Research, academia and education: records and schemas

Artefact record (NS-1) · 32 fields · 12 required

• uni required stringThe UNI (Unique Nexus Identifier), NS-1 grammar, without @version.
• displayAlias stringPublic Registry short form (NX-R-47092) shown next to the UNI during the transition.
• registryState enumPublic registry state; corrections keep the UNI and add a version.
• legacyUni stringDotted UNI v0 this record replaces, for crosswalk (for example data.eo.stac.catalogue).
• title required string
• description string
• scope required string
• category required string
• region string
• domain stringDOMAIN segment code from the domains register (NS-1 v0.2); present when the identifier carries it.
• sector stringSECTOR segment code from the sectors register (NS-1 v0.2).
• environment enumENV segment code (NS-1 v0.2).
• contextName stringNS-16 context name: the identifier without CAT and SERIAL; derived, never allocated.
• systemId stringFunctional system class id (systemId) from the Nexus Standards register#scopes when scope is a SYSTEM.
• status required enum
• currentVersion string
• versions array
  • version string
  • date string
  • gitSha string
  • digest string
  • note string
• creators required array
  • name string
  • type enum
  • affiliation string
  • orcid string
  • ror string
• publisherRef required stringEntity reference of the publishing institution (registry/governance.yaml#bodies); the institution stays publisher of record for institutional artefacts.
• publicationDate required string
• language string
• keywords array
• rights required object
  • license stringSPDX licence identifier or expression, or a LicenseRef- string for a licence that has no SPDX identifier.
  • rightsHolderRef string
  • accessRight enum
  • embargoDate string
• legalState required enum
• claimCeiling required enum
• locations required array
  • kind enum
  • value string
  • digest string
• relatedIdentifiers array
  • relation enum
  • identifier string
  • identifierType enum
• supersededBy string
• workPackageId string
• directiveRefs arrayReferences to the recorded decisions or policies under which the artefact was produced.
• notes string
• context objectNS-9: this record is a deployment, instance or programme instance of the concept ofUni, in a context.
  • ofUni string
  • domains arrayids from the domains register
  • sectors arrayids from the sectors register
  • jurisdictions array
  • hostRef string
  • environment enum
  • validFrom string
  • validUntil string
  • conformsTo arrayNexus Standard ids and the external standards register ids this context claims; evidence per NS-11

Example record · NXS-STD-ST-000001

{ "uni": "NXS-STD-ST-000001", "title": "Nexus Standards NS-1 - the UNI and artifact catalog", "scope": "STD", "category": "ST", "status": "DRAFT", "currentVersion": "0.1.0", "creators": [ { "name": "Global Centre for Risk and Innovation (GCRI)", "type": "Organizational" } ], "publisherRef": "GCRI", "publicationDate": "2026-10-15", "rights": { "license": "CC-BY-4.0", "accessRight": "open" }, "legalState": "LEGAL_REVIEW_REQUIRED", "claimCeiling": "INTEGRATED", "locations": [ { "kind": "repoPath", "value": "standards/NS-1-identifier-and-artifact-catalog.md" }, { "kind": "repoPath", "value": "registry/nexus-standards.yaml" } ], "workPackageId": "LEGAL-NAME-ARCHITECTURE-001" }