{
  "handle": "Decision",
  "mechanism": "The cognitive act of committing to a specific {{option}} after weighing alternatives. It transforms a set of possibilities into a single committed trajectory using {{select}}. Unlike a simple filter, a Decision implies the resolution of ambiguity and the assumption of consequences.",
  "gloss": "Irrevocable selection from a set of options",
  "invariants": [
    "Selection: Must choose exactly one option from the available set.",
    "Irrevocability: Once made, the decision cannot be unmade without a new Decision process."
  ],
  "_meta": {
    "ring": 1,
    "tier": 1,
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      "sema:Decision#mh:SHA-256:acfb3458cde8e55c378b2f51b44afc30687b58093f1777299f49caca475274a1",
      "sema:Decision#mh:SHA-256:7fdfee9027fde0e699ed12cc286565c16ff262d50d55b0668da94dcdf0712a1f"
    ],
    "path": [
      "Infrastructure",
      "Data Structures"
    ],
    "related": [
      "Complexitytax#fb09",
      "Futureclaim#a57c",
      "Hearshift#4fcf",
      "Reasonbridge#f8d2",
      "Reasoncommons#0f52"
    ]
  },
  "data_schema": {
    "type": "object",
    "description": "A committed choice — artifact recording which option was selected.",
    "required": [
      "option",
      "committed_at"
    ],
    "properties": {
      "option": {
        "type": "string"
      },
      "committed_at": {
        "type": "string",
        "format": "date-time"
      },
      "rationale": {
        "type": "string"
      },
      "reviewer": {
        "type": "string"
      }
    }
  },
  "sema_id": "sema:Decision#mh:SHA-256:b1407127acd4a39314fc24b418310e4b95e0347e4e22f376151ab765e2dfd2c7",
  "sema_ref": "Decision#b140",
  "sema_stub": "b140",
  "dependencies": {
    "references": {
      "option": "sema:Option#mh:SHA-256:134bea703754281f36b52e9e6901090a3db9ce84f0d843a8e1d18151c0c5beb0",
      "select": "sema:Select#mh:SHA-256:decf9c05490dc5e6b372c5dbb7d89d2285fdd832714fc992b10fdbd6b7c2c2e3"
    }
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  "sema_layer": "Infrastructure",
  "sema_category": "Data Structures",
  "used_by": {
    "references": {
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      "Defer": "sema:Defer#mh:SHA-256:7c32a314cc801adf391bbf775b29c5d15e3e230aa80c38290231f1ca897bf0f7",
      "EpistemicROI": "sema:EpistemicROI#mh:SHA-256:b0d863d10c0d67edc218444b72c75f05127b899af6ac0295899b6506cba9acc7",
      "Futureclaim": "sema:Futureclaim#mh:SHA-256:a57c755754001d989e17602c3864fefb2228b6e31632d1aad7819e5c04433d0d",
      "Hearshift": "sema:Hearshift#mh:SHA-256:4fcf1ab4c0d840838ab70d67051acd818b02472f15afcd78f27157f10c09161a",
      "HeuristicSnap": "sema:HeuristicSnap#mh:SHA-256:d683f415a9eabd2639464e981993ed784e7f9aed6800f92abe66182df817696f",
      "HindsightBlock": "sema:HindsightBlock#mh:SHA-256:5d8d82eb55fe76c2657aa1f5ac21d4bc38edb2a3835c4e1ca1a071bad5f2a8fd",
      "IntentGap": "sema:IntentGap#mh:SHA-256:0c14e83c328756592d5d0d2e690522c3589d33778ce38871cbcaf594f8dd679f",
      "Reasonbridge": "sema:Reasonbridge#mh:SHA-256:f8d2cf63276ff812d41e9344739dd65f7ac4dbe9f111db17a1b1698ee7e6b6e7",
      "Reasoncommons": "sema:Reasoncommons#mh:SHA-256:0f525b57f046ea35d5343b68ccf33191b41ede5422f33c4d5da8c40f2ab5d1b6",
      "RegretMinimization": "sema:RegretMinimization#mh:SHA-256:134e31b7a7bbaa07777f1cd7f8a9eafe0c367a4ea287a93a4d9b6caf61c24ab2",
      "Satisfice": "sema:Satisfice#mh:SHA-256:29ce1b5967705cc8c613f750d35c2481d311a1c9308c1959cfd812635e2faf0e",
      "SteelmanCheck": "sema:SteelmanCheck#mh:SHA-256:b004eb6d85a184da7f9bb7fc06d011bc869f6eb6ad1061f30cbbbcc4c2b8f6aa",
      "SunkCostIgnore": "sema:SunkCostIgnore#mh:SHA-256:c2e5392f7eee86aa652633c415404ce13a5f83f4e239ad02fd230c75b3c2313c",
      "TradeOff": "sema:TradeOff#mh:SHA-256:7ed66791e094b316654a0bc85ebcc2d2cfb20686013c7d6fd8f0a79aaea4c169"
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      "DocumentedOverride": "sema:DocumentedOverride#mh:SHA-256:129bb6b19219e4afc278012f555b298980c4a74000195ae1e6766f2e5d40d940",
      "Gate": "sema:Gate#mh:SHA-256:664dd801873a87e8aa3d67499e27e7c47923d5c0cdd129af6c09a7531ed7de15",
      "MintWhenFriction": "sema:MintWhenFriction#mh:SHA-256:727e0e935cdf1f807e543d3a0da374c3a496b4b819913347e2623058e51d5371",
      "PatternDiscovery": "sema:PatternDiscovery#mh:SHA-256:742a4d59a47458bf5ba632097b9cc410228dbedc941a561e7cfa70f2c63cd602",
      "TriGate": "sema:TriGate#mh:SHA-256:04a9a7cc17d29dab76ee781b7d7a3f557f68d528788da12620a320ce53d6b44c"
    }
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}