ARCHETYPAL

Provide meaningful explanations of decisions

AIR-130AE1C465 · version 2 · Governance · candidate interpretation

Responsible senior federal officials must provide meaningful explanations of decisions.

Situation & purpose

An AI system or employee activity involves meaningful explanations of decisions. Confirm the actor and source conditions before using this template.

Provide a traceable control for the action: provide meaningful explanations of decisions.

Examples

Meets the rule
Responsible senior federal officials performs the required action "provide" for meaningful explanations of decisions within these source conditions: After decisions; Appendix C applies, and retains evidence.
Does not meet the rule
Responsible senior federal officials omits the required action "provide" for meaningful explanations of decisions while those source conditions apply.
Outside scope
The actor, activity, jurisdiction, or applicability conditions in this source variant do not match.

Evidence & enforcement

  • Dated record of the action
  • Responsible actor and approval, where required
  • Applicable source edition and scope

Human or authorized system adapter required. Machine-executable: no. Convert to a reviewed organization contract and validate the adapter before deployment.

Limits

A rule card is an interpretation aid, not an applicability determination.

Equivalent intent does not make different source obligations interchangeable.

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JSON rule card
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  "id": "AIR-130AE1C465",
  "version": 2,
  "title": "Provide meaningful explanations of decisions",
  "text": "Responsible senior federal officials must provide meaningful explanations of decisions.",
  "topic": "Governance",
  "intent": "provide meaningful explanations of decisions",
  "status": "candidate",
  "semanticStatus": "human-validation-required",
  "variants": [
    {
      "sourceId": "ca-automated-decisions",
      "control": "6.2.3",
      "sourceVersion": "Modified 2025-06-24",
      "url": "https://www.tbs-sct.canada.ca/pol/doc-eng.aspx?id=32592",
      "actor": "Responsible senior federal officials",
      "modality": "must",
      "action": "provide",
      "object": "meaningful explanations of decisions",
      "condition": "After decisions; Appendix C applies",
      "exception": "Directive scope and Appendix C apply",
      "timing": null,
      "authority": "binding-within-federal-scope",
      "jurisdiction": "Canada federal government",
      "checkedAt": "2026-10-03",
      "status": "interpretation-needs-review",
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        "doesNotMeetRule": "Responsible senior federal officials omits the required action \"provide\" for meaningful explanations of decisions while those source conditions apply.",
        "outOfScope": "The actor, activity, jurisdiction, or applicability conditions in this source variant do not match."
      }
    }
  ],
  "situation": "An AI system or employee activity involves meaningful explanations of decisions. Confirm the actor and source conditions before using this template.",
  "purpose": "Provide a traceable control for the action: provide meaningful explanations of decisions.",
  "examples": {
    "meetsRule": "Responsible senior federal officials performs the required action \"provide\" for meaningful explanations of decisions within these source conditions: After decisions; Appendix C applies, and retains evidence.",
    "doesNotMeetRule": "Responsible senior federal officials omits the required action \"provide\" for meaningful explanations of decisions while those source conditions apply.",
    "outOfScope": "The actor, activity, jurisdiction, or applicability conditions in this source variant do not match."
  },
  "evidence": [
    "Dated record of the action",
    "Responsible actor and approval, where required",
    "Applicable source edition and scope"
  ],
  "enforcement": {
    "mode": "policy-template",
    "adapter": "Human or authorized system adapter required",
    "machineExecutable": false
  },
  "limitations": [
    "A rule card is an interpretation aid, not an applicability determination.",
    "Equivalent intent does not make different source obligations interchangeable."
  ],
  "createdAt": "2026-10-03",
  "updatedAt": "2026-10-03"
}
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