A.2.9:4.1 — Normative definition
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Methodology
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Content
U.SpeechAct <: U.Work is a kind declaration. An actual Work individual is admitted as SA : U.SpeechAct when its primary effect is communicative: it places an utterance through an optional channel in a way classified by an exact speech-act recognition taxonomy under an effective reference scheme and, when institutional force is claimed, by a current policy, procedure, or protocol rule as potentially:
- asserting/informing,
- requesting/directing,
- promising/committing (as an instituting act),
- declaring/authorizing/revoking (status-changing acts),
- notifying (event announcement relevant for downstream work).
Per A.7 and A.15.1, the actual speech-act occurrence is a Work individual; its SpeechActRecord and utterance descriptions are epistemes, while its carriers are utterance carriers, publication carriers, or traces that allow observation and audit. (Note: “Surface” is reserved for MVPK publication/interoperability surfaces; do not use it here.)
Whether a given act type institutes commitments, permissions, publication relations, or status changes depends on an exact current policy or procedure and on the direct obtaining conditions of the claimed effect. Absent that basis, treat SA : U.SpeechAct only as actual communicative Work; neither its kind membership, recognition classification, channel, MethodDescription, nor a complete-looking record licenses a deontic or status inference.
Last Updated: 2026-08-03 — upstream FPF commit 9dd92159 (github.com/ailev/FPF)