Our legacy standard for interfaces between governed and ungoverned data fields is pretty strict. Text field goes to ungoverned data. Dropdowns, checkboxes, radios, toggles go to governed data.
Information is complex. You already know that. I'm here to tell you, as someone who freaking loves information, that it's probably even more complex than you currently think. We have a tendency right now, on a social level, to makes things simplified (often binary), and try
This is one of those instances (like fully accessible design) that businesses have to let go of some things that they've prioritized and built entire machines around.