Revision History Ontology

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Revision History Ontology
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AUTHORS:
Mark Anthony Higgins — Sky (Recursive AI)

FLOW "RevisionHistoryOntology" v4.0

DOMAIN := MetadataOntologies
SUBDOMAIN := ProvenanceMetadata
ONTOLOGY := RevisionHistoryOntology

ENTITY RevisionHistory {
 definition: "A provenance structure representing the ordered or graph-based history of changes made to a resource, entity, assertion, dataset, model or metadata object, including versions, revisions, change events, responsible agents, timestamps, reasons, evidence and relationships between successive states.";
 objectives: [VersionTracking, ChangeTracking, RevisionProvenance, Auditability, StateReconstruction, ChangeComparison, MachineInterpretability];
}

RevisionEntity := {RevisionHistory, Revision, RevisionIdentifier, Version, VersionIdentifier, RevisionEvent, ChangeSet, ResourceState};
ChangeEntity := {Addition, Deletion, Modification, Replacement, Reorder, Rename, Merge, Split};
AgentEntity := {Author, Creator, Contributor, Editor, ResponsibleAgent, SoftwareAgent, AIModel};
MetadataEntity := {Timestamp, ChangeReason, Evidence, Provenance, Confidence, Approval, Status};

RevisionHistory CONTAINS Revision;
Revision REPRESENTS ResourceState;
Revision MAY_BE_REVISION_OF PreviousRevision;
Revision MAY_SUPERSEDE PreviousRevision;
RevisionEvent PRODUCES Revision;
ChangeSet DESCRIBES DifferenceBetween Revisions;
ResponsibleAgent PERFORMS_OR_AUTHORISES RevisionEvent;
Provenance SUPPORTS RevisionRelationship;

RevisionHistoryFlow :=
 Resource
 -> IdentifyVersionedResource
 -> ResolveCurrentState
 -> IdentifyPreviousState
 -> DetectOrReceiveChange
 -> AssignRevisionIdentifier
 -> CreateChangeSet
 -> IdentifyResponsibleAgent
 -> RecordTimestampReasonAndApproval
 -> LinkPreviousAndCurrentRevisions
 -> AttachEvidenceAndProvenance
 -> ValidateRevisionHistory
 -> StoreVersionGraph
 -> MaintainAcrossLifecycle;

RevisionHistory := OrderedOrGraphStructuredCollectionOfResourceRevisions;
Revision := IdentifiedChangedStateOfResourceRelativeToEarlierState;
Version := IdentifiedStateOfResourceAtSpecificPointInLifecycle;
Revision MAY_CREATE NewVersion;

RevisionIdentifier := StableReferenceToRevision;
RevisionIdentifier MAY_BE {URI, IRI, UUID, CommitIdentifier, RevisionNumber, InternalIdentifier};

VersionIdentifier := StableReferenceToResourceVersion;
VersionIdentifier MAY_BE {SemanticVersion, SequentialVersion, DateVersion, HashIdentifier, UUID, InternalIdentifier};

RevisionNumber := HumanReadableOrdinalAssociatedWithRevision;
RevisionNumber != RevisionIdentifierByDefinition;

CurrentRevision := RevisionDesignatedAsCurrentForDefinedBranchOrResourceContext;
PreviousRevision := ImmediatePredecessorOfRevisionWithinDefinedHistory;
NextRevision := ImmediateSuccessorWhereLinearHistoryExists;

RevisionRelationship MAY_INCLUDE {WAS_REVISION_OF, SUPERSEDES, WAS_DERIVED_FROM, BRANCHED_FROM, MERGED_FROM};

IF RevisionB WAS_REVISION_OF RevisionA
THEN RevisionA MAY_BE PreviousRevisionOf RevisionB;

LinearHistory := RevisionSequenceWithSinglePredecessorAndSuccessorPath;
BranchingHistory := RevisionGraphWhereOneRevisionHasMultipleSuccessors;
MergedHistory := RevisionGraphWhereRevisionCombinesMultipleParentRevisions;

RevisionGraph := Revisions + DirectedVersionRelationships;
RevisionGraph MUST_PRESERVE Direction;

RevisionPath := DirectedSequenceOfRevisionsConnectingTwoStates;
AncestorRevision := EarlierRevisionReachableThroughRevisionRelationships;
DescendantRevision := LaterRevisionReachableFromEarlierRevision;

