# Docket

IBQMI Knowledge Graph · node `docket` · type `record_unit` · cluster Procedure and Record · https://www.ibqmi.com/graph/docket

> The minimal auditable unit of the Public Record: a fixed, sequential identifier (PR-0001 …) for one act of the Hybrid Board, with type, instrument, release label, scope, temporal posture, canonical fingerprints, receipts and linked artefacts. A docket records the act, not merely the document.

## Canonical definition
A docket is the minimal auditable unit of the Public Record: a structured entry with a fixed sequential identifier for one determination or act of the Hybrid Board, recording its type, instrument, release label, scope, temporal posture, canonical fingerprints, receipts and linked artefacts.

## Why this node exists
A docket records an act, not merely a document. One docket may reference several documents; a document without a docket has no official status.

## Operational meaning
Identifiers such as PR-0001 are assigned sequentially and never reused. The Statute's minimal docket schema lists identifier, UTC timestamp, release label, determination type, decision class, quorum, threshold, independent review, reason-bundle reference, fingerprints of released artefacts, receipts, publication boundary and notes. Where an instrument is amended or superseded, a new docket is created and the earlier one remains part of the history.

## What this does not mean
A docket is not a certificate and not an endorsement. It is not editable and not deletable.

## Canonical facts
- Identifier format: PR-NNNN, sequential, fixed
- Schema: Board Statute, Appendix A
- Temporal posture: adoption date, public release date, record entry date as applicable
- Relationship to documents: a docket records the act; documents implement it

## Structural relationships

- Docket references [Deposit Receipt](https://www.ibqmi.com/graph/deposit_receipt)
- Docket references [Reason Bundle and Preserved Dissent](https://www.ibqmi.com/graph/reason_bundle)
- [Canonical Release](https://www.ibqmi.com/graph/canonical_release) requires Docket
- [Public Record](https://www.ibqmi.com/graph/public_record) records Docket

## Sources

- [Public Record — Docket identifiers, How is a docket different from a document?](https://www.ibqmi.com/records/)
- [Board Statute §2.5, §6.1, Appendix A](https://www.ibqmi.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Board_Statute_public.pdf)