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Architecture Papers (DB)

Paper Title	Status	Priority	Category	Theme	Audience	Publication State	Architectural Research Theme	Related Concepts	Subtitle	Paper Role	Stream	Transformation
Agent Architecture and the Enterprise Control Plane	Published	High			CIOCTOChief ArchitectCDAOAI GovernanceRiskPlatform Leaders	Published	Institutional Continuity Under AI-Mediated Execution		From AI Features to Governed Runtime Actors		Reference Architectures and Control Mechanisms	Accepted Agent Architecture → Agent Control Contract → Conformant Operational Agent Runtime
Agent Control Plane Reference Guide	Published	High			Chief ArchitectAI GovernancePlatform LeadersRisk	Published	Institutional Continuity Under AI-Mediated Execution		Implementation Controls for Governed Runtime Actors		Reference Architectures and Control Mechanisms	Accepted Agent Architecture → Runtime Enforcement → Evidence and Lifecycle Control
Recursive Sovereignty Spiral	Future Research	Medium	Institutional Governance	Consequence Feedback	Enterprise ArchitectureInstitutional GovernanceRiskBoards	Research Backlog	Recursive Sovereignty Under Operational Consequence	Sovereign BoundaryConsequence OwnershipOutcome FeedbackArchitectural SurvivabilityEnterprise Control Plane	How Consequence Revises Institutional Representation Without Breaking Agency	Feedback Architecture	Doctrine and Failure Modes	Consequence → revised institutional representation
The Semantic Contract Surface	Planned	High	Enterprise Architecture	Semantic Boundaries	Enterprise ArchitectureData Product OwnersAPI OwnersAI GovernanceData GovernanceRisk	Concept Approved	Institutional Meaning Across Boundaries	Semantic ContractsData Product ContractsAPI ContractsAI Context ContractsPermitted UseContext Collapse	How Accepted Meaning Survives Across Organisational, Technical and AI Boundaries	Boundary Architecture	Reference Architectures and Control Mechanisms	Accepted semantic architecture → shared institutional meaning
Architecture Authority as Control Plane	Planned	High	Enterprise Architecture	Architecture Conformance	Chief ArchitectsArchitecture Review BoardsEngineering LeadersPlatform LeadersRisk	Concept Approved	Institutional Continuity Through Implementation	Enterprise Control PlaneArchitecture AuthorityDecision RegisterDerivation PackageEngineering SchemasBuild GuidesConformance Review	How Accepted Architecture Becomes Conformant Engineering	Implementation Pattern	Reference Architectures and Control Mechanisms	Architecture authority → engineering conformance
Architectural Survivability	Planned	High	Enterprise Architecture	Continuity Under Change	Enterprise ArchitectureInstitutional GovernanceAI GovernanceRiskBoards	Concept Approved	Institutional Survivability Under Change	Constitutive PropertiesContinuity CarriersRecursive ReconstructionEnterprise Control PlaneSovereign Boundary	Constitutive Properties, Continuity Carriers and Recursive Reconstruction	Survivability Doctrine	Doctrine and Failure Modes	Change → continuity-preserving reconstruction
The Semantic Governance Operating Model	Planned	High	Institutional Governance	Semantic Authority	Enterprise ArchitectureData GovernanceDomain OwnersRiskBoards	Concept Approved	Institutional Meaning Under AI-Mediated Execution	Semantic AuthorityDomain OwnershipArchitecture AuthoritySemantic ReviewApprovalSupersession	How Governable Understanding Becomes Accepted Architecture	Semantic Architecture	Reference Architectures and Control Mechanisms	Governable understanding → accepted semantic architecture
Enterprise Intelligence Execution Architecture	Planned	High	Enterprise Architecture	Operational Intelligence	Enterprise ArchitectureOperationsAI GovernanceWorkflow OwnersRisk	Concept Approved	Institutional Intelligence Under AI-Mediated Execution	Enterprise Intelligence ArchitectureExecution Admissibility ArchitectureAI AgentsWorkflowsDecision ServicesOutcome Capture	How Shared Meaning Becomes Coordinated Operational Action	Runtime Architecture	Reference Architectures and Control Mechanisms	Shared institutional meaning → coordinated operational action
