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Concepts & Ontology
Loom uses a deliberately small vocabulary for describing governance and implementation.
CON-001
Policy
A formal decision, directive, rule, or program intent.
CON-002
Governance
The institutional arrangements through which a policy is directed and carried out.
CON-003
Implementation
The process by which formal decisions become operational activity.
CON-004
Governance Capacity
The practical ability of institutions to sustain the actions a policy requires.
CON-005
Implementation Debt
The accumulated gap between policy requirements and available delivery capacity.
CON-006
Dependency Chains
The connected authorities, systems, actors, resources, and conditions required for implementation.