Proposal flow

Every change to a shared envelope, vocabulary, schema, or registry entry follows the same path, whether it originates from the umbrella initiative or one of its child specifications.

ProposalDiscussionEvidence / implementationReviewAccepted / Contested / RejectedVersioned release

A proposal can be accepted, contested, or rejected. Contested proposals are not silently dropped — disagreement and its reasoning stay part of the record.

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Proposal families

AIP
AI Attributes Proposal — changes to the umbrella envelope, provenance model, adapter manifest, or registry.
OEP
Open Emotions Proposal — changes to the Open Emotions™ specification.
OSP
Open Sensations Proposal — changes to the Open Sensations™ specification.
OMP
Open Morals Proposal — changes to the Open Morals™ specification.

Proposal template

A proposal should include:

TitleProblemScopeMotivationProposed changeAlternativesCompatibility impactScientific evidenceSecurity / privacy impactMigration plan

Conformance is not scientific validation. Technical compatibility with a specification is a separate question from whether the underlying classifier or framework is scientifically valid. Proposals should not conflate the two.

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