org.cispec.cost

recommended: any CI with a known acquisition or current market cost

org.cispec.cost records the acquisition cost or last known price of a Change Item — what was paid for it, in whatever currency and at whatever point in the CI’s lifecycle the cost was established.

This is distinct from org.cispec.unit-cost, which records the ongoing operational cost rate. cost is a point-in-time acquisition fact; unit-cost is a recurring operational fact. A cloud virtual machine might have no acquisition cost (on-demand provisioning costs nothing upfront) but a significant unit-cost per hour. A physical server has an acquisition cost and may also have an ongoing unit-cost for maintenance contracts and power. Both facts are needed for full lifecycle cost accounting.

Applies to any CI with a monetary value: servers, software licences, network equipment, vehicles, weapons systems, pharmaceutical lots, medical devices, industrial machinery, facility leases, contracts, access credentials with licence fees.

Value format

Amount, currency code, and optional cost type — colon-separated.

org.cispec.cost=150000:USD
org.cispec.cost=2500:USD:annual-licence
org.cispec.cost=0:USD:no-upfront

Conformance

org.cispec.cost is RECOMMENDED for any CI with a known acquisition or current market cost. It is not REQUIRED for Declared conformance.

Attestation

cost is independently attestable against procurement records, invoices, or contract documentation. For regulated acquisitions (federal contracts, pharmaceutical procurement) it is verifiable against formal procurement records.

Resolution and relation

cost pairs with costcenter (where the cost is charged), vendor (who the cost was paid to), contract-ref (under what procurement vehicle), and depreciation (how the cost is amortised over the CI’s useful life).

Document identifier

OID: 1.3.6.1.4.1.42387.2.3.2
GUID: 9d633303-4b6e-5c01-bbc0-2554769f3aa5