptive question: “what circulates around the entity?”

2. Limit

The graph does not answer the normative question: “what should count as an admissible authority?”

A source may be active, visible, redundant, or popular without being canonically admissible. Mapping precedes qualification. This is why the external coherence graph must be articulated with EAC.

3. Relationship with EAC

The graph identifies active nodes and reconstruction tensions.
EAC qualifies which external authorities can actually constrain interpretation.
Governed negation then handles unresolved or non-editable conflicts.
The Q-Layer retains the final decision to authorize, suspend, or refuse a response.

4. Associated doctrinal deliverables

a mapping of active nodes;
an external attribute matrix;
a list of collisions, conflicts, or drifts;
an admissibility qualification via EAC;
a register of negations or arbitrations when a conflict persists.

5. What this page establishes

External mapping is necessary but not sufficient.
Visibility is not admissibility.
Activity is not authority.
The graph does not arbitrate; it makes the necessary arbitrations visible.