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  "canonicalUrl": "https://xn--mwe.com/comparisons/performance-standard-vs-prescribed-method/",
  "claimStatus": "PROJECT DOCTRINE",
  "correctionStatus": "CURRENT K05 RELEASE",
  "decisionUse": "Use the distinction to prevent inventory, signature, simulation, pattern, or procurement structure from being represented as site readiness, truth, certification, deployment, or operation.",
  "distinction": "Performance standard and Prescribed method answer different evidentiary and decision questions and must not be collapsed.",
  "failure": "Conflation can create unsupported authority, readiness, acceptance, or operational claims.",
  "id": "K01-COMP-055",
  "lastReviewed": "2026-08-16",
  "left": "Performance standard",
  "leftMeaning": "a measurable required result",
  "name": "Performance standard vs Prescribed method",
  "releaseId": "K12-2026-08-16",
  "researchCutoff": "2026-08-16",
  "right": "Prescribed method",
  "rightMeaning": "a specified way of accomplishing work that may limit alternatives",
  "slug": "performance-standard-vs-prescribed-method",
  "sourceRevalidatedAt": "2026-08-15T23:00:00Z",
  "topic": "evidence-provenance",
  "type": "Comparison"
}