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Governance and liaison

Describes the governance of the standards track and its relations with other bodies: a technical steering committee of working-group chairs and the three institutions' technical leads, consensus with recorded dissent and public minutes, and a liaison register with categories A (joint work), B (observer) and C (information exchange) that records a liaison only when the other body confirms it. Liaison is sought by GCRI Canada as publisher of record and is not claimed before confirmation. 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: Governance and…
  5. 05Systemic couplingsSystemic couplings
  6. 06Open standardsOpen standards referenced
  7. 07Working groupWorking group charter
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Proposednot yet listed in the registry
Last reviewed
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Nexus Standards (2026). Governance and liaison: area brief, Foundations and Governance programme. Proposed. https://nexustandards.com/foundations/governance-and-liaison/. 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

  • Technical steering committee composition, terms, decision rule and minutes
  • Liaison register categories A, B and C, mirroring ISO categories without claiming them
  • The agreed liaison sequence and its preconditions (two adopted standards with two independent implementations before an ISO liaison request)
  • Horizontal review groups and their mandates
  • Conflict-of-interest and recusal rules for chairs and editors

Out of scope 3

  • Corporate governance of GCRI Canada, GRF or GRA
  • Any implied liaison, membership, endorsement or government status
  • Representation of national positions in other standards bodies

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 in the Levant and Jordan Valley

The map frames the Levant and Jordan Valley as an example geography for governance and liaison; the frame gives context and is not a statement of where the standards apply. 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 ROR data dump (organisation identifiers for liaison register rows) and GLEIF Golden Copy LEI concatenated file (legal-entity identifiers for liaising organisations), 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 the Levant and Jordan Valley.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

National host and anchor institutions form a National Nexus Consortium (NNC) under national law; its National Standards Council (NSC) reviews the standards and engages competent national authorities through its public-authority liaison; National Working Groups (NWGs) draft national inputs and run field exercises; the NSC decides to adopt, adapt or reference each standard and maintains the national application profile; the Global Standards Council (GSC) has no veto over a national decision. 8 operations in 5 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 (7). Records and artifacts are cited by UNI (Unique Nexus Identifier) and version.

Process · from engagement to a national decision8 operations · 5 phases
Governance and liaison: from engagement to a national decisionNational host and anchor institutions form a National Nexus Consortium (NNC) under national law; its National Standards Council (NSC) reviews the standards and engages competent national authorities through its public-authority liaison; National Working Groups (NWGs) draft national inputs and run field exercises; the NSC decides to adopt, adapt or reference each standard and maintains the national application profile; the Global Standards Council (GSC) has no veto over a national decision.
All operations in order (8)
  1. 01

    National host start · Engagement

    Describes the governance of the standards track and its relations with other bodies: a technical steering committee of working-group chairs and the three institutions' technical leads, consensus with recorded dissent and public minutes, and a liaison register with categories A (joint work), B (observer) and C (information exchange) that records a liaison only when the other body confirms it.

    Who
    the national host institution
    Decision rule
    participation is voluntary; national adoption is a national decision
    Record
    a letter of engagement with the programme
    Implements
    NS13-R2
  2. 02

    Form the NNC step · Formation

    The NNC brings together the national host and anchor institutions.

    Who
    national host and anchor institutions
    Decision rule
    the NNC is the national institutional pillar
    Record
    the National Nexus Consortium (NNC), formed under national law
  3. 03

    Seat the NSC record · Formation

    The National Leadership Council (NLC) holds the individual leadership seats and is distinct from the NSC.

    Who
    the NNC
    Decision rule
    the NSC is the standards function of the NNC
    Record
    the National Standards Council (NSC), with a public-authority liaison where one exists
  4. 04

    National WGs step · Drafting

    Nexus Standards in scope: NS-9, NS-10, NS-11.

    Who
    National Working Groups (NWGs)
    Decision rule
    inputs are proposals under NS-13 with UNIs
    Record
    national inputs: translations, code lists, jurisdiction profiles
    Implements
    NS13-R1, NS16-R3
  5. 05

    Field exercise exercise · Drafting

    The exercise tests the standards against national practice before a decision.

    Who
    NWGs with host institutions
    Decision rule
    exercises use worked examples, labelled as such
    Record
    a recorded field simulation or exercise
    Implements
    NS11-R1
  6. 06

    Authorities gate · Decision

    National law and language prevail.

    Who
    competent national authorities, through official channels
    Decision rule
    engaged through the NSC's public-authority liaison and the national host
    Record
    the authorities' views recorded by the NSC
  7. 07

    NSC decides decision · Decision

    Each decision is recorded with its reasons and published.

    Who
    the National Standards Council (NSC)
    Decision rule
    the GSC has no veto over a national decision
    Record
    adopt, adapt or reference, per standard
    Implements
    NS13-R4
  8. 08

    National profile end · Maintenance

    Changes return to the GSC process as proposals when they affect a Nexus Standard.

    Who
    the NSC
    Decision rule
    the profile is versioned; registries are appended
    Record
    the national application profile (NS-16), maintained and versioned
    Implements
    NS16-R1, NS13-R5

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: ISO/IEC Directives, Part 1 (liaison categories, clause 1.17) · RFC 4052 IAB Processes for Management of IETF Liaison Relationships · NS-9: Contextual UNIs · NS-10: Policies and clauses.

