Nexus Standards · Foundations and Governance · Foundations

Area · proposed

Constitution and principles

Sets out the founding commitments every Nexus Standard inherits (NS-0): participation without a fee, consensus with recorded dissent, nominative use of other bodies' work, evidence over assertion, claims limited to what recorded evidence supports, and the nexus logic in which water, energy, food, health, biodiversity and climate risks are read as one evidence chain. This area of the Foundations and Governance programme sets the test against which every draft, profile and publication is assessed. Each artifact of the area carries a UNI (Unique Nexus Identifier).

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01Overview

Summary

Reading order21 sections
  1. 01ScopeScope and boundaries
  2. 02Standards architectureFoundation, referenced and implementing layers
  3. 03Nexus StandardsApplicable Nexus Standards
  4. 04System model and scenario simulatorSystem model and cascade scenario: Constitution and…
  5. 05Systemic couplingsSystemic couplings
  6. 06Working groupWorking group charter
  7. 07Open standardsOpen standards referenced
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Nexus Standards (2026). Constitution and principles: area brief, Foundations and Governance programme. Proposed. https://nexustandards.com/foundations/constitution-and-principles/. Last reviewed 17 October 2026.

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02Scope

Scope and boundaries

An area of the Foundations and Governance programme (foundations). The area profile sets out 5 matters in scope and 3 matters addressed by other areas.

In scope 5

  • The NS-0 principles text, their rationale and worked examples of each
  • The six relations to external standards (cite, adopt, profile, crosswalk, extend, gap) and when each applies
  • Rules on claims (claims limited to integrated evidence; missing evidence recorded as INDETERMINATE, never PASS)
  • The four horizontal review mandates (accessibility, internationalisation and translation, privacy and data protection, security and zero trust), together with review of claims
  • The amendment procedure for principles and the interpretation register

Out of scope 3

  • The statutes or by-laws of any legal entity, including the publisher of record
  • Readiness decisions of GCRI Canada, The Global Risks Forum (GRF) or The Global Risks Alliance (GRA)
  • Reproduction or paraphrase of other bodies' principles; they are cited by URL only

Jurisdictions Application in each jurisdiction is a national decision, taken by the National Standards Council (NSC) with the competent national authorities.

03Earth observation

Population, settlement and hazards worldwide

The map is framed on the world as context for constitution and principles. Shown at first: population density, 2020 (Gridded Population of the World v4.11, NASA SEDAC, CIESIN, Columbia University) and night-time lights, daily (VIIRS Black Marble, VNP46A2, NASA LAADS DAAC). The layer drawer adds flood water, 3-day composite (VIIRS Global Flood Product); active fires and thermal anomalies, last day (VIIRS NOAA-20 375 m, FIRMS); and true colour (VIIRS NOAA-20 corrected reflectance). NASA products are served through NASA GIBS under NASA's open data policy, with acknowledgement; population density is GPW v4.11 by CIESIN, Columbia University, under CC BY 4.0; coastlines, boundaries and place names come from NASA GIBS reference layers (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL) and Natural Earth (public domain). Each layer shows its own observation date; full credits are given under the map. Other sources of the profile, such as OpenAlex works API (literature on standards governance and openness) and RFC Editor index and RSS feed of published RFCs (process documents cited by NS-0), are listed for reference.

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Layers 2

People and hazards

Latest available

NASA GIBS / EOSDIS · ASTER GDEM (METI, NASA) · Blue Marble (NASA) · © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) · Natural Earth

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Where people live, night-time lights and the floods and fires public institutions answer to, framed on World.Satellite and model products as NASA publishes them, each with its own date; indicators, not assessments of any place.

