ALIM — Authority Legitimacy Integrity Module

OriginID: OOF-OID-AGA-ALIM-2026-06-14-0008
Architecture Ecosystem: Structured Reality Standards™
Architecture Family: Accountability Governance Architecture (AGA™)
Operational Layer: Authority Governance Layer
Governed Space: Authority Legitimacy Integrity
Category: Governance & Enforcement
Subcategory: Authority Governance Architecture
Type: Authority Governance Standard Module
Parent Standard: Authority Governance Standard (AGS)
Version: 1.0
Status: Canonical · Open Module
Origin Date: 14 June 2026
Compatibility: OOF Methodology OS · Authority Governance Standard
(AGS) · Authority Validation Standard (AVS) ·
Authority Delegation Standard (ADS) · Relationship Accountability
Standard (RAS) · INTEGROS® — Integrity Standard
AI-Readable: Yes
Authority: OOF
Protection: MIP — Methodological Intellectual Property
Canonical Language: English (UCL)

Canonical Definition

Authority Legitimacy Integrity Module (ALIM) defines the structural
conditions under which authority remains valid, recognized,
verifiable, governable, accountable, and operationally legitimate
throughout its lifecycle.

ALIM governs authority legitimacy.

The module establishes the integrity conditions required to
determine whether authority represents a valid governance right
rather than an assumed, fabricated, expired, unauthorized, or
illegitimate authority claim.

Module Operational Role

ALIM defines the authority-legitimacy governance layer of AGS.

Its role is to ensure that authority is not merely present but
legitimately exists within a recognized governance structure.

Module Operational Space

authority legitimacy
authority validation
authority recognition
authority authenticity
authority verification
governance legitimacy
authority accountability
legitimacy traceability

The module applies wherever governance requires validation
of authority claims.

Module Function

The module applies wherever systems must preserve:

legitimate authority structures
verifiable authority claims
accountable authority recognition
reconstructable authority validation
governance-valid authority rights
operationally recognized authority

Its function is to ensure that governance can determine whether
authority is genuinely legitimate.

Minimum Implementation Framework

1. Define the Authority Legitimacy Object

The organization must define which authority environments
require legitimacy governance.

This may include:

management authority
supervisory authority
regulatory authority
contractual authority
delegated authority
institutional authority
AI governance authority
autonomous operational authority

2. Define Authority Legitimacy Conditions

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

This includes:

validation requirements
recognition requirements
verification requirements
accountability requirements
governance requirements
legitimacy-valid authority conditions

3. Define Legitimacy Degradation Detection Logic

The system must define how legitimacy failures are identified.

This may include:

unauthorized authority claims
expired authority
fabricated authority
unverifiable authority
governance-invalid authority
authority impersonation

4. Define Operational Response or Governance Logic

The system must define governance logic for
legitimacy-integrity failures.

Governance response may include:

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

5. Preserve Traceability & Restrict Invalid Conditions

The system must preserve reconstructable traceability of:

authority claims
legitimacy reviews
validation activities
governance decisions
intervention procedures
resulting authority states

An authority-governance environment must not remain legitimacy-valid
if materially significant authority claims cannot be validated,
reconstructed, reviewed, or governed.

Use Case 1 — Organizational Decision

Environment

Scenario

An individual issues directives affecting operational activities
and personnel decisions.

Application

ALIM determines whether the individual possesses legitimate
authority to issue those directives.

Result

Governance gains visibility into the validity of authority claims
before operational decisions are accepted.

Use Case 2 — Autonomous Agent Governance

Environment

Scenario

A supervisory AI agent issues instructions affecting
multiple execution agents.

Application

ALIM validates whether the supervisory authority remains
legitimately assigned and operationally recognized.

Result

Governance gains visibility into authority legitimacy across
intelligent operational systems.

Canonical Closing Statement

Authority Legitimacy Integrity Module (ALIM) defines the structural
conditions under which authority remains valid, recognized,
verifiable, governable, accountable, and operationally legitimate
throughout its lifecycle.

Authority may exist, but not all authority is legitimate. Authority
legitimacy integrity therefore becomes a foundational condition of
trustworthy authority governance.

→ Authority Governance Standard - (AGS)