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Requirement

5.0.8.0. The three definitions that must be used

Required May not apply

This may not apply to you. You have not answered "What is the technology being used for?" yet. Answer it and this step will either settle or drop off.

Digital technologies can enhance or hinder our interactions with the world, and with that in mind the Guide fixes the meaning of three words for rank, merit badge and other advancement work. They are what every branch of this plan has to satisfy.

Notes and warnings

Note. These three definitions are the reason the branches of this plan come back together. Whatever tool carried the instruction, the requirement still says what it says, and 5.0.8.0 fixes what its words mean so that a platform's limitations cannot quietly redefine them.

What this is made of

Where this step comes from

  1. Guide to Advancement (2025), Section 5.0.8.0 · Digital technologies can enhance or hinder our interactions with the world around us; with that in mind, when working on rank, merit badge and other advancement activities, the following definitions should be used.