Data: NASA GIBS · ASTER GDEM · Blue Marble · © OpenStreetMap contributors · Natural Earth · NASA EONETSources and licences

  • We acknowledge the use of imagery provided by services from NASA's Global Imagery Browse Services (GIBS), part of NASA's Earth Science Data and Information System (ESDIS). Colours redrawn from the published colour map; values averaged into H3 cells where shown (modified). NASA open data
  • We acknowledge the use of imagery provided by services from NASA's Global Imagery Browse Services (GIBS), part of NASA's Earth Science Data and Information System (ESDIS). Colours redrawn from the published colour map; values averaged into H3 cells where shown (modified). NASA open data
  • Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN), Columbia University. 2018. Gridded Population of the World, Version 4 (GPWv4): Population Density, Revision 11. NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). Licensed under CC BY 4.0. Colours redrawn from the published colour map; values averaged into H3 cells where shown (modified). doi:10.7927/H49C6VHW. CC BY 4.0
  • VIIRS Black Marble night-time lights, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center; distributed by the NASA Level-1 and Atmosphere Archive and Distribution System (LAADS DAAC); imagery via NASA GIBS. Colours redrawn from the published colour map; values averaged into H3 cells where shown (modified). NASA open data
  • VIIRS near-real-time products (flood, land surface temperature, snow cover, corrected reflectance), NASA LANCE; imagery via NASA GIBS. Colours redrawn from the published colour map; values averaged into H3 cells where shown (modified). NASA open data
  • NASA Fire Information for Resource Management System (FIRMS), VIIRS 375 m active fire product, NASA LANCE; vector tiles via NASA GIBS. Colours redrawn from the published colour map; values averaged into H3 cells where shown (modified). NASA open data
  • ASTER GDEM is a product of METI and NASA (ASTER Global Digital Elevation Model V003, NASA LP DAAC); imagery via NASA GIBS. Colours redrawn from the published colour map; values averaged into H3 cells where shown (modified). Cite as: NASA/METI/AIST/Japan Spacesystems and U.S./Japan ASTER Science Team (2019). ASTER Global Digital Elevation Model V003. doi:10.5067/ASTER/ASTGTM.003. NASA open data
  • Made with Natural Earth. Free vector and raster map data @ naturalearthdata.com. Public domain
  • © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), via NASA GIBS (coastlines, boundaries, roads and place names). Colours redrawn from the published colour map; values averaged into H3 cells where shown (modified). ODbL
  • Blue Marble, NASA Earth Observatory; imagery via NASA GIBS. Colours redrawn from the published colour map; values averaged into H3 cells where shown (modified). NASA open data
  • Context on the globe and flat map: coastlines, boundaries, roads and place names from NASA GIBS reference layers (OpenStreetMap data, ODbL, © OpenStreetMap contributors); Blue Marble imagery as an optional base; 3D terrain and the elevation read-out from the ASTER GDEM elevation colour index (5 m to 200 m classes, exaggerated for legibility). Boundaries are drawn as published and imply no position on any territory.
  • Globe: MapLibre GL JS 6.9.1, BSD-3-Clause, © MapLibre contributors.
  • Live: NASA EONET Events are indicative, not authority warnings.
  • NASA GIBS: We acknowledge the use of imagery provided by services from NASA's Global Imagery Browse Services (GIBS), part of NASA's Earth Science Data and Information System (ESDIS).
  • Optional layers (3 sources in the layer list: live, forecast, observed and context) print their provider credit on the map and here when switched on; forecasts are model output and derived indices are estimates.

Layers and dates

  • Population density, 2020: Population: CIESIN, Columbia University, Gridded Population of the World v4.11 (2018), NASA SEDAC, CC BY 4.0 · static
  • Night-time lights, daily: VIIRS Black Marble (VNP46A2), NASA LAADS DAAC · 12 Oct 2026
  • Flood water, 3-day composite: VIIRS Global Flood Product, NASA LANCE · 14 Oct 2026
  • Active fires and thermal anomalies, last day: VIIRS NOAA-20 375 m (FIRMS), NASA LANCE FIRMS · 13 Oct 2026
  • True colour: VIIRS NOAA-20 corrected reflectance, NASA LANCE · 13 Oct 2026

04Process

The process in operation

A consumer names the canonical repository and the versions it applies, uses the registries without forking them, runs the validator, resolves any conflict by the order of precedence, records its implementation status, carries the status fields on every record and submits its statement to verification under NS-11. 8 operations in 4 phases, built from the area profile: the cards carry its own data sources, indicators, open standards, couplings and, where listed, hazards, and each operation names the Nexus rules it implements (11). Records and artifacts are cited by UNI (Unique Nexus Identifier) and version.

