ASN Authority Status Vocabulary The ASN Authority Status vocabulary has terms that designate whether a specific statement has been authored by a promulgating agency in a recognized standards document (original) or has been authored by some 3rd party to meet a particular business need (derived). Stuart A. Sutton 2009-02-12 2015-01-07 Original Statement A designation of whether the statement being described has been authored by the promulgators of a recognized standards document. Derived Statement A designation of whether the statement being described has been authored by a 3rd party to meet some particular business need. Generally, derived statements refine an existing original statement; however, derived statements may refine other derived statements.