Reference
governance.rule
domain: governance
A STRUCTURED, machine-evaluable rule — the Rules side of facts+rules→decision. It tests a metric on a fact schema (`applies_to`) against a threshold and, when matched, proposes a stage/action at a declared STRENGTH. `binding` carries the legal force INHERITED FROM ITS SOURCE DOCUMENT (a binding law ⇒ mandatory; a guideline ⇒ advisory; general knowledge yields no rule) — so a rule is only ever as strong as the instrument behind it. Conflicts resolve by precedence: binding>advisory, then jurisdiction level, then recency, honoring `supersedes`. Evaluated deterministically (no LLM); the match is auditable and cited back to `source`.
| Field | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
schema | — | ✓ | |
id | string | ✓ | |
rule_id | string | ✓ | |
title | string | ||
applies_to | string | ✓ | the fact schema this rule evaluates, e.g. air.quality |
metric | string | ✓ | the field of the fact to test, e.g. pm25 |
operator | string | ✓ | |
value | — | ✓ | scalar threshold, or [min,max] for 'between' |
unit | string | ||
stage | string | the classification/stage this rule triggers, e.g. GRAP-II, Moderate | |
proposed_action | string | ✓ | the action to recommend when matched |
binding | string | ✓ | legal force inherited from the source instrument: mandatory (law/order) | advisory (guideline) | informational |
severity | string | moderate | poor | very-poor | severe | ... — for ranking | |
priority | integer | precedence within a cascade (higher wins) | |
authority | string | the issuer, e.g. CPCB — ties to ref.source | |
scope | object | jurisdiction the rule applies in, e.g. {jurisdiction: national|state|local} | |
effective_from | string | ||
effective_to | string/null | ||
supersedes | string/null | rule_id this replaces (precedence over the older one) | |
source | object | provenance to the instrument: {doc, doc_class, citation} — the guideline/law this rule was derived from | |
tenant | string |