Process · applying NS-0: from a consumer's declaration to a verifiable conformance statement8 operations · 4 phases
Constitution and principles: applying NS-0: from a consumer's declaration to a verifiable conformance statementA consumer names the canonical repository and the versions it applies, uses the registries without forking them, runs the validator, resolves any conflict by the order of precedence, records its implementation status, carries the status fields on every record and submits its statement to verification under NS-11.
All operations in order (8)
  1. 01

    Name the repository start · Declaration

    The consumer states which repository it follows and which edition of each Nexus Standard it applies. Standards, registries, schemas and reference tools are published openly under recorded licences.

    Who
    the consumer (a system, site or institution applying the standards)
    Decision rule
    the consumer names the canonical repository and each standard's version (section 6, item 1)
    Record
    a declaration of the canonical repository and of the versions applied
    Implements
    NS0-P1, NS0-P2
  2. 02

    Use, never fork step · Declaration

    Registries are copied with their digests and read as data. Data governs and prose explains, so a local change to a registry is a proposal under NS-13, not an edit.

    Who
    the consumer
    Decision rule
    a registry is used as published and never forked (section 6, item 2)
    Record
    a vendored copy of the registries with its digest
    Implements
    NS0-P2, NS0-P10
  3. 03

    Run the validator exercise · Validation

    The repository validator checks identifiers, codes and records against the registries and schemas. A failing check is recorded with its reason.

    Who
    the consumer, with the repository validator or a tool that runs the same checks
    Decision rule
    the validator runs on every vendored copy (section 6, item 3)
    Record
    a validator run with the tool version and the time
    Implements
    NS0-P4, NS0-P12
  4. 04

    Order of precedence decision · Validation

    Where a standard conflicts with law, contract or the consumer's constitution, the conflict is recorded as a blocking record with a typed reason; it is never resolved silently in code.

    Who
    the consumer's legal function
    Decision rule
    mandatory law and executed contracts, then the consumer's legal and IP constitution, then NS-0, then the other Nexus Standards, then local directives (section 5)
    Record
    a blocking conflict record where a conflict exists
    Implements
    NS0-P12
  5. 05

    Record the status record · Publication

    Each standard the consumer applies is listed with its implementation status; a planned implementation reads as planned.

    Who
    the consumer
    Decision rule
    implementation status is recorded per standard as it is (section 6, item 4)
    Record
    an entry per standard in the consumers register
    Implements
    NS0-P8, NS0-P11
  6. 06

    Carry status fields step · Publication

    Each record states what it was derived from, who produced it, under which release and decision, and which corrections apply. A UNI identifies and resolves; it never certifies.

    Who
    the consumer, on every published record
    Decision rule
    every published record carries its status fields and provenance (section 6, item 5)
    Record
    records that carry their legal state, claim level and provenance
    Implements
    NS0-P3, NS0-P7, NS0-P8
  7. 07

    Independent check gate · Verification

    The consumer's statement is checked against evidence by an evaluator that is not the consumer. Missing evidence, legal state or policy decision yields a typed refusal.

    Who
    an evaluator with a mandate, outside the consumer's trust boundary
    Decision rule
    authenticated is not authorized; deny by default; missing evidence is a refusal, never a pass
    Record
    attestations per clause, with evidence and digests
    Implements
    NS0-P4, NS0-P5, NS0-P12
  8. 08

    Consumer statement end · Verification

    Conformance to NS-0 is the consumer's own statement, supported by attestations that anyone can check.

