Key Analytical Terms in Criteriology and Decision Structure (Terminological Note)

This terminological note provides a structured and consolidated analytical vocabulary for conceptual and empirical work within the criteriology framework, the Public Analytical Notes series, and related work within the Self-Matryoshka Analytical Framework (S-MAF). The vocabulary covers analytical components used in examining evaluative structures, criteria, decision-making, documentation, identifiability, reconstruction, reconstructability, reviewability, competence relations, and related configurations. The terms are organised by analytical domain in order to make their conceptual relations visible. Version 10 serves as the primary consolidated reference for the terminology included in that version. Later bounded concepts introduced in standalone publications—including administrative continuity without identifiable procedural closure, asymmetrical documentary operativity, and classificatory transformation—have not yet been incorporated into this terminological note. The vocabulary is descriptive, non-exhaustive, and open to subsequent extension. It does not introduce new empirical material or establish causal, normative, or legal conclusions. Part of the community: Self-Matryoshka Analytical Framework (S-MAF) and Criteriology Research