Proposed public stewardship
A public standard needs accountable decisions
TENSOR's intended specification, essential public profiles, schemas, and basic conformance materials should be accessible without buying a product or sponsorship. Vendor participation is welcome; funding must not purchase control over shared meaning.
The governance proposal is not yet adopted. It does not appoint a council, create a legal entity, grant new intellectual-property rights, or establish institutional backing. Repository access alone is not independent oversight.
Download the complete governance proposal · Read the founding charter
Bootstrap roles are open
| Role | Responsibility | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Convenor | Reviews, decisions, appeals, and scope. | Unassigned in the proposal |
| Core editor | Consistent semantics and specification text. | Unassigned in the proposal |
| Conformance maintainer | Fixtures, validation coverage, and implementation evidence. | Unassigned in the proposal |
| Profile editors | Domain content and source quality. | Unassigned in the proposal |
| Independent reviewers | Practitioner, research, and implementation challenge. | Open participation |
Proposed decision process
- Publish a numbered proposal with the problem, examples, alternatives, compatibility effects, and acceptance evidence.
- Allow at least 14 days for technical review and 30 days for breaking, charter, or governance changes.
- Record substantive objections and their disposition. Material revisions restart review.
- Publish the decision, rationale, reviewers, conflicts, and unresolved issues.
- Archive approved text, schemas, fixtures, and migration guidance together.
Before a first stable release, the proposal requires substantive assessments from at least two reviewers independent of the principal authors and each other. A later five-person council is a proposed transition, not a claim of current representation.
Participation without privileged status
Disclose affiliations and conflicts. Keep funding conditions visible. Record dissent and appeals. Use synthetic or authorized de-identified cases. Existing licenses remain applicable to existing materials; contribution, patent, and stewardship policies need explicit review before adoption.
Contribute a review or implementation · Review the evidence gates