    Who
    the consumer
    Decision rule
    a statement by the consumer, verifiable under NS-11; it is not a certification
    Record
    a statement of conformance to NS-0, verifiable under NS-11
    Implements
    NS0-P4, NS0-P6

Fig.Phases read left to right; each card names the operation, its actor and the record it leaves, and each edge label names the hand-over. Play, step or scrub; the detail panel gives the full text of the selected operation. Sources: RFC 6852 Affirmation of the Modern Paradigm for Standards (OpenStand principles) · WTO TBT Committee Decision on principles for the development of international standards (six principles) · NS-0: Constitution and principles · NS-1: The UNI and the artifact catalog.

05Standards architecture

Foundation, referenced and implementing layers

The standards architecture of this context, from the foundation standards to the open standards referenced (grouped by type of relation) and the services and data sources that build on them.

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06Nexus Standards

Applicable Nexus Standards

The area profile lists 3 Nexus Standards. Each is a proposed standard under development.

  1. 01

    NS-1 · The UNI and the artifact catalog (grammar v0.2: domain, sector, region and environment segments)

    Status: proposed · 10 requirements stated. Read NS-1

  2. 02

    NS-10 · Policies and clauses (machine-readable obligations: definition, binding, evaluation and enforcement)

    Status: proposed · 7 requirements stated. Read NS-10

  3. 03

    NS-11 · Verification and monitoring (evidence, attestations, zero-trust conformance observation)

    Status: proposed · 6 requirements stated. Read NS-11

07System model and scenario simulator

System model and cascade scenario: Constitution and principles

A system model of this area built from the registry: 5 systems, 4 sectors, 9 controls, 2 feeds, 2 indicators. Select the components to include, choose an initiating hazard and run the scenario. Stress propagates through the hazard relations of the Nexus Hazard Standard (NHS-1), the exposure of each system, the recorded couplings and the sectors that carry the loss; adopted standards dampen transmission and live data sources support detection. All parameters are stated assumptions that the reader can adjust; results are illustrative scenario outputs for exercises and training, not forecasts or risk assessments.

Controls

  • NS-1 The UNI and the artifact catalog (grammar v0.2: domain, sector, region and environment segments)
  • NS-10 Policies and clauses (machine-readable obligations: definition, binding, evaluation and enforcement)
  • NS-11 Verification and monitoring (evidence, attestations, zero-trust conformance observation)
  • NRS-S1 System profile: NXS-CMD (Integrated posture and executive synthesis)
  • NRS-S13 System profile: NXS-NSF (Trust, authorization and assurance)
  • NRS-S2 System profile: NXS-NST (Civilian common operating picture)
  • NRS-S3 System profile: NXS-DSS (Decision cases and deliberation)
  • NRS-S4 System profile: NXS-COR (Compute, nodes and runtimes)
  • NRS-S5 System profile: NXS-NXQ (Software, models and capability lifecycle)

Observation

  • OpenAlex works API (literature on standards governance and openness) (listed for reference)
  • RFC Editor index and RSS feed of published RFCs (process documents cited by NS-0) (listed for reference)
  • Proportion of population who believe decision-making is inclusive and responsive
  • Proportion of members and voting rights of developing countries in international organizations
08Systemic couplings

Systemic couplings

4 couplings link this area to other areas and programmes, each with the mechanism of the link. Select a card on the diagram to trace a coupling.

Diagram · the area and its couplingsProcess diagram
Constitution and principles: systemic couplingsSystemic couplings of Constitution and principles as stated in the area profile: 4 areas in Foundations and Governance, 0 areas in other programmes and 0 programmes reached. Each coupling states the mechanism that links the two areas.

Fig.The area at the left; coupled areas in the same programme, coupled areas in other programmes and the programmes reached to the right.

  1. How a standard is madeFoundations and GovernanceThe NS-0 principles are an entry condition at every stage of the standards track; a draft that departs from one cannot advance beyond the community draft stage, and the chairs record the objection and its disposition.
  2. Licensing and intellectual propertyFoundations and GovernanceThe openness principle is made enforceable by the licence set (CC BY 4.0, Apache-2.0, CC0 1.0, OWFa 1.0, DCO); any change to an openness principle requires a corresponding licence decision.
  3. Conformance programmeFoundations and GovernanceThe evidence-over-assertion and no-certification principles define what an Implementation Conformance Statement may say; the conformance programme is their operational form.
  4. Governance and liaisonFoundations and GovernancePrinciples are amended only by a recorded authority decision of the technical steering committee, with the decision reference carried in the NS-0 front matter.
09Working group

Working group charter

A proposed charter for this area, open to institutions and experts.

