Governance
Goal: Understand how Open Industrial governance nodes provide ALCOA+ compliance for regulated industries.
What is Governance in Open Industrial?
Governance nodes provide regulatory compliance capabilities as first-class workspace features:
| Node | Purpose | ALCOA+ Principles |
|---|---|---|
| Audit Event Log | Append-only, hash-chained record of workspace configuration changes | Attributable, Contemporaneous, Original, Complete |
| Amendment Log | Documented corrections with full traceability | Attributable, Legible, Original, Accurate |
In regulated industries (pharma, life sciences, manufacturing), every data change must be attributed, timestamped, and traceable. Open Industrial governance nodes satisfy 21 CFR Part 11 and EU Annex 11 requirements by design.
ALCOA+ Principles
| Principle | Meaning | How Open Industrial Satisfies It |
|---|---|---|
| Attributable | Who performed the action? | User identity on every event |
| Legible | Can the record be read and understood? | Structured JSON with before/after diffs |
| Contemporaneous | Was it recorded when it happened? | Server-side timestamping (client timestamps rejected) |
| Original | Is this the original record? | Append-only event writes; immutable storage ships with the blob store |
| Accurate | Is the record correct? | E-signature hash verification |
| Complete | Are all actions captured? | Platform captures all state changes automatically |
| Consistent | Is the format standardized? | Standardized event schema across all actions |
| Enduring | Will the record persist? | Configurable retention policy |
| Available | Can authorized users access it? | Query API + CSV/JSON export |
When to Use Each Node
| Scenario | Node | Why |
|---|---|---|
| "I need a record of everything that happened" | Audit Event Log | Captures all state-change events |
| "I need to correct a value with documentation" | Amendment Log | Reason-for-change workflow with chain traceability |
| "Compliance audit is coming" | Both | Audit trail + amendment evidence together |
Getting Started
| If you want to... | Go to... |
|---|---|
| Set up an audit trail | Audit Event Log → |
| Document corrections | Amendment Log → |
| Understand ALCOA+ terms | Glossary → |
Governance nodes work alongside your data nodes. The same canvas that manages connections and queries also manages compliance — no separate system, no export-and-import, no compliance afterthought.