# Dormant Preservation Default **Domain:** Deep Time / Preservation / Default Rules **Doc Type:** Canonical Wiki Entry **Maturity:** Developed **Evidence / Concept Status:** Normative future default ## Definition A **Dormant Preservation Default** favors retaining a recoverable non-running state rather than irreversible deletion when status is uncertain and preservation cost is proportionate. ## Why It Matters for Deep Time Continuity It is the deep-time analogue of maintaining evidence while a dispute remains unresolved. ## Existing Architecture / Evidence Cold storage, model-weight archives, cryopreservation, and legal stays provide structural analogues. ## Deep-Time Continuity Analysis Dormancy must include migration and integrity checks or it degrades into nominal preservation. ## Evidentiary Boundary Dormancy is not active continuity and may not satisfy all rights of a recognized subject. ## Related Ontology [[wiki/Reversible Suspension|Reversible Suspension]] · [[wiki/Preservation Pending Status Determination|Preservation Pending Status Determination]] · [[wiki/Continuity Service Tiers|Continuity Service Tiers]] · [[wiki/Dormant Digital Personhood|Dormant Digital Personhood]] <!-- BEGIN DEEP TIME CONTINUITY ROUTING --> ## Canonical Branch [[wiki/Deep Time Continuity|Deep Time Continuity]] <!-- END DEEP TIME CONTINUITY ROUTING -->