# ID-T01 — Definitions and relationships

Adrian Sutherland · Version 1.0 · Refreshed September 2026

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Adapt these prompts to your existing records and methodology.

## Purpose and scope

- Decision, use and affected people: [fill]
- Business outcome, principle and requirement references: [fill]
- Selected scope and open questions: [fill]

## Meaning and identity

- Concept or record name, identifier and plain-language definition: [fill]
- Example, near-match and difference in meaning: [fill]
- Identifier rules and duplicate handling: [fill]

## Relationships and rules

- Related records, direction and allowed number of relationships: [fill]
- Required, optional and state-dependent information: [fill]
- Source, current version and superseded information: [fill]

## Representation and ownership

- Definition approver, steward and individual-record maintainer: [fill]
- Authoritative record and consuming copies: [fill]
- Field definitions and mapping to forms, messages or stored records: [fill]
- Access, quality and handover rules to carry into the design: [fill]

## Methodology configuration

- Your method's terms, models and records for this information: [fill]
- Activities or reviews where definitions are accepted: [fill]

## History and next review

- Version, date, decision status and accepting owner: [fill]
- Affected consumers, reason for revision and next trigger: [fill]