Intelligent Semantic Architecture	Planned	High	Enterprise Architecture	Institutional Meaning	Enterprise ArchitectureSemantic ArchitectureData GovernanceAI GovernanceDomain Owners	Concept Approved	Institutional Meaning Under AI-Mediated Execution	System FoundationAI-Ready Enterprise SemanticsSemantic Governance Operating ModelSemantic Contract Surface	How Governed Representations Become Institutional Meaning	Semantic Architecture	Reference Architectures and Control Mechanisms	Governed representation → governable understanding
The System Foundation	Planned	Highest	Enterprise Architecture	Governed Representation	Enterprise ArchitectureData ArchitectureSemantic ArchitectureAI ArchitectureDomain OwnersRisk	Concept Approved	Institutional Representation Under AI-Mediated Execution	EntityIdentityAssertionStateEventTimeRelationshipProvenanceAuthorityPermitted UseContextLineageDecisionOutcome	How Institutions Represent Operational Reality	Representation Architecture	Reference Architectures and Control Mechanisms	Operational reality → governed representation
The Enterprise Control Plane	Published	Highest	Enterprise Architecture	Institutional Continuity	CIOCTOChief ArchitectCDAOAI GovernanceData GovernancePlatform LeadersRisk	Published	Institutional Continuity Under AI-Mediated Execution	Enterprise Intelligence ArchitectureSystem FoundationSemantic Contract SurfaceExecution Admissibility ArchitectureAI-Ready Enterprise SemanticsArchitecture AuthorityArchitectural SurvivabilityAI Agents	From Information Transport to Institutional Continuity	Category-defining control architecture	Reference Architectures and Control Mechanisms	Accepted Architecture → Conformant Operational Implementation
Execution Legitimacy Drift	Future Research								Authority Continuity, Runtime Context Change and the Erosion of Admissible Execution	Failure Mode	Doctrine and Failure Modes	Runtime context change → legitimacy erosion
Enterprise Intelligence Architecture	Published	Highest	Enterprise Architecture	Institutional Intelligence	CIOCTOChief ArchitectCDAOAI GovernanceRiskBoardsEnterprise ArchitectureData GovernanceAI Architecture	Published	Institutional Intelligence Under AI-Mediated Execution	Enterprise Control PlaneExecution Admissibility ArchitectureArchitecture of RecordSCIA RuntimeAI AgentsAuthorityPermitted UseProvenanceLineageDecisionOutcome	From Operational Reality to Governed Action and Revised Representation	Capstone Reference Architecture	Reference Architectures and Control Mechanisms	Operational Reality → Governed Action → Revised Representation
Consequence Escape	Future Research								How Legitimacy Propagates Beyond the Original Control Boundary	Failure Mode	Doctrine and Failure Modes	Local admissibility → downstream consequence propagation failure
The Sovereign Boundary	Published								Delegated Meaning and the Architecture of Institutional Sovereignty	Doctrine	Doctrine and Failure Modes	Delegated capability → preserved institutional sovereignty
The Alignment Architecture	Published	High	Enterprise Architecture	Execution Admissibility	Enterprise ArchitectureRiskGovernanceRegulatorsBoards	Ready to Publish	Institutional Legitimacy Under Distributed AI-Mediated Cognition	Execution Admissibility ArchitectureSCIARuntime GovernanceInstitutional Legitimacy	Alignment as the Foundation of Coherent Action in AI-Mediated Systems	Doctrine	Doctrine and Failure Modes	Meaning → execution → admissibility
The Desynchronization of Authority	Published	High	Institutional Governance	Execution Admissibility	Enterprise ArchitectureRiskGovernanceRegulatorsBoards	Ready to Publish	Institutional Legitimacy Under Distributed AI-Mediated Cognition	SCIAExecution Admissibility ArchitectureAuthority ContinuityRuntime GovernanceInstitutional Legitimacy	Why AI-mediated execution requires Execution Admissibility at T=0	Failure Mode	Doctrine and Failure Modes	Point-in-time authority → runtime admissibility requirement
