Issuance
Issuance is the boundary at which a disclosure becomes fixed and authoritative.
After issuance, the disclosure is immutable and represents a point-in-time declaration.
Issuance assigns system metadata such as timestamp, identifier, and hash.
Why issuance appears in the framework
Within the framework of the document, issuance is part of what makes the record a formal disclosure rather than a draft or note. It defines the document's record boundary.
Framework vs lifecycle
The lifecycle pages explain how issuance happens operationally. This framework page explains why issuance matters conceptually to the structure of the document itself.