ADIM — Authority Delegation Integrity Module
OOF™ Origin Open Foundation™
Independent Methodological Authority
Parent Standard: Authority & Accountability Layer Standard (AALS)
Category: Governance & Enforcement
Subcategory: Authority Delegation & Governance Continuity
Type: Authority & Accountability Governance Module
Derived From: Authority & Accountability Layer Standard (AALS)
Version: 1.0
Status: Canonical · Open Module
Effective Date: 15 May 2026
Compatibility: OOF Methodology OS · Authority & Accountability Layer Standard (AALS) · OBIDENITY™ · INTEGROS® · Runtime Integrity Standard (RIS) · Orchestration Governance Layer (OGL) · Continuous Interaction Layer (CIL) · Cognitive Layer and Interpretation Architecture Standard (CLIA) · EVIP™
AI-Readable: Yes
Authority: OOF® Origin Open Foundation™
Protection: MIP™ — Methodological Intellectual Property
Canonical Language: English (UCL)
Canonical Definition
Authority Delegation Integrity Module (ADIM) defines the structuralconditions under which authority, execution rights, governance
permissions, operational control capability, intervention
legitimacy, escalation rights, and decision responsibility may be
delegated, inherited, transferred, synchronized, restricted,
revoked, or expired without breaking accountability continuity or
operational traceability.
ADIM establishes the authority-delegation governance layer of AALS.
The module recognizes that future operational systems increasingly
depend on delegated authority structures across:
- humans
- AI systems
- orchestration layers
- distributed infrastructures
- runtime environments
- organizational governance systems
- autonomous execution architectures
Where authority becomes distributed across execution environments,
delegation integrity must remain structurally governable.
Module Function
ADIM governs environments where authority is:- delegated
- inherited
- synchronized
- escalated
- transferred
- restricted
- revoked
- temporarily assigned
- runtime-expanded
- operationally distributed
The module applies to:
- enterprise governance systems
- AI orchestration environments
- delegated execution infrastructures
- robotic operational systems
- governmental operational hierarchies
- runtime execution systems
- multi-agent architectures
- platform governance systems
- autonomous execution environments
- distributed operational infrastructures
Its function is not to prohibit delegation.
Its function is to preserve accountable authority continuity during
delegation processes.
Minimum Implementation Framework
Step 1 — Define the Delegation ObjectThe organization must define what authority condition is
being delegated.
Minimum requirement:
- the delegation object is explicit
- delegated authority scope is identifiable
- operational boundaries are structurally defined
- undefined authority states are excluded from valid delegation interpretation
The delegation object may include:
- execution permissions
- intervention rights
- operational control authority
- escalation capability
- runtime governance permissions
- override legitimacy
- emergency operational authority
- AI execution delegation
- orchestration permissions
- supervisory governance rights
Step 2 — Define Delegation Integrity Conditions
The system must define what conditions preserve valid
authority delegation.
Minimum requirement:
- delegation integrity conditions are explicit
- authority transfer is structurally reviewable
- accountability continuity remains preservable
Delegation integrity conditions may include:
- identity-linked delegation
- explicit permission scope
- bounded authority duration
- escalation traceability
- revocation capability
- intervention continuity
- operational responsibility persistence
- delegation visibility
- authority-boundary preservation
- execution legitimacy continuity
Under ADIM:
- Delegated authority remains governance-valid only while accountability continuity remains operationally preservable.
Step 3 — Define Delegation Interpretation Logic
The system must define how delegated authority is interpreted
according to governance continuity conditions.
Minimum requirement:
- interpretation logic is explicit
- delegation chains remain reconstructable
- invalid authority expansion remains structurally visible
Interpretation logic may examine:
- undeclared authority inheritance
- unauthorized permission expansion
- hidden delegation layers
- runtime authority escalation
- fragmented accountability pathways
- revocation impossibility
- symbolic supervision structures
- operational-control dependency
- orchestration abstraction
- invisible authority synchronization
Under ADIM:
Authority may distribute operational execution. It may not
distribute accountability into operational invisibility.
Step 4 — Define Delegation Governance Logic
The system must define how delegated authority environments
remain governable.
Minimum requirement:
- delegation remains reviewable
- escalation legitimacy remains detectable
- operational authority continuity remains active
Governance logic may include:
- delegation-chain auditing
- runtime authority tracing
- permission-boundary validation
- escalation governance
- revocation verification
- override legitimacy validation
- orchestration accountability review
- autonomous delegation limitation
- escalation where delegation weakens accountability continuity
If delegated authority obscures accountable operational control, the
environment becomes governance-relevant.
Step 5 — Preserve Traceability and Restrict Invalid
Delegation Architecture
The system must preserve traceability of authority transfer,
delegation continuity, escalation structures, and operational
control capability.
Minimum requirement:
- delegation pathways remain reconstructable
- authority inheritance remains reviewable
- operational accountability remains visible
- invalid delegation architecture remains identifiable
A system becomes ADIM-invalid if:
- authority expands without validated governance conditions
- delegation obscures accountable responsibility
- runtime permissions self-escalate without traceable legitimacy
- intervention authority becomes operationally unclear
- revocation capability becomes structurally impossible
- symbolic supervision replaces executable governance capability
- operational control becomes detached from accountable authority continuity