Ratification Process — Steward Consent Protocol¶

Curated by: MJ Ahmad — Steward of Ethical Inheritance
Document Type: Governance Protocol
Last Updated: October 17, 2025

🧭 Purpose¶

This document defines how new modules, logic rules, glossary terms, and governance policies are formally ratified within the MJ-Ahmad Documentation Hub. Ratification is not approval — it is inheritance.

🔄 Ratification Sequence¶

Step	Description
Proposal submitted	Artifact drafted and submitted with metadata
Ethics validated	Reviewed against `nxn-ethics` and glossary clarity
Steward review	Activated via `review-protocol.md`
Audit hash logged	Entry created in `audit/change-log.json`
Consent recorded	Steward signs ratification via `role-activation.md`
Status updated	Metadata `review_status` set to `approved`
Index linked	Artifact added to `index.md` and `roadmap.md`

✅ Ratifiable Artifacts¶

New documentation modules
Logic rules and derivation boundaries
Glossary terms
Governance policies
Distribution protocols
Stewardship roles

🛡️ Ethical Boundaries¶

No artifact may be ratified without ethics validation
No steward may ratify their own artifact without peer review
No ratification may bypass audit logging
No module may be indexed without consent

🔐 Licensing¶

All ratifications are governed by the Ethical Inheritance License. No artifact may be inherited without traceability, ethics, and steward consent.

review-protocol.md — Artifact approval
role-activation.md — Steward consent
audit/change-log.json — Edit traceability
nxn-ethics/README.md — Ethics validation
index.md — Constitutional mapping

“Let no truth be inherited without consent.”
— MJ Ahmad