# PAT-0130 — Incomplete Declaration

## Ontology Metadata

Code: PAT-0130
Version: PAT-0130@0.1.0
Ontology release: 0.1.0
Updated: 2026-05-10T00:00:00Z
Canonical URL: /workbench/patterns/incomplete-declaration/

## Summary

A structural condition where an element is declared but required attributes, dependencies, or linked definitions are missing.

## Primary Lenses

- LEN-0100 — Absence Lens
  - URL: /workbench/lenses/absence-lens/
  - Summary: Detects structurally required elements that are missing from the observed structure.
- LEN-0160 — Constraint Sufficiency Lens
  - URL: /workbench/lenses/constraint-sufficiency-lens/
  - Summary: Evaluates whether declared constraints are sufficient to eliminate structural degrees of freedom.

## Secondary Lenses

- LEN-0200 — Interface Contract Lens
  - URL: /workbench/lenses/interface-contract-lens/
  - Summary: Compares declared interface structure to observed runtime structure to detect contract deviations.

## Primary Issue Matches

- ISS-0002 — Answer Has No Traceable Source Link
  - URL: /workbench/issues/answer-has-no-traceable-source-link/
  - Summary: The answer makes a claim, recommendation, citation, or factual statement without a source link or trace path that allows the user to verify where it came from.
- ISS-0074 — Missing Fallback for Unavailable Information
  - URL: /workbench/issues/missing-fallback-for-unavailable-information/
  - Summary: The task does not declare what the AI should do when required information, sources, tools, fields, or evidence are unavailable.
- ISS-0022 — Missing Required Fields
  - URL: /workbench/issues/missing-required-fields/
  - Summary: The AI returns structured output that omits fields required by the schema, workflow, parser, form, or downstream consumer.
- ISS-0080 — Relationship Map Has Missing Links
  - URL: /workbench/issues/relationship-map-has-missing-links/
  - Summary: A map of related Issues, rules, patterns, cases, fields, tools, or workflow steps is missing links needed to navigate or reason over the structure.
- ISS-0075 — Review Rubric Missing Required Criteria
  - URL: /workbench/issues/review-rubric-missing-required-criteria/
  - Summary: A review rubric, grading rule, evaluation checklist, or classification standard lacks criteria required to make the review reliable.
- ISS-0020 — Tool Exists but Required Inputs Are Missing
  - URL: /workbench/issues/tool-exists-but-required-inputs-are-missing/
  - Summary: A usable tool or integration exists, but the AI or agent does not have the required inputs, permissions, fields, identifiers, or context needed to call it correctly.
- ISS-0073 — Workflow Step Lacks Required Conditions
  - URL: /workbench/issues/workflow-step-lacks-required-conditions/
  - Summary: A workflow step can run, route, approve, reject, or continue without the required conditions being declared or checked.

## Supporting Issue Matches

- ISS-0077 — Diagnostic Area Has No Coverage
  - URL: /workbench/issues/diagnostic-area-has-no-coverage/
  - Summary: A known diagnostic area, failure mode, requirement, or review dimension has no Issue, check, rubric item, or workflow coverage.
- ISS-0081 — Evaluation Rubric Has Coverage Gap
  - URL: /workbench/issues/evaluation-rubric-has-coverage-gap/
  - Summary: An evaluation rubric, grading standard, or review checklist leaves part of the required evaluation space uncovered.
- ISS-0014 — Fallback Authority Is Missing
  - URL: /workbench/issues/fallback-authority-is-missing/
  - Summary: The system does not declare who or what has authority when the primary owner, rule, tool, source, or decision path is unavailable or inconclusive.
- ISS-0028 — Format Rule Too Weak
  - URL: /workbench/issues/format-rule-too-weak/
  - Summary: The format instruction is too vague, incomplete, or optional to reliably produce output that satisfies the expected structure.
- ISS-0079 — Policy Area Has No Examples
  - URL: /workbench/issues/policy-area-has-no-examples/
  - Summary: A policy, rule, standard, or guidance area has no examples showing how it should apply to real cases.
- ISS-0090 — Policy Decision Depends on Itself
  - URL: /workbench/issues/policy-decision-depends-on-itself/
  - Summary: A policy decision requires the outcome of the same policy decision before it can be made.
- ISS-0033 — Saved Memory Not Used
  - URL: /workbench/issues/saved-memory-not-used/
  - Summary: A saved memory, preference, instruction, or durable context item exists but does not affect the AI output when it should.
- ISS-0011 — Task Has No Clear Limit
  - URL: /workbench/issues/task-has-no-clear-limit/
  - Summary: The task does not declare where the AI should stop, what is out of scope, or what counts as enough work.
- ISS-0078 — Workflow Stage Has Too Few Checks
  - URL: /workbench/issues/workflow-stage-has-too-few-checks/
  - Summary: A workflow stage lacks enough checks, gates, criteria, or review conditions to safely support the work it controls.
- ISS-0013 — Workflow Step Has No Decision Owner
  - URL: /workbench/issues/workflow-step-has-no-decision-owner/
  - Summary: A workflow step requires a decision, approval, judgment, or routing choice, but no owner is declared for making it.