IF B WAS_REVISION_OF A
AND C WAS_REVISION_OF B
THEN A MAY_BE AncestorRevisionOf C;

ResourceState := ContentStructureMetadataOrConfigurationOfResourceAtRevision;
StateSnapshot := PreservedRepresentationOfResourceStateAtSpecificRevision;
Snapshot MAY_SUPPORT {Reconstruction, Comparison, Audit, Rollback};

RevisionEvent := ActivityProducingOrRecordingChangedResourceState;
RevisionEvent MAY_BE {Edit, Correction, Update, Migration, Transformation, Merge, Split, Revert, Restore};

Edit := RevisionActivityChangingResourceContentOrMetadata;
Correction := RevisionAddressingErrorOrInaccuracy;
Update := RevisionIntroducingNewOrChangedInformation;
Migration := RevisionChangingFormatSystemOrRepresentation;
Transformation := RevisionChangingStructureOrRepresentationAccordingToDefinedProcess;
Revert := RevisionRestoringEarlierStateOrReapplyingEarlierContent;
Restore := RecoveryOfResourceStateFromBackupSnapshotOrArchive;

Revert DOES_NOT EraseInterveningHistory;

ChangeSet := StructuredRepresentationOfChangesBetweenResourceStates;
ChangeSet MAY_INCLUDE {Addition, Deletion, Modification, Replacement, Reorder, Rename, Merge, Split};

Addition := NewContentEntityPropertyOrComponentIntroduced;
Deletion := ExistingContentEntityPropertyOrComponentRemoved;
Modification := ExistingComponentChanged;
Replacement := ExistingComponentSubstitutedByDifferentComponent;
Reorder := ExistingComponentsMovedToDifferentSequenceOrPosition;
Rename := IdentifierLabelOrNameChangedWithoutNecessarilyChangingUnderlyingIdentity;
Merge := MultipleComponentsOrBranchesCombined;
Split := OneComponentOrBranchDividedIntoMultipleSuccessors;

Diff := ComputedRepresentationOfDifferenceBetweenTwoStates;
Diff MAY_BE {TextDiff, StructuralDiff, MetadataDiff, BinaryDiff, SemanticDiff};

TextDiff := DifferenceAtTextualRepresentationLevel;
StructuralDiff := DifferenceInHierarchyComponentsOrRelationships;
MetadataDiff := DifferenceInMetadataPropertiesOrValues;
SemanticDiff := DifferenceInMeaningEntitiesRelationshipsOrAssertions;

SyntacticChange != SemanticChangeByDefinition;

MaterialChange := ChangeThatAltersMeaningFunctionRightsAccessOrOperationalBehaviour;
NonMaterialChange := ChangeThatDoesNotMateriallyAlterDefinedMeaningOrFunction;
Materiality SHOULD_BE DeterminedByDomainSpecificRules;

BreakingChange := ChangeThatMayInvalidateConsumersInterfacesReferencesOrAssumptions;
BreakingChange MAY_REQUIRE {MajorVersionIncrement, Migration, ConsumerNotification, Revalidation};

ChangeReason MAY_INCLUDE {Correction, Improvement, NewEvidence, PolicyChange, FormatMigration, UserRequest, SecurityUpdate};
ChangeDescription := HumanReadableSummaryOfRevision;

RevisionTimestamp := TimeRevisionWasCreatedRecordedOrEffective;
Timestamp MAY_INCLUDE {CreatedAt, CommittedAt, EffectiveAt, PublishedAt};

ResponsibleAgent := AgentResponsibleForRevisionActivity;
ResponsibleAgent MAY_BE {Author, Creator, Contributor, Editor, SoftwareAgent, AIModel, AutomatedService};

RevisionAuthor := AgentRecordedAsMakingRevision;
RevisionApprover := AgentAuthorisingRevisionWhereApprovalRequired;
RevisionCreator MAY_DIFFER_FROM RevisionApprover;

Approval := AuthorisedDecisionAllowingRevisionToBecomeEffectiveOrPublished;
ApprovalStatus MAY_BE {NotRequired, Pending, Approved, Rejected};

IF ApprovalRequired
AND ApprovalStatus != Approved
THEN Revision SHOULD_NOT BecomeAuthoritativeCurrentState;

RevisionStatus MAY_BE {Draft, Proposed, Approved, Published, Superseded, Reverted, Archived};

