Continuity
Preserve record meaning, lineage, custody, version, and dependency continuity across time and transformation.
What must this link answer?
What must remain continuous from source through consequence?
What demonstrates the state?
Continuity record preserving lineage, custody, transformations, dependencies, and version transitions.
What evidence must support this link?
What can make this link unsupportable?
What must be true before progression?
Continuity must remain demonstrable before governed evidence can be treated as stable enough for use.
When must continuation stop or narrow?
HOLD whenever continuity cannot be demonstrated across a material transformation, handoff, or dependency change.
What prior states does this link depend on?
What becomes vulnerable if this link is weak?
A correct record can become unusable or misleading after continuity breaks.
Demonstrate capability, not seat time.
Trace continuity from source toward consequence and identify the earliest discontinuity that would invalidate reliance.
Move from doctrine to provenance.
Continue from this lesson into the governed public record behind Continuity: chronology, publications, patent position, artifacts, reviews, and source relationships remain separate evidence classes and should be read within their declared boundaries.
The foundational TA-14 Chain of Eight - Reality -> Record -> Continuity -> Admissibility -> Binding -> Commit -> Execution -> Outcome - was created and publicly published May 1, 2025. The current 24-link architecture is the subsequent higher-resolution decomposition and maturation of that already-existing parent route.