DPV - Decentralized Policy Vault
The Decentralized Policy Vault is the memory and provenance layer of AMME. It stores versioned ethics packs, amendment histories, and the cryptographic signatures that certify legitimacy.
Treatise date: August 13, 2025.
Policy memory and provenance
DPV ensures every enforcement decision can be traced to a specific ethics pack version. The treatise defines DPV as the authoritative record of policy state, including amendments, rescissions, and legitimacy signatures.
Core functions
- Version control for ethics packs and clause revisions
- Immutable provenance for legitimacy and ratification events
- Audit timelines for governance and enforcement actions
- Access governance for policy editing and approvals
Evidence bundles
- Pack release manifests (v0.1, v0.2, v1.0)
- Approval records and quorum proofs
- Signed change logs and deprecation notices
- Public policy registry snapshots
DPV lifecycle
Draft
LEI outputs a draft ethics pack and a legitimacy bundle.
Ratify
Validators sign, record quorum, and publish the release.
Enforce
PSE and AIL reference the pack version during enforcement.
Amend
New evidence triggers amendment proposals and version bumps.
Retire
Deprecated packs remain archived for audit replay.
Dispute
Ethics Court rulings can suspend or supersede packs.
Policy quarantine lanes
A controlled space for high risk or contested policy updates.
AMME Extensions introduce a quarantine lane in DPV where controversial policy updates can be trialed without immediately altering operational enforcement. Quarantined packs are evaluated under heightened evidence thresholds and require a higher legitimacy quorum before promotion into the primary policy registry.