Pattern Proposal: Transition Registry State Machine
Summary
Governance actions are controlled via a registry of allowed state transitions.
Candidate Pattern
- ID:
transition-registry-state-machine - Classification: architectural
- Maturity: emerging
- Type: emerging
Observed Signals
No specific signals listed.
Evidence
Supporting Evidence
Scope Assessment
- Evidence Strength: medium
- Confidence: medium
- Applies to: ideas-to-life-cas
Rationale
- Intent: Ensure valid transitions between governance states and enforce business rules.
- Context: GovernanceActionEngine uses TransitionRegistry to map expected transitions.
- Force: Need to prevent invalid actions
- Force: Desire for explicit state management
- Force: Extensibility for new transitions
Traceability
Artifact source: proposed-patterns