Abstract
This publication discloses methods and systems for scope parameterisation of decision operations using structured context. In one embodiment, a context coordinate comprising organisational context parameters and a point-in-time state reference parameterises all decision operations — including rule resolution, reuse eligibility determination, execution permission issuance, and validity verification — such that each operation is evaluated relative to dimensional context rather than against a single global configuration. Context parameters are subject to a parameter stability classification that distinguishes stable context parameters from instance- specific context parameters, enabling different operations to consume different operation-specific context subsets according to each operation’s purpose. In one embodiment, a context applicability check determines which rules from a policy rule set are relevant to the current context position, producing a context-filtered rule set that excludes inapplicable rules. A context-filtered rule digest provides stable identity for the applicable rule set, enabling selective invalidation at context-position granularity when only context-relevant rules change. In one embodiment, the same multi-step decision process definition produces different evaluation outcomes — requiring different evidence, applying different constraints, demanding different authorization — at different context positions as a structural consequence of context resolution, without conditional branching in the process definition. A mandatory tenant context parameter enforces multi-tenant decision isolation structurally across all operations. A context completeness verification aggregates required context dimensions from all applicable policies and fails closed when any dimensions are missing. The disclosed dimensional parameterisation approach shares structural parallels with OLAP dimension hierarchies used in data warehouse query processing, wherein a cube of pre-aggregated measures is sliced along dimensional axes to produce context-specific views — here applied to policy rule sets rather than to analytical measures. The disclosed approaches establish parameterised decision evaluation driven by structured context with context-driven behavioural divergence and scope-projected behaviour.
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Recommended Citation
Winchester, Jayson, "Context-Parameterised Policy Evaluation — Dimensional Context for Multi-Tenant Rule Resolution", Technical Disclosure Commons, (February 19, 2026)
https://www.tdcommons.org/dpubs_series/9347