FPF Reference

    A.2.9:5.1 — Tell (universal rule)

    Preface node heading:a-2-9-5-1-tell-universal-rule:5568

    What this page is

    This is generated FPF reference text from the specification preface or supporting sections. It helps interpret FPF; it is not FPF Reference product documentation.

    Methodology

    Use it to understand how the specification wants to be read, then return to a route, pattern, or work packet for active work. Cite generated IDs only when the wording changes the task decision.

    Content

    When governance or gating depends on “someone said/did X”, model that saying/doing as a U.SpeechAct (a Work occurrence), and keep the utterance text and carriers separate. If the saying/doing creates obligations, model those obligations as U.Commitment objects instituted by the speech act.

    Last Updated: 2026-06-17 — upstream FPF commit 646b0b9b (github.com/ailev/FPF)