From request to review
Define the bounded proposal
For reserve an observatory instrument, record the requester, location, scope and responsible receiving office. The receipt identifies the clock and competent jurisdiction.
Gate: Location and competence are recorded
Owner: Science & Discovery CommissionReview methods and raw evidence
Assess observation proposal; reconcile it with instrument needs and data release plan. A missing document has an explicit alternative-evidence route rather than silent rejection.
Gate: Evidence is complete or an alternative is agreed
Owner: Science & Discovery CommissionObtain independent specialist findings
Ask Standards, Time & Measurement Authority for the finding within its own powers. The consultation records the specific unresolved question, evidence version and requested response.
Gate: A specialist finding is recorded
Owner: Standards, Time & Measurement AuthorityResolve protection and future burdens
Null results and uncertainty belong in the public scientific record Publish or privately communicate the resolution, including dissent and consent limits.
Gate: The stated safeguard is resolved
Owner: Digital Systems & Communications CommissionIssue a conditional research decision
A shared-facility allocation and calibration record. The decision also names the accountable official role, effective event, conditions, review office and follow-up duties.
Gate: Reasons, conditions and review route are available
Owner: Science & Discovery CommissionMonitor stop conditions and review
Preserve the source record, decision reasons and conditions for reserve an observatory instrument. A service complaint routes to the Ombudsman; a contested legal restriction routes to the Union Court.
Gate: Follow-up owner and record custody are named
Owner: Union Ombudsman
Exceptions and alternate routes
Required evidence is unavailable
Record the missing item and propose a witness, existing register reference or independently verified substitute. The completeness review remains open.
Interplanetary communication is interrupted
Record local receipt time and the delegated action available. Preserve a mirrored log for later reconciliation; do not invent a remote approval.
An adverse finding affects the requester
Provide the finding, allow a response, disclose the review route and preserve essential service continuity where applicable.
Institutional interfaces
Start the record
Prepare a requestThe assessment behind the stage diagram
The access team checks scheduling conflicts, competence, protected operating conditions and public evidence custody.
Research method, instrument compatibility and the data plan identify the request. Remote applicants can provide an assessable record without attending a live inner-system panel.
Possible decisions and what follows
An allocation, staged access, alternative instrument offer or reasoned rejection.
Retain the instrument version, raw-data custody and disclosure commitments. A schedule change does not erase scientific independence.
Duties after the finding
Keep the scope accurate
Tell the receiving office about a material change in location, activity, operator, record custodian or requested result. The original receipt remains in the history.
Respect source custody
Provide purpose-specific references and authorised representations. Personal, clinical, commercial and protected scientific records have different access scopes.
Respond to a qualified finding
Read the conditions and the institution that owns them. A request for further evidence identifies the specific unresolved issue and the route for an alternative.
Preserve the follow-up
Retain the instrument version, raw-data custody and disclosure commitments. A schedule change does not erase scientific independence.
Disagreement, assistance and evidence alternatives
A completeness query names the unresolved evidence and the alternative the receiving office can assess. An administrative complaint concerns service handling; a legal appeal concerns a finding and its competent remedy. A public petition asks a representative institution to examine a wider issue.