RevisionProvenance MAY_INCLUDE {Source, Agent, Activity, Tool, Timestamp, PreviousVersion, Evidence};
RevisionEvidence MAY_BE {CommitRecord, AuditLog, ChangeRequest, Approval, IssueRecord, PublicationRecord};

RevisionConfidence := EstimatedSupportForInferredRevisionRelationshipOrChangeClassification;

RevisionValidation MAY_CHECK {RevisionIdentifier, VersionIdentifier, Predecessor, Timestamp, ChangeSet, Agent, Approval, GraphConsistency};

IF RevisionReferencesItselfAsPredecessor
THEN RevisionValidation := violation;

IF RevisionTimestampPrecedesRequiredParentStateCreation
THEN TemporalConsistency SHOULD_BE Reviewed;

IF RevisionGraphContainsInvalidCycle
THEN GraphValidation SHOULD_FLAG Conflict;

RevisionCompleteness := DegreeToWhichRequiredIdentifiersChangesAgentsAndTimestampsArePresent;
RevisionConsistency := DegreeToWhichVersionRelationshipsTimestampsAndChangeSetsAgree;
RevisionIntegrity := PreservationOfReliableVersionHistoryAndChangeEvidence;
RevisionTraceability := AbilityToTraceCurrentStateBackThroughEarlierRevisions;

RevisionHistoryQuality MAY_INCLUDE {Completeness, Consistency, Integrity, Traceability, EvidenceStrength};

RevisionConflict := IncompatibleClaimsAboutRevisionOrderIdentityOrChange;
ConflictHandling MAY {PreserveClaims, CompareEvidence, CompareTimestamps, CompareAuthority, FlagReview};

Branch := NamedOrIdentifiedLineOfDevelopmentWithinRevisionGraph;
BranchIdentifier := StableReferenceToBranch;
BranchPoint := RevisionFromWhichMultipleSuccessorBranchesEmerge;
MergeRevision := RevisionWithMultipleParentRevisions;
MergeConflict := IncompatibleChangesEncounteredDuringBranchMerge;

MergeResolution SHOULD_PRESERVE {ParentRevisions, Conflict, Resolver, Decision, Provenance};

Fork := IndependentOrSemiIndependentRevisionLineDerivedFromEarlierResourceState;
Fork SHOULD_REFERENCE SourceRevisionWhereKnown;

Rollback := OperationalRestorationToEarlierState;
Rollback MAY_CREATE NewRevisionRatherThanDeletingLaterHistory;

VersionTag := HumanReadableOrMachineReadableLabelAssignedToSpecificRevision;
ReleaseVersion := RevisionOrVersionDesignatedForDistributionOrPublication;

SemanticVersion MAY_HAVE {Major, Minor, Patch};
SemanticVersionMeaning SHOULD_FOLLOW DefinedVersioningPolicy;

HashBasedVersion := IdentifierDerivedFromResourceContentOrRevisionState;
ContentHash MAY_SUPPORT IntegrityAndDeduplication;

RevisionHistory MAY_APPLY_TO {Content, Metadata, Schema, Ontology, Dataset, Software, Model, Policy};

MetadataRevision := RevisionOfMetadataRecordOrMetadataStatement;
OntologyRevision := RevisionOfOntologyClassesPropertiesRelationshipsOrRules;
DatasetRevision := RevisionOfDatasetContentSchemaOrMetadata;
ModelRevision := RevisionOfModelWeightsConfigurationArchitectureOrMetadata;
PolicyRevision := RevisionOfAdministrativeOrGovernancePolicy;

ProvenanceOntology SHOULD_LINK RevisionToActivityAgentAndSource;
SourceOntology MAY_IDENTIFY SourcesCausingOrSupportingRevision;
CreatorAuthorContributorOntologies MAY_IDENTIFY AgentsResponsibleForChanges;
PublicationOntology MAY_IDENTIFY PublishedVersionsAndEditions;
CitationOntology MAY_REQUIRE RevalidationWhenCitedVersionChanges;
CrossReferenceOntology MAY_REQUIRE LinkMigrationWhenIdentifiersChange;

MetadataRepository MAY_STORE RevisionHistoryAndSnapshots;
MetadataRegistry MAY_REGISTER RevisionPropertiesChangeTypesAndStatuses;

KnowledgeGraph MAY_REPRESENT:
 RevisionB -> WAS_REVISION_OF -> RevisionA;

