Abstract: Global Journal of Mobile Communication and Computing Technologies

Abstract:
Standards play a fundamental yet underexamined role in judgment and action across biological and social sys tems. This work presents a minimal, mechanism-based definition of standards as memory-dependent references that enable judgment and constrain action. By grounding standards in memory and temporal asymmetry, the framework avoids normative assumptions and applies to both human and non-human agents. A structural con sequence of this formulation—standard proxy behavior—is identified, describing the execution of externally acquired standards without reflective reconstruction. The theory clarifies how standards emerge, propagate, and constrain behavior without prescribing values or institutional designs.