The standing resolution

Which claim wins by default, and the argument for that ordering.

The part

What it is

The default is what makes the register useful under pressure. Deciding in the moment produces inconsistency; deciding in advance produces something people can be held to.

The reasoning is the part that survives. A default with no argument attached will be overturned by whoever argues most confidently next time.

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.

Default
Whose interest takes precedence when both cannot be met.
Choice shared type
Reasoning
The argument for that ordering, recorded when it was agreed.
Reason shared type
Set on
When the default was agreed.
Date shared type