11. Platform-Independent Model View

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At the PIM level, the plane consists of the following logical components.

Table 11-1: Logical components of the Cost Recovery, Compensation, and Settlement Plane

Logical component	Responsibility
Work Attribution Service	Records which Node performed which governed work
Qualification Service	Records which Nodes may perform which work types
Cost Rule Service	Applies cost rules to chargeable work units
Compensation Claim Service	Produces claims for compensable work
Settlement Service	Produces accounting and settlement instructions
Non-Performance Detection Service	Identifies required work with missing evidence
Cost Audit Service	Supports review of claims, evidence references, and settlement outputs

These components are logical roles. A deployment may combine or separate them according to policy, scale, jurisdiction, and implementation constraints.