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An Approval Button Is Not a Governance Record
Contestable agents present cited arguments for disputed metadata, while human stewards can accept, reject, edit or add evidence before anything becomes precedent.
Summary
Contestable agents present cited arguments for disputed metadata, while human stewards can accept, reject, edit or add evidence before anything becomes precedent.
Industrial metadata links telemetry and structured records to manuals, service notes and other unstructured evidence. The proposed contestable-governance workflow makes specialist agents produce scored, cited arguments instead of bare classifications. A steward can modify both conclusion and reasoning, and the system retains the evidence, intervention and outcome; a separate gate controls which verified decisions become precedent. The paper illustrates the design with HVAC point classification and a warranty scenario. These are workflow examples and an open reference implementation, not evidence that automated governance is error-free.
Why it matters
Contestable agents present cited arguments for disputed metadata, while human stewards can accept, reject, edit or add evidence before anything becomes precedent.
Limits and context
- These are workflow examples and an open reference implementation, not evidence that automated governance is error-free.
Key claims
Contestable agents present cited arguments for disputed metadata, while human stewards can accept, reject, edit or add evidence before anything becomes precedent.
Qualification: These are workflow examples and an open reference implementation, not evidence that automated governance is error-free.
Evidence: source-2026-10-24-005
Sources
- arXiv preprint 2610.31553, original v1arXiv · primary research
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