Scope

Maintain NS-0, answer interpretation requests in writing and conduct the annual review of the principles in the light of experience on the standards track.

Institutions and experts are invited to charter this working group under NS-13 by filing a public change record. National Working Groups (NWGs) contribute national inputs and field exercises through their National Nexus Consortium (NNC).

Deliverables · 3
  1. NS-0 dated edition with a rationale annex and worked examples
  2. Interpretation register with written dispositions
  3. Annual principles review report with recorded dissent
Liaison targets · 3
  • Research Data Alliance (RDA) FAIR-related groups (participation sought) liaison sought
  • Global Indigenous Data Alliance (GIDA) on use of the CARE principles (consultation sought) liaison sought
  • W3C through a Community Group (information exchange sought) liaison sought
10Open standards

Open standards referenced

4 open standards, each with its relation as recorded in the register under NS-14. Hover over or focus a relation for its definition.

adopt2

FAIR Guiding PrinciplesGO FAIRlisted in the register · fair-principlesOpen Definition 2.1Open Knowledge Foundationlisted in the register · open-definition-2-1

cite2

RFC 6852 Affirmation of the Modern Paradigm for Standards (OpenStand principles)IETF / IAB (RFC Editor)listed in the register · openstand-rfc-6852WTO TBT Committee Decision on principles for the development of international standards (six principles)World Trade Organization TBT Committeeproposed for the register
11Consoles

Routing, monitoring and verification tools

Available · runs in the browser

Routing console

Select a sector, hazard family, capability and artifact type; the registry identifies the applicable standards and states the reasons.

Available · from the registry

Verification console

Test suites, conformance statements and attestations for each standard, as recorded in the registry.

Each console computes from the registry and states its reasoning; decisions remain with the competent bodies.

12Research questions

Open research questions

3 questions identified as priorities for the working group.

  1. How to preserve consensus with recorded dissent when a hazard season requires a profile sooner than a 30-day last call allows, without creating an emergency path that bypasses horizontal review.
  2. How the CARE principles on Indigenous data authority relate to CC0 registry metadata when a record describes Indigenous lands, waters or knowledge.
  3. Whether the position that the standards do not certify can be maintained when an adopter's regulator requires third-party assurance, and how to refer to that regulator's own route without implying an alternative.
13Readiness

Evidence, recognition and capital pathways

What each institution of the ecosystem draws from this area: GCRI Canada, as Secretariat, for evidence; The Global Risks Forum (GRF) for recognition; and The Global Risks Alliance (GRA) for capital.

Evidence pathway

GCRI Canada

GCRI Canada decides under its own evidence rules whether a record built to NS-0 is admissible as evidence; adherence to the principles is an input to that decision, not an approval.

Read the evidence pathway

Recognition pathway

The Global Risks Forum (GRF)

The Global Risks Forum (GRF) decides recognition under its own programme rules; citing NS-0 makes a contribution's openness and accuracy commitments legible to that process and implies no recognition.

Read the recognition pathway

Capital pathway

The Global Risks Alliance (GRA)

The Global Risks Alliance (GRA) decides capital readiness under its own criteria; NS-0 only makes the evidential basis of an artifact readable by its reviewers.

Read the capital pathway

Each institution determines under its own rules what it accepts as evidence; a pathway reading is neither an approval nor investment advice.

14Audiences

Intended users

The area profile identifies 4 user communities.

  1. contributors and editors
  2. institutions considering adoption
  3. policy staff
  4. legal reviewers
15Restricted standards

Restricted compatibility profiles

Standards whose text is not openly available are named and linked only. Any compatibility profile is kept on protected pages until an arrangement with the issuing body is in place.

The working group may identify restricted standards relevant to this area; they are listed here by name and link.

16Data sources

Data sources

2 data sources named in the area profile, each with provider, licence, update frequency and delivery path.