AI-Ready Enterprise Semantics	Planned	High	Enterprise Architecture	AI-Mediated Cognition	Enterprise ArchitectureRiskGovernanceRegulatorsBoards	Concept Approved	Institutional Legitimacy Under Distributed AI-Mediated Cognition	Execution Admissibility ArchitectureRuntime GovernanceInstitutional LegitimacyEnterprise Intelligence ArchitectureEnterprise Control Plane	When enterprise meaning becomes operational in AI-mediated systems	Semantic Architecture	Reference Architectures and Control Mechanisms	Enterprise meaning → AI-mediated operational context
Authority Lifecycle Integrity	Planned	High	Institutional Governance	Institutional Legitimacy	Enterprise ArchitectureRiskGovernanceRegulatorsBoards	Concept Approved	Institutional Legitimacy Under Distributed AI-Mediated Cognition	Authority ContinuityRuntime GovernanceInstitutional LegitimacyExecution Admissibility ArchitectureEnterprise Intelligence ArchitectureEnterprise Control Plane	Preserving authority coherence before irreversible execution	Failure Mode	Doctrine and Failure Modes	Authority lifecycle → integrity requirement
SCIA Runtime	Planned	High	Runtime Governance	Execution Admissibility	Enterprise ArchitectureRiskGovernanceRegulatorsBoards	Concept Approved	Institutional Legitimacy Under Distributed AI-Mediated Cognition	SCIAExecution Admissibility ArchitectureRuntime GovernanceAuthority ContinuityInstitutional LegitimacyEnterprise Intelligence ArchitectureEnterprise Control Plane	Runtime control point for execution admissibility at T=0	Runtime Architecture	Reference Architectures and Control Mechanisms	Runtime context → admissibility decision at T=0
Architecture of Record	Planned	High	Enterprise Architecture	Execution Admissibility	Enterprise ArchitectureRiskGovernanceRegulatorsBoards	Concept Approved	Institutional Legitimacy Under Distributed AI-Mediated Cognition	Execution Admissibility ArchitectureAuthority ContinuityRuntime GovernanceInstitutional LegitimacyEnterprise Intelligence ArchitectureEnterprise Control Plane	Mapping where institutional consequence binds	Runtime Architecture	Reference Architectures and Control Mechanisms	Institutional systems → consequence map
Execution Passports	Planned	High	Institutional Governance	Authority-State	Enterprise ArchitectureRiskGovernanceRegulatorsBoards	Concept Approved	Institutional Legitimacy Under Distributed AI-Mediated Cognition	SCIAExecution Admissibility ArchitectureAuthority ContinuityRuntime GovernanceInstitutional LegitimacyEnterprise Intelligence ArchitectureEnterprise Control Plane	How authority-state travels to the commit boundary	Evidence Pattern	Reference Architectures and Control Mechanisms	Authority-state → evidence at the commit boundary
Execution Attribution Collapse	Research Backlog	High	Institutional Governance	AI-Mediated Cognition	Enterprise ArchitectureRiskGovernanceRegulatorsBoards	Concept Approved	Institutional Legitimacy Under Distributed AI-Mediated Cognition	SCIAExecution Admissibility ArchitectureAuthority ContinuityRuntime GovernanceInstitutional Legitimacy	Distributed Cognition, AI-Mediated Judgment, and the Emerging Legitimacy Crisis	Failure Mode	Doctrine and Failure Modes	Distributed cognition → attribution failure
Governance Survivability and the Limits of Institutional Recomputation	Research Backlog	High	Institutional Governance	AI-Mediated Cognition	Enterprise ArchitectureRiskGovernanceRegulatorsBoards	Concept Approved	Institutional Legitimacy Under Distributed AI-Mediated Cognition	SCIAExecution Admissibility ArchitectureAuthority ContinuityRuntime GovernanceInstitutional Legitimacy	Decision-Condition Recoverability, Complexity Compression and Institutional Legitimacy	Survivability Doctrine	Doctrine and Failure Modes	Operational pressure → legitimacy recomputation failure