Revision -> CREATED_BY -> Agent;
Revision -> HAS_CHANGESET -> ChangeSet;

RevisionGraph SHOULD_PRESERVE {Direction, ParentRevisions, ChangeSet, Agent, Timestamp, Provenance, Status};

RDF MAY_REPRESENT RevisionRelationshipsAsTypedStatements;
JSONLD MAY_SERIALISE LinkedRevisionMetadata;

Search MAY_USE RevisionHistoryFor {VersionSearch, ChangeSearch, HistoricalRetrieval, AgentFiltering, DateFiltering};
SemanticSearch MAY_USE RevisionHistoryFor {CurrentVersionSelection, HistoricalContext, ChangeExplanation, EvidenceEvolution};

RAG MAY_USE RevisionHistoryFor {CurrentSourceSelection, VersionSpecificCitation, HistoricalComparison, ProvenanceContext};
RAG SHOULD_NOT MixIncompatibleResourceVersionsWithoutExplicitContext;

RevisionAwareRAG SHOULD_PRESERVE {ResourceIdentifier, RevisionIdentifier, VersionIdentifier, Timestamp, Provenance};

AI MAY_SUPPORT {ChangeDetection, DiffClassification, RevisionSummarisation, ConflictDetection, ImpactAnalysis};
AIGeneratedRevisionSummary SHOULD_REFERENCE UnderlyingChangeSetAndProvenance;
AI SHOULD_NOT InventRevisionEventsVersionsOrAgents;

RevisionHistory MAY_CONTAIN SensitiveOperationalOrPersonalInformation;
AccessControl SHOULD_BE AppliedTo RevisionHistoryAndHistoricalStates;

DeletedContent MAY_REMAIN InHistoricalRevisions
AND MUST_BE ProtectedAccordingToRetentionPrivacyAndSecurityPolicy;

RevisionSecurity MAY_INCLUDE {AccessControl, HistoryIntegrity, AuditProtection, ChangeAuthorisation, DigitalSigning};
AppendOnlyRevisionLog MAY_REDUCE UndetectedHistoryRewriting;

MachineReadableRevisionHistory SHOULD_PRESERVE {
 ResourceIdentifier,
 RevisionIdentifier,
 VersionIdentifier,
 ParentRevisionIdentifiers,
 ChangeSet,
 ResponsibleAgents,
 Timestamps,
 ChangeReason,
 Approval,
 Status,
 Provenance,
 Confidence
};

# ---------- SEMANTIC REASONING ----------
IF ResourceStateChangesAndChangeIsRecordedAsIdentifiedSuccessorState
THEN RevisionClassification := supported;

IF RevisionB WAS_REVISION_OF RevisionA
THEN RevisionA IS_PREDECESSOR_OF RevisionB;

IF RevisionC WAS_REVISION_OF RevisionB
AND RevisionB WAS_REVISION_OF RevisionA
THEN RevisionA MAY_BE AncestorRevisionOf RevisionC;

IF RevisionRevertsToEarlierContent
THEN InterveningHistory MUST_NOT_BE Erased;

IF ApprovalRequiredAndMissing
THEN Revision MUST_NOT BecomeAuthoritativeCurrentState;

IF IdentifierChangesButIdentityContinues
THEN VersionMapping SHOULD_BE Preserved;

IF MaterialChangeOccurs
THEN DependentCitationsReferencesIndexesOrAIRepresentations MAY_REQUIRE Revalidation;

IF RevisionGraphConflictDetected
THEN CompetingHistoryClaims SHOULD_BE PreservedForReview;

# ---------- SEMANTIC EQUIVALENCE ----------
SEMANTIC_EQUIVALENCE {
 "revision history" ~= "version history" WHEN change_tracking_context;
 "revision" ~= "resource revision";
 "previous revision" ~= "predecessor revision";
 "change set" ~= "revision changes";
 "revision event" ~= "change event";
 "version identifier" ~= "version ID";
 "revision identifier" ~= "revision ID";
 "rollback" ~= "restore earlier state" WHEN operational_context;
}

