OriginID: OOF-OID-AGA-ADVIM-2026-06-14-0013
Architecture Ecosystem: Structured Reality Standards™
Architecture Family: Accountability Governance Architecture (AGA™)
Operational Layer: Authority Delegation Governance Layer
Governed Space: Authority Delegation Validity Integrity
Category: Governance & Enforcement
Subcategory: Authority Delegation Governance
Type: Authority Delegation Standard Module
Parent Standard: Authority Delegation Standard (ADS)
Version: 1.0
Status: Canonical · Open Module
Origin Date: 14 June 2026
Compatibility: OOF Methodology OS · Authority Delegation Standard
(ADS) · Authority Governance Standard (AGS) ·
Authority Validation Standard (AVS) · Relationship Accountability
Standard (RAS) · INTEGROS® — Integrity Standard
AI-Readable: Yes
Authority: OOF
Protection: MIP — Methodological Intellectual Property
Canonical Language: English (UCL)

Canonical Definition

Authority Delegation Validity Integrity Module (ADVIM) defines the
structural conditions under which delegated authority remains
legitimate, accepted, verifiable, governable, accountable,
enforceable, and operationally valid

throughout the delegation lifecycle.

ADVIM governs delegation validity.

The module establishes the integrity conditions required to
determine whether delegated authority was lawfully, legitimately,
correctly, and operationally transferred between actors.

Module Operational Role

ADVIM defines the delegation-validity governance layer of ADS.

Its role is to ensure that delegated authority remains valid and
recognized throughout governance analysis.

Module Operational Space

ADVIM governs:

• delegation validity
• delegation legitimacy
• delegation verification
• delegation acceptance
• delegation recognition
• delegation enforceability
• delegation accountability
• validity traceability

The module applies wherever governance requires validation
of delegated authority.

Module Function

The module applies wherever systems must preserve:

• legitimate delegation structures
• verifiable authority transfers
• accountable delegation processes
• reconstructable delegation decisions
• governance-valid authority movement
• operationally recognized delegation

Its function is to ensure that governance can determine whether
delegated authority was validly transferred and exercised.

Minimum Implementation Framework

1. Define the Delegation Validity Object

The organization must define which delegated-authority environments
require validity governance.

This may include:

• organizational delegation structures
• supervisory authority chains
• contractor governance environments
• regulatory authority systems
• delegated management systems
• AI orchestration environments
• autonomous governance structures
• Human-AI governance systems

2. Define Delegation Validity Conditions

The system must define the conditions under which delegated
authority remains valid.

This includes:

• legitimacy requirements
• verification requirements
• acceptance requirements
• accountability requirements
• governance requirements
• validity-preservation conditions

3. Define Validity Degradation Detection Logic

The system must define how delegation-validity failures
are identified.

This may include:

• unauthorized delegation
• invalid authority transfer
• unaccepted delegation
• unverifiable delegation
• governance-invalid delegation
• expired delegation authority

4. Define Operational Response or Governance Logic

The system must define governance logic for
delegation-validity failures.

Governance response may include:

• delegation review
• authority validation
• governance intervention
• escalation
• delegation suspension
• corrective actions
• operational invalidation where required

5. Preserve Traceability & Restrict Invalid Conditions

The system must preserve reconstructable traceability of:

• delegation decisions
• authority-transfer events
• validation activities
• governance reviews
• intervention procedures
• resulting delegation states

A delegation-governance environment must not remain validity-valid
if materially significant delegation events cannot be reconstructed,
reviewed, validated, or governed.

Use Case 1 — Organizational Authority

Delegation

Scenario

A senior manager delegates operational authority to a
department supervisor.

Application

ADVIM verifies whether the manager possessed authority to delegate,
whether the delegation was accepted, and whether the
transfer remained legitimate.

Result

Governance gains visibility into the validity of the
delegated authority structure.

Use Case 2 — AI Governance Environment

Scenario

A supervisory AI system delegates operational authority to execution
agents within an orchestration framework.

Application

ADVIM validates whether delegated authority remains legitimate,
recognized, and operationally valid throughout execution.

Result

Governance gains visibility into the validity of delegated authority
across intelligent operational systems.

Canonical Closing Statement

Authority Delegation Validity Integrity Module (ADVIM) defines the
structural conditions under which delegated authority remains
legitimate, accepted, verifiable, governable, accountable,
enforceable, and operationally valid throughout the
delegation lifecycle.

Delegated authority may exist, but not all delegation is valid.
Authority delegation validity integrity therefore becomes a
foundational condition of trustworthy delegation governance.

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