kehtestatus

Kehtestatus is a term used to describe the current validity status of a policy, contract, license, regulation, or data item within administrative, legal, and information-management contexts. It indicates whether the item is currently in effect, not in effect, or in some intermediate state, and is used to support decision making, compliance monitoring, and automated workflows.

In linguistic and organizational contexts, kehtestatus is associated with Estonian terminology, as kehtiv means valid or in force and staatus means status. The term is found in Estonian-language materials and in information models that incorporate Estonian vocabulary to encode the legal or operational standing of an item. In multilingual systems, kehtestatus may be used alongside equivalents in other languages to convey the same concept.

Practically, kehtestatus is typically stored as a field or attribute in records and is represented as an enumerated value or code. Common states include in_force (currently active), expired, suspended, withdrawn, pending, and under_review. Kehtestatus is often used together with start_date and end_date or with effective and termination dates to determine whether the item can be enforced, accessed, or applied at a given time.

Examples illustrate its use: a software license with kehtestatus set to in_force from a start date to an end date, becoming expired after the end date; a regulatory rule temporarily suspended would have kehtestatus set to suspended; a draft policy might show kehtestatus as pending until formal adoption.

Related concepts include validity, enforceability, effective date, expiration date, and status codes used in data management and legal documentation.