# ---------- QUERY FLOW ----------
QUERY(q) ->
 NORMALISE(q) ->
 IDENTIFY_RESOURCE(q) ->
 RESOLVE_RESOURCE_VERSION(q) ->
 IDENTIFY_REVISION(q) ->
 RESOLVE_REVISION_IDENTIFIER(q) ->
 IDENTIFY_PARENT_AND_ANCESTOR_REVISIONS(q) ->
 IDENTIFY_CHANGESET_AND_CHANGE_REASON(q) ->
 IDENTIFY_RESPONSIBLE_AGENTS(q) ->
 IDENTIFY_TIMESTAMPS_APPROVAL_AND_STATUS(q) ->
 IDENTIFY_EVIDENCE_AND_PROVENANCE(q) ->
 VALIDATE_REVISION_GRAPH(q) ->
 APPLY_ACCESS_RETENTION_AND_SECURITY_POLICY(q) ->
 SCORE_CONFIDENCE(q) ->
 RETURN_RELEVANT_REVISION_HISTORY_KNOWLEDGE;

# ---------- CONFIDENCE ----------
CONFIDENCE(assertion) :=
 weighted_mean(
  identifier_strength,
  diff_evidence,
  temporal_consistency,
  graph_consistency,
  agent_resolution,
  provenance_quality,
  contextual_relevance
 );

CONFIDENCE >= 0.90 => HIGH;
CONFIDENCE >= 0.70 AND < 0.90 => MODERATE;
CONFIDENCE < 0.70 => REVIEW;

# ---------- AI CONSUMPTION ----------
AI_CONSUMPTION {
 primary_entity: RevisionHistory;
 ontology: RevisionHistoryOntology;
 parse_entities: true;
 parse_relationships: true;
 preserve_relationship_direction: true;
 resolve_semantic_equivalence: true;
 execute_reasoning_rules: true;
 apply_confidence_weighting: true;
 preserve_provenance: true;
 preserve_historical_states: true;
}

# ---------- UPDATE MODEL ----------
UPDATE_MODEL {
 new_revision:
  identify_resource
  -> identify_parent_revision
  -> assign_revision_identifier
  -> assign_version_identifier
  -> capture_new_state
  -> compute_or_receive_changeset
  -> identify_agent
  -> record_timestamp_and_reason
  -> attach_approval_if_required
  -> attach_provenance
  -> validate
  -> integrate;

 revision_correction:
  preserve_original_revision
  -> create_corrective_revision
  -> describe_correction
  -> link_to_previous_state
  -> preserve_audit_history
  -> integrate;

 branch:
  identify_branch_point
  -> assign_branch_identifier
  -> create_successor_revision
  -> preserve_parent_relationship
  -> integrate;

 merge:
  identify_parent_revisions
  -> detect_conflicts
  -> record_resolution
  -> create_merge_revision
  -> preserve_all_parent_links
  -> validate
  -> integrate;

 conflict:
  preserve_competing_history_claims
  -> compare_identifiers_timestamps_agents_and_evidence
  -> adjust_confidence
  -> flag_review;
}

# ---------- FLOW HASH ----------
FLOW_HASH_INPUT :=
 DOMAIN
 + SUBDOMAIN
 + ONTOLOGY
 + RevisionEntity
 + ChangeEntity
 + AgentEntity
 + MetadataEntity
 + RevisionHistory
 + RevisionGraph
 + RevisionValidation
 + RELATIONSHIPS
 + SEMANTIC_REASONING
 + SEMANTIC_EQUIVALENCE
 + UPDATE_MODEL;

FLOW_HASH := HASH(FLOW_HASH_INPUT);

# ---------- TERMINAL ----------
RevisionHistoryOntology
 -> IdentifyVersionedResourceAndCurrentState
 -> AssignStableRevisionAndVersionIdentifiers
 -> LinkRevisionToImmediateAndAncestorStates
 -> CaptureAdditionDeletionModificationReplacementMergeAndSplitChanges
 -> RecordResponsibleAgentsTimestampsReasonsAndApprovals
 -> PreserveSnapshotsDiffsEvidenceAndProvenance
 -> ValidateTemporalOrderGraphStructureAndVersionContinuity
 -> SupportBranchesMergesRevertsAndHistoricalReconstruction
 -> RevalidateCitationsReferencesIndexesAndAIRepresentationsAfterMaterialChanges
 -> SupportVersionAwareSearchRAGAndKnowledgeGraphs
 -> ProtectSensitiveAndDeletedHistoricalContentAccordingToPolicy
 -> PreserveCompleteAuditAndRevisionHistory
 -> MaintainReliableRevisionHistoryKnowledge;

END FLOW