governance::definition_control
Definition Control
The discipline of governing which definition of a term is authoritative across the enterprise.
Canonical Definition
The governance discipline that ensures every enterprise term has a single approved meaning, with an accountable owner, a version, a status and an auditable change history.
Alternative Interpretations
Why the same term causes confusion across teams.
Data Management
Business glossary maintenance — usually documentation, not enforcement.
Compliance
Policy management — control of policy documents, not their semantics.
Semantic Governance
Governance of meaning itself: approved, versioned, owner-accountable definitions.
Business Impact
What happens when different meanings of Definition Control are used in parallel.
Operational Risk
Teams use the same term with different meaning, producing inconsistent decisions.
AI Risk
AI agents inherit unsanctioned definitions and disagree silently.
Compliance Risk
Audit cannot prove which meaning was in force at a decision point.
Integration Risk
Integrations exchange fields named identically but meaning different things.
Related Entities
- governance::definition_control → prevents → ai::semantic_drift
- governance::definition_control → enables → ai::alignment
- governance::definition_control → implemented by → enterprise::system_of_record
- governance::definition_control → governs → governance::risk_appetite
Governance Metadata
This definition is governed. Not merely documented.
- Owner
- Head of Data Governance
- Status
- aligned
- Version
- 1.0
- Effective Date
- 2025-02-01
- Source
- WikiSure Governance Working Group
- Domain
- Governance