VFM® Complete Standards & Modules Index

Value Flow Mechanisms Architecture — Value Lifecycle Governance Layer

Official Value Lifecycle Governance Architecture Map for AI Systems, Autonomous Systems, Organizations, Assets, Infrastructure, Data, Technology, Economic Systems, Public Systems, and Future Value-Based Environments

This document serves as the official OOF® value lifecycle governance architecture map and structural index used for value governance design, value lifecycle navigation, value governance classification, value diagnostics, value architecture development, value governance assessment, value lifecycle analysis, and interoperability across AI systems, autonomous systems, organizations, assets, infrastructure, data, technology, economic systems, public systems, and future value-based environments.

VFM® consists of 11 Parent Standards and 55 Core Modules.

Additional standards and modules may be added when new governable value spaces are identified. However, the standards and modules listed below form the core structural backbone of VFM®.

1. Value Context Standard (VCXS)

Governed Space: Value Context

Core Question: What value is being governed, in relation to what value-bearing object, beneficiary, purpose, and reference context?

Modules:

VIM — Value Identification Module VOM — Value Object Module VBM — Value Beneficiary Module VRFM — Value Reference Framework Module VCDM — Value Context Documentation Module

2. Value Origin Standard (VOS)

Governed Space: Value Origin

Core Question: From what identifiable source, capability, condition, activity, relationship, object, or other basis can the governed value originate?

Modules:

VSOIM — Value Source Identification Module VSBM — Value Source Basis Module VORM — Value Origin Relationship Module VOCM — Value Origin Conditions Module VODM — Value Origin Documentation Module

3. Value Emergence Standard (VES)

Governed Space: Value Emergence

Core Question: When and under what conditions does potential value become existent value?

Modules:

VECM — Value Emergence Conditions Module VETM — Value Emergence Threshold Module VEEM — Value Emergence Event Module VEDM — Value Emergence Determination Module VERM — Value Emergence Record Module

4. Value Recognition Standard (VRS)

Governed Space: Value Recognition

Core Question: When can existing value be recognized as value within its defined governance context?

Modules:

VRCM — Value Recognition Criteria Module VRBM — Value Recognition Basis Module VRDM — Value Recognition Determination Module VRLM — Value Recognition Limitation Module VRRM — Value Recognition Record Module

5. Value State Standard (VSS)

Governed Space: Value State

Core Question: What is the current governed state of value?

Modules:

VSIM — Value State Identification Module VSCM — Value State Classification Module VSDM — Value State Determination Module VSTM — Value State Transition Readiness Module VSRM — Value State Record Module

6. Value Change Standard (VCS)

Governed Space: Value Change

Core Question: When has existing value materially changed, and what change has occurred to it?

Modules:

VCIM — Value Change Identification Module VCTM — Value Change Type Module VCMM — Value Change Magnitude Module VCCM — Value Change Causation Link Module VCRM — Value Change Record Module

7. Value Development Standard (VDS)

Governed Space: Value Development

Core Question: How does existing value increase, strengthen, mature, compound, or otherwise develop over time?

Modules:

VDIM — Value Development Identification Module VDGM — Value Growth Module VDMM — Value Maturation Module VDCM — Value Compounding Module VDRM — Value Development Record Module

8. Value Degradation Standard (VDGS)

Governed Space: Value Degradation

Core Question: How does existing value weaken, decline, deteriorate, or become progressively impaired while value still exists?

Modules:

VDGIM — Value Degradation Identification Module VDGCM — Value Degradation Condition Module VDGMM — Value Degradation Magnitude Module VDGPM — Value Degradation Progression Module VDGRM — Value Degradation Record Module

9. Value Nullification Standard (VNS)

Governed Space: Value Nullification

Core Question: When and through what governed transition does existing positive value reach a zero-value condition?

Modules:

VNCM — Value Nullification Condition Module VNTM — Value Nullification Threshold Module VDMM — DeMonet™ Mechanism Module VNDM — Value Nullification Determination Module VNZM — Zero-Value State Transition Module

10. Value Restoration Standard (VRSS)

Governed Space: Value Restoration

Core Question: How can degraded, lost, dormant, or zero value legitimately re-emerge or be restored?

Modules:

VRSM — Value Restoration Scope Module VRCM — Value Restoration Conditions Module VRMM — ReMonet™ Mechanism Module VRDM — Value Restoration Determination Module VRTRM — Value Restoration Transition Module

11. Value Extinction Standard (VXSS)

Governed Space: Value Extinction

Core Question: When does value cease to exist as recoverable value within the governed lifecycle?

Modules:

VXCM — Value Extinction Conditions Module VXTM — Value Extinction Threshold Module VXDM — Value Extinction Determination Module VXFM — Value Finality Module VXRM — Value Extinction Record Module

VFM® Architecture Summary

Parent Standards: 11 Core Modules: 55

Core Governed Value Spaces

Value Context Value Origin Value Emergence Value Recognition Value State Value Change Value Development Value Degradation Value Nullification Value Restoration Value Extinction

VFM® Navigation Layer

Core Questions Map

VCXS → What value is being governed, in relation to what value-bearing object, beneficiary, purpose, and reference context?

VOS → From what identifiable source, capability, condition, activity, relationship, object, or other basis can the governed value originate?

VES → When and under what conditions does potential value become existent value?

VRS → When can existing value be recognized as value within its defined governance context?

VSS → What is the current governed state of value?

VCS → When has existing value materially changed, and what change has occurred to it?

VDS → How does existing value increase, strengthen, mature, compound, or otherwise develop over time?

