Abstract
This publication discloses methods and systems for optional temporal enrichment of scope-addressed decision records, where temporal binding is a composable layer that extends record identity rather than a mandatory data model property. In one embodiment, a decision record has a base identity derived from its scope coordinates and decision content without temporal reference participation, and a temporal enrichment operation extends that base identity by incorporating a temporal reference representing a policy environment state, producing a temporally enriched identity. Both identities remain valid references to the same decision content, enabling alternative addressability — systems that require temporal consistency address the record by its temporally enriched identity, while systems that do not require temporal consistency address the record by its base identity. In one embodiment, temporal binding is configurable per organisational unit across a spectrum from no temporal participation through intermediate levels to full temporal binding, accommodating heterogeneous multi-tenant governance requirements within a single deployment. In one embodiment, a captured temporal reference is carried through a multi-step decision process, providing point-in-time rule evaluation semantics where all operations observe the policy environment state at the captured reference. The disclosed approaches support non-breaking backward-compatible temporal extension from base scope addressing to temporal enrichment without invalidating existing records, incremental schema migration by scope partition, and differential temporal binding where different aspects of a decision process bind to different temporal references. The disclosed techniques extend multi-tenant consistency configuration where different organisational units require different levels of temporal binding, composable temporal enrichment produces alternative addressability without invalidating base identity, and staleness verification at evaluation time detects concurrent policy modifications without pessimistic locking. The disclosed approaches address the gap between existing temporal data management techniques — which treat temporal binding as a mandatory schema property — and composable temporal enrichment — which enables records to exist with a valid base identity without temporal participation and to gain temporal binding as an optional enrichment producing alternative addressability.
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Recommended Citation
Winchester, Jayson, "Configurable Temporal Consistency for Multi-Tenant Record Systems — Optional Identity Enrichment", Technical Disclosure Commons, (February 19, 2026)
https://www.tdcommons.org/dpubs_series/9344