Data sources

Data sources are listed for reference; live data is displayed once licence review is complete.

Live
0
on completion of licence review
Listed in the data register
0
licence terms recorded
Proposed for the register
2
licence terms to be recorded
Delivery
0 governed service · 0 plugin · 1 browser · 1 snapshot · 0 listed for reference
proposed paths in order of preference: governed data service, plugin, direct browser read, build-time snapshot; sources whose terms do not permit reuse are listed for reference only
17Indicators

Indicators

The area profile names 2 indicators, each with its framework and code.

SDG global indicator framework16.7.2Proportion of population who believe decision-making is inclusive and responsiveSDG global indicator framework16.8.1Proportion of members and voting rights of developing countries in international organizations

Indicator names and codes are given as published by their stewards.

18Hazards and sectors

Hazards, threats and sectors concerned

Hazards and threats 0

This area draws on the hazards of the areas it is coupled with.

Sectors 0

This area serves all sectors through the areas it is coupled with.

19Sources

Sources

4 references from peer-reviewed and official publications cited in the area profile, linked at the publishers' own sites.

  1. peer-reviewedThe CARE Principles for Indigenous Data GovernanceData Science Journal · 2020
  2. peer-reviewedThe FAIR Guiding Principles for scientific data management and stewardshipScientific Data · 2016
  3. officialMaking the rules: the governance of standard development organisations and their policies on intellectual property rightsEuropean Commission Joint Research Centre · 2019
  4. standardRFC 6852: Affirmation of the Modern Paradigm for StandardsIETF / RFC Editor · 2013
20Research hub

Recent research on this area

Recent peer-reviewed articles, preprints, datasets and reports on the subject of this area, retrieved at the time of reading from open scholarly metadata services (OpenAlex, Crossref, DataCite, Zenodo, arXiv, Europe PMC, OpenAIRE Graph) with search terms composed from the registry. Each work is listed with its authors, venue, year, type, open-access status and licence, and links to its DOI or landing page. Sources not yet enabled for live display on this site are listed for reference and are not queried.

Search termsopen standards; FAIR principles; open science; standards governance; FAIR Guiding Principles; Open DefinitionDerived from the title and scope of the area, the NHS-1 hazards it names and the open standards it lists.

  • OpenAlexlisted for reference; not queried
  • Crossreflisted for reference; not queried
  • DataCitelisted for reference; not queried
  • Zenodolisted for reference; not queried
  • arXivlisted for reference; not queried
  • Europe PMClisted for reference; not queried
  • OpenAIRE Graphlisted for reference; not queried

No source is enabled for live display on this site yet: the sources are listed for reference and none is queried. Once the publisher of record enables a source after its terms are reviewed, recent works are listed here. Metadata and links only: title, authors, venue, year, type, open-access status and licence as each source records them; works are listed for orientation, not reviewed or endorsed.

21Education and training

Risk Academy courses and disciplines

2 courses and 5 disciplines of Risk Academy (risksacademy.com) that teach the knowledge and methods of this area. Each course lists its level, stream and learning hours.

Courses

Course RAF-103 · Governance and policyScience Policy 101Bringing evidence on risk to decision makers honestly, clearly and usefullyIntroductory · Foundation stream · 19.5 learning hoursTake this course · risksacademy.comCourse RAN-307 · Governance and policyPolicy and GovernanceHow institutions, laws and people decide about risk, and how to tell whether policy worksIntermediate · Nexus stream · 21.5 learning hoursTake this course · risksacademy.com

Disciplines

Discipline · Governance and policyRisk governance and institutionsrisksacademy.comDiscipline · Governance and policyResearch, evidence and the science-policy interfacerisksacademy.comDiscipline · Risk scienceRisk information standards and interoperabilityGovernance and Policy faculty: due process, openness and legitimacy in standard-settingrisksacademy.comDiscipline · Risk scienceUncertainty and decision makingRisk Science faculty: evidence, claims and uncertainty in risk analysisrisksacademy.comDiscipline · Systems and nexusSystemic, compound and cascading riskSystems and Nexus faculty: reading coupled risks as one evidence chainrisksacademy.com

The correspondence between courses, disciplines and the Nexus Standards is maintained with Risk Academy and is subject to its academic review.