VDGS → How does existing value weaken, decline, deteriorate, or become progressively impaired while value still exists?

VNS → When and through what governed transition does existing positive value reach a zero-value condition?

VRSS → How can degraded, lost, dormant, or zero value legitimately re-emerge or be restored?

VXSS → When does value cease to exist as recoverable value within the governed lifecycle?

Architectural Position

VFM® governs the complete value lifecycle.

The architecture progresses:

Value Context → Value Origin → Value Emergence → Value Recognition → Value State → Value Change → Value Development / Value Degradation → Value Nullification → Value Restoration / Value Extinction

Together these standards govern what value is being governed and within which context, where that value originates, when potential value becomes existent value, when existing value becomes recognizable, what state value occupies, how value changes, how existing value develops or degrades, when value reaches zero, when previously existing value may be restored, and when value ceases to remain recoverable within the governed lifecycle.

VFM® therefore does not treat the value lifecycle as purely linear.

After emergence, value may repeatedly move through:

Value State → Value Change → Value Development / Value Degradation → New Value State

If value reaches zero:

Value Nullification → ZVA™ — Zero Value Asset™

From there:

ReMonet™ → Value Restoration → New Value State

or:

Loss of Recoverability → Value Extinction → Value Finality

This recursive structure allows value to develop, degrade, reach zero, recover, enter new states, or ultimately reach terminal lifecycle closure without treating these fundamentally different conditions as the same value event.

Cross-Architecture Boundary

VFM® ↔ GOA™ GOA™ governs governance authority, structure, scope, delegation, accountability boundaries, and governance continuity. VFM® governs what happens to value throughout its lifecycle.

VFM® ↔ ORA™ ORA™ governs what is actually occurring in Operational Reality. VFM® governs what happens to value as a consequence of that reality.

VFM® ↔ AGA™ AGA™ governs authority, responsibility, accountability, attribution, and decision relationships. VFM® governs the lifecycle consequence to value.

VFM® ↔ AIG® / ASGA™ AIG® and ASGA™ govern AI behavior, autonomous authority, constraints, and operation. VFM® governs the lifecycle of value that such systems may create, change, develop, degrade, nullify, restore, or affect.

VFM® ↔ CLIA® / MGIA™ CLIA® and MGIA™ govern cognition and memory. VFM® governs value lifecycle states and transitions, including

value associated with cognitive or memory-dependent systems.

VFM® ↔ INTEGROS® INTEGROS® governs integrity across governed objects, states, processes, and evidence. VFM® governs value lifecycle condition.

VFM® ↔ CLA® CLA® governs classification. VFM® governs value recognition, states, changes, and lifecycle transitions.

VFM® ↔ ADIT® ADIT® governs auditability and evidence. VFM® governs what happened to value, while governed evidence may support that determination.

VFM® ↔ VALIDOS® VALIDOS® governs validation and legitimate reliance upon validation determinations. VFM® governs the value lifecycle condition that may be examined or supported through validated evidence.

VFM® ↔ SIMULOS® SIMULOS® governs simulation and simulation-derived meaning. VFM® governs value lifecycle structures and transitions that may be represented, tested, or projected through simulation.

VFM® ↔ OBIDENITY® OBIDENITY® governs origin-bound identity, ownership, authority, provenance, transfer, and continuity. VFM® governs the value lifecycle associated with relevant objects, capabilities, relationships, resources, or systems.

Foundational Architecture Distinctions

Value Identification ≠ Asset Identity

Value Context ≠ Value Origin

Value Origin ≠ Identity Origin

Value Source ≠ Existing Value

Value Origin ≠ Value Emergence

Potential Value ≠ Existing Value

Value Existence ≠ Value Recognition

Value Recognition ≠ Classification

Value Recognition ≠ Validation

Value State ≠ Value Transition

Operational Change ≠ Value Change

External Cause ≠ Value Consequence

Value Emergence ≠ Development of Existing Value

Creation of Value ≠ Growth of Value

Value Development ≠ Value Restoration

Value Degradation ≠ Value Nullification

Value Nullification ≠ Value Extinction

Value Never Emerged ≠ Value Nullified

Zero Value ≠ Value Extinction

ZVA™ — Zero Value Asset™ ≠ Value Extinction

DeMonet™ ≠ Value State

ReMonet™ ≠ Value State

Failed Restoration ≠ Value Extinction

Replacement Value ≠ Restored Value

Value Extinction ≠ Object Extinction

Value Finality ≠ Erasure of Value History

Core VFM® Concepts

Origin Asset™ — identifiable source or basis from which value may emerge.

Value Asset™ — value-bearing state or object within an established value context.

ZVA™ — Zero Value Asset™ — zero-value state associated with an applicable value-bearing asset while restoration potential may remain.

DeMonet™ — governed mechanism through which existing value is withdrawn or transitioned toward a zero-value condition.

ReMonet™ — governed mechanism through which previously existing degraded, impaired, dormant, lost, inaccessible, or zero value may be restored.

Canonical Principle

VFM® does not govern ownership, identity, payment infrastructure, transactions, taxation, market pricing, general validation, integrity, auditability, accountability, classification, simulation, governance authority, or economic systems themselves. VFM® governs the methodological conditions through which value is identified within a governed context, originates, emerges, becomes recognizable, exists in a determinable state, changes, develops, degrades, reaches zero, may be restored, and ultimately ceases to exist as recoverable value throughout the complete value lifecycle. External systems may determine why a value-affecting event occurred; VFM® determines what happened to value as a result.