OriginID: OOF-OID-OBID-PRIS-CHRM-2026-07-15-0003
Architecture Ecosystem: Structured Reality Standards™
Architecture Family: OBIDENITY® — Origin-Bound Identity
Governance Architecture
Operational Layer: Identity Governance Layer
Governed Space: Change History
Category: Governance & Enforcement
Subcategory: Identity Governance
Type: Provenance Integrity Standard Module
Parent Standard: Provenance Integrity Standard (PRIS)
Version: 1.0
Status: Canonical · Open Module
Origin Date: 15 July 2026
Compatibility: OOF Methodology OS · GOA™ · ORA™ · AGA™ · AIG® · CLIA®
· MGIA™ · ASGA™
AI-Readable: Yes
Authority: OOF®
Protection: MIP™ — Methodological Intellectual Property
Canonical Language: English (UCL)

Canonical Definition

Change History Module (CHRM) defines the structural conditions under
which every change affecting a governed identity remains
chronologically recorded, attributable, verifiable,
evidence-supported, and continuously governable throughout the
complete identity lifecycle.

CHRM governs change history.

The module establishes the governance conditions required to ensure
that every authorized modification to a governed identity becomes a
permanent and verifiable part of its lifecycle history.

Identity evolves through change.

Governance preserves every change.

CHRM governs that history.

Module Operational Role

CHRM defines the change history layer of PRIS.

Its role is to preserve a complete and trustworthy historical record
of every governance-approved change affecting a governed identity.

Module Operational Space

CHRM governs:

• change history,
• identity modifications,
• governance change records,
• lifecycle changes,
• historical reconstruction,
• change attribution,
• change chronology,
• governed identity history.

Module Function

The module applies wherever organizations must preserve a permanent
history of changes affecting a governed identity.

Minimum Implementation Framework

1. Define the Change History Object

Identify the governed identity and the changes requiring
historical preservation.

2. Define Change History Conditions

Establish governance conditions governing change recording,
chronology, attribution, verification, and evidence preservation.

3. Define Change History Failure Logic

Identify conditions where change history becomes incomplete,
inconsistent, altered, unverifiable, or governance-invalid.

4. Define Governance Response

Define governance actions for history verification, reconstruction,
correction, investigation, or governance escalation.

5. Preserve Change History Records

Preserve change records, governance decisions, supporting evidence,
timestamps, historical relationships, and verification results.

Use Case 1 — Enterprise Identity Governance

Scenario

A governed enterprise identity undergoes multiple updates to
ownership, authority, permissions, and operational metadata.

Application

CHRM preserves every governance-approved modification within the
permanent identity history.

Result

The organization maintains a complete and independently verifiable
history of identity changes.

Use Case 2 — AI Identity Governance

Scenario

A governed AI identity receives multiple governance-approved
operational updates throughout its lifecycle.

Application

CHRM records every authorized modification together with supporting
governance evidence.

Result

Every identity change remains permanently attributable, traceable, and
continuously governable.

Canonical Closing Statement

Identity is defined not only by where it began, but also by every
legitimate change it has experienced. Change History preserves
governance confidence by ensuring that no authorized identity change
is ever lost throughout the complete identity lifecycle.

→ Provenance Integrity Standard (PRIS)