22Across the network

Programmes, tracks and courses for this area

GCRI Canada, The Global Risks Forum (GRF), The Global Risks Alliance (GRA) and Risk Academy work on the subject of this area in distinct roles (research and evidence; governance, policy and convening; capital, finance and markets; education and training). Each entry states why it corresponds and the step it offers; each institution sets its own terms of participation.

Research and evidence

GCRI Canada

Research programmes that produce the observations, models and assessments these records describe.

Nexus RegistryKeeps records of what was decided, by whom and under what authority, the accountability the principles require.Apply to this programme therisk.globalAll programmes of GCRI Canada

Governance, policy and convening

The Global Risks Forum (GRF)

Tracks that convene public authorities, researchers and institutions on the governance of shared risks.

Governance NexusExamines anti-capture and integrity arrangements, the safeguards behind consensus with recorded dissent.Join this track Research NexusWorks on research integrity and evidence interpretation, the basis of the principle of evidence over assertion.Join this track globalriskforum.comAll tracks of The Global Risks Forum

Capital, finance and markets

The Global Risks Alliance (GRA)

Industry programmes in which financial institutions build a shared understanding of systemic risk.

Financial Regulation NexusCompares regulatory and supervisory frameworks, the context in which supervised institutions read voluntary standards.Join this programme globalriskalliance.comAll programmes of The Global Risks Alliance

Education and training

Risk Academy

Courses and disciplines that teach the knowledge and methods practitioners need to apply these standards.

Science Policy 101RAF-103 · Introductory · 19.5 learning hoursBringing evidence on risk to decision makers honestly, clearly and usefullyTake this course Policy and GovernanceRAN-307 · Intermediate · 21.5 learning hoursHow institutions, laws and people decide about risk, and how to tell whether policy worksTake this course All courses and disciplinesListed in the education and training section of this page
23Key terms

Key terms

UNI
Unique Nexus Identifier: a persistent identifier that resolves an artifact to its record.
proposed
A draft in the open development process that the Global Standards Council has not yet adopted. Each area profile is a proposal to the Nexus Standards registry.
cite
Relation in which the external standard is cited by identifier and URL as a reference.
adopt
Relation in which the external standard is used as published and values are validated against it.
change record
A public record of a proposed change under NS-13, decided by the editors with written reasons.
attestation
An evaluator's recorded result for one clause and one subject under NS-11.
liaison sought
A liaison the working group intends to request from the issuing body; a liaison is established only when the body confirms it in writing.
25Research

Recent research and sources

Peer-reviewed articles, preprints, reports and datasets on the subject of this area, retrieved at the time of reading from open scholarly metadata services (OpenAlex and Crossref) and listed with authors, venue, year, type and access status, with a link to each work. Curated references and related standards are listed first; recent works matched by subject follow and are listed for orientation.

Curated references

Related standards and frameworks

Search terms, derived from the title and scope of the area: open standards; FAIR principles; open science; standards governance. With JavaScript enabled, recent works matching these terms are listed from OpenAlex and Crossref.

26Questions

Questions and answers.

What is the status of the Constitution and principles area?
The area profile is a proposal to the Nexus Standards registry; the area is not yet listed in the registry. Standards are adopted by the Global Standards Council after last call; in each country, adoption is a decision of its National Standards Council (NSC).
How are data sources presented?
Each data source is listed with its provider, licence, update frequency and delivery path, and links to the provider's own publication.
How can this brief be amended?
Through a public change record under NS-13: a proposed amendment to the area profile or the registry, decided by the editors with written reasons.
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The same subject across the Consortium.

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Contribute to Constitution and principles

Institutions and experts are invited to propose amendments, join the working group or propose data sources. National participation is organised through each country's National Nexus Consortium (NNC) and its National Working Groups (NWGs); competent national authorities are engaged through official channels.

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