Regulatory mapping · The change watch · Element

The change log

What changed, when it took effect, and what was done about it.

The part

What it is

Lead time between publication and effect is usually generous and is usually wasted, because the change is actioned near the deadline.

The log is also what demonstrates an active compliance function rather than a static document.

The smallest level

The attributes it carries

Each attribute is one of the framework’s shared types. What a date is, and how it is written, is defined once for the whole model — the note here says what it means in this particular place.