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-9 · Contextual UNIs (deployments, instances, programme instances)

    Status: proposed · 5 requirements stated. Read NS-9

  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: Governance and liaison

A system model of this area built from the registry: 5 systems, 3 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-9 Contextual UNIs (deployments, instances, programme instances)
  • 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-H112 Hazard family: Governance and institutional failure (NHS-1 soc.governance)
  • NRS-U18 Universe platform profile: Nexus Agency
  • NRS-H59 Hazard family: Economic shocks and governance failure (NHS-1 soc.economic)
  • NRS-H31 Hazard family: Persistent and bioaccumulative substances (NHS-1 poll.persistent)
  • NRS-H36 Hazard family: Vaccine-preventable outbreaks (NHS-1 health.vaccine-preventable)
  • NRS-H57 Hazard family: Humanitarian crises (NHS-1 soc.humanitarian)

Observation

  • ROR data dump (organisation identifiers for liaison register rows) (listed for reference)
  • GLEIF Golden Copy LEI concatenated file (legal-entity identifiers for liaising organisations) (listed for reference)
  • Proportion of members and voting rights of developing countries in international organizations
  • Number of countries reporting progress in multi-stakeholder development effectiveness monitoring frameworks
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
Governance and liaison: systemic couplingsSystemic couplings of Governance and liaison as stated in the area profile: 2 areas in Foundations and Governance, 2 areas in other programmes and 1 programme 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 committee is the appeal body and the recording authority for adoption decisions; no edition is final without its recorded decision.
  2. Liaison register and partnersCommunities, Learning and ContributionThe liaison register defined here is rendered in the Communities, Learning and Contribution programme; an entry is listed there only after the other body's written confirmation is recorded.
  3. National chaptersCommunities, Learning and ContributionNational chapters act as mirror committees under this governance and are listed only after the competent national body confirms them in writing.
  4. Licensing and intellectual propertyFoundations and GovernanceLiaison sequencing (W3C Community Group and RDA first, OGC and OASIS second, ISO through the Standards Council of Canada third) depends on the IPR terms each body requires being compatible with OWFa 1.0.
09Open 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.

cite4

ISO/IEC Directives, Part 1 (liaison categories, clause 1.17)ISO and IEClisted in the register · iso-iec-directivesRFC 4052 IAB Processes for Management of IETF Liaison RelationshipsIETF / IAB (RFC Editor)proposed for the registerRFC 4053 Procedures for Handling Liaison Statements to and from the IETFIETF (RFC Editor)proposed for the registerOASIS Open ProjectsOASIS Openproposed for the register
10Working group

Working group charter

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

Scope

Maintain the governance document, the liaison register procedure and the conflict-of-interest rules.

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. Governance document with committee charter and recusal rules
  2. Liaison register procedure with confirmation evidence fields
  3. Annual governance report with minutes index
Liaison targets · 5
  • W3C Community Group programme (participation sought) liaison sought
  • Research Data Alliance (working-group participation sought) liaison sought
  • Open Geospatial Consortium (Associate membership sought) liaison sought
  • OASIS Open (Open Project participation sought) liaison sought
  • ISO through the Standards Council of Canada (Category A or B liaison to be requested only after two standards are adopted) liaison sought
11Consoles

Routing, monitoring and verification tools

In development

Monitoring console

Version and source status for each standard, as published by the issuing bodies.

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 balance the three institutions' technical leads on the committee with independent chairs so that no single organisation can determine a stage gate.
  2. How to report developing-country participation accurately when travel and time costs, rather than fees, are the main barrier.
  3. What the committee does when a body declines liaison but its standard is a necessary baseline for a profile.
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, as publisher of record, seeks liaisons and records them only on the other body's confirmation; its evidence decisions are taken under its own rules and are separate from governance of the track.

Read the evidence pathway

Recognition pathway

The Global Risks Forum (GRF)

The Global Risks Forum (GRF) decides under its own rules how its convenings relate to the track; a liaison entry does not imply GRF recognition.

Read the recognition pathway

Capital pathway

The Global Risks Alliance (GRA)

The Global Risks Alliance (GRA) decides capital readiness under its own criteria; governance records give its reviewers process transparency, not an approval.

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 3 user communities.

  1. institutions and standards bodies
  2. working-group chairs
  3. legal and policy staff
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 · 0 browser · 2 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 framework16.8.1Proportion of members and voting rights of developing countries in international organizationsSDG global indicator framework17.16.1Number of countries reporting progress in multi-stakeholder development effectiveness monitoring frameworks

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 New Global Rulers: The Privatization of Regulation in the World EconomyPrinceton University Press · 2011
  2. peer-reviewedThe Emergence of Governance in an Open Source CommunityAcademy of Management Journal · 2007
  3. officialOGC Technical Committee Policies and ProceduresOpen Geospatial Consortium · 2023
  4. standardRFC 4052: IAB Processes for Management of IETF Liaison RelationshipsIETF / RFC Editor · 2005
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 termsstandards governance; standard setting; transnational governance; ISO/IEC Directives, Part; OASIS Open ProjectsDerived 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

1 course and 3 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 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 institutionsGovernance and Policy faculty: multi-stakeholder governance and liaisonrisksacademy.comDiscipline · Governance and policyDiplomacy, cooperation and the global commonsrisksacademy.comDiscipline · Systems and nexusNexus-Based Risk Management (NRM)Systems and Nexus faculty: institutional coordination across domainsrisksacademy.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 AgencySets out conflict and independence rules for experts, a reference for declared interests in working groups.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 NexusCompares multi-stakeholder governance and anti-capture arrangements, the basis of the technical steering committee.Join this track Diplomacy NexusConvenes dialogue across jurisdictions, the practice on which liaison with other bodies rests.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.

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.
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: standards governance; standard setting; transnational 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 Governance and liaison 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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