OriginID: OOF-OID-AGA-DVIM-2026-06-17-0073Architecture Ecosystem:
Structured Reality Standards™
Architecture Family: Accountability Governance Architecture (AGA™)
Operational Layer: Decision Accountability Governance Layer
Governed Space: Decision Validity Integrity
Category: Governance & Enforcement
Subcategory: Decision Accountability Governance
Type: Decision Accountability Standard Module
Parent Standard: Decision Accountability Standard (DAS)
Version: 1.0
Status: Canonical · Open Module
Origin Date: 17 June 2026
Compatibility: OOF Methodology OS · Decision Accountability Standard
(DAS) · Authority Governance Standard (AGS) ·
Authority Validation Standard (AVS) · Evidence Accountability
Standard (EAS) · INTEGROS® — Integrity Standard
AI-Readable: Yes
Authority: OOF
Protection: MIP — Methodological Intellectual Property
Canonical Language: English (UCL)

Canonical Definition

Decision Validity Integrity Module (DVIM) defines the structural
conditions under which decisions, decision authorities, decision
approvals, decision inputs, decision justifications, decision
records, decision outcomes, and decision-governance activities
remain legitimate, authorized, recognized, reviewable,
reconstructable, enforceable, and operationally valid throughout
the decision lifecycle.

DVIM governs decision validity.

The module establishes the integrity conditions required to
determine whether a decision was made by an authorized
decision-maker, supported by legitimate authority, based on
appropriate inputs, recognized by governance structures, and
suitable for operational execution.

Module Operational Role

DVIM defines the decision-validity governance layer of DAS.

Its role is to ensure that decisions remain legitimate and
governance-valid throughout the decision lifecycle.

Module Operational Space

DVIM governs:

• decision validity
• decision legitimacy
• decision authorization
• decision recognition
• decision approval validity
• governance-valid decisions
• decision enforceability
• decision lifecycle governance

The module applies wherever governance requires confirmation that
decisions remain valid.

Module Function

The module applies wherever systems must preserve:

• legitimate decisions
• authorized decision relationships
• recognized decision structures
• governance-valid decision states
• enforceable decision outcomes
• operationally reliable decision processes

Its function is to ensure that governance can determine whether
decisions remain valid before they are executed, reviewed, audited,
or connected to accountability.

Minimum Implementation Framework

1. Define the Decision Validity Object

The organization must define which decision environments
require validity governance.

This may include:

• organizational structures
• management systems
• boards
• governance frameworks
• regulatory environments
• AI governance systems
• Human-AI decision environments
• operational decision systems

2. Define Decision Validity Conditions

The system must define the conditions under which decision
validity remains valid.

This includes:

• authority requirements
• approval requirements
• legitimacy requirements
• recognition requirements
• governance requirements
• decision-valid conditions

3. Define Validity Degradation Detection Logic

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

This may include:

• unauthorized decisions
• invalid approvals
• governance-invalid decisions
• illegitimate decision pathways
• decision-authority failures
• unenforceable decisions

4. Define Operational Response or Governance Logic

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

Governance response may include:

• decision review
• authority verification
• governance intervention
• decision reassessment
• corrective actions
• decision validation
• operational invalidation where required

5. Preserve Traceability & Restrict Invalid Conditions

The system must preserve reconstructable traceability of:

• decision authorities
• decision approvals
• governance reviews
• validation activities
• intervention procedures
• resulting decision states

A decision-accountability environment must not remain validity-valid
if materially significant decision relationships cannot be
reconstructed, reviewed, validated, recognized, authorized,
enforced, or governed.

Use Case 1 — Executive Approval Environment

Scenario

A strategic decision receives executive approval and later creates
significant organizational consequences.

Application

DVIM evaluates whether the decision authority was legitimate,
whether approvals were valid, and whether the decision
remained governance-valid.

Result

Governance gains visibility into the legitimacy and validity
of decision-making.

Use Case 2 — Human-AI Decision Environment

Scenario

An AI-assisted governance system recommends actions which are
approved by human supervisors.

Application

DVIM evaluates whether decision authority, governance approval,
decision legitimacy, and operational validity remain preserved.

Result

Governance gains visibility into decision validity across
intelligent operational ecosystems.

Canonical Closing Statement

Decision Validity Integrity Module (DVIM) defines the structural
conditions under which decisions, decision authorities, decision
approvals, decision inputs, decision justifications, decision
records, decision outcomes, and decision-governance activities
remain legitimate, authorized, recognized, reviewable,
reconstructable, enforceable, and operationally valid throughout
the decision lifecycle.

A decision may exist, but a decision that lacks legitimacy or
authority cannot be trusted. Decision Validity Integrity therefore
becomes a foundational condition of trustworthy
decision accountability governance.

→ Decision Accountability Standard - (DAS)