Nexus Standards · Foundations and Governance · Cross-cutting capabilities
Area · listed in the registry (planned)
Defines how any participant proposes, debates, versions and adopts a Nexus Standard: the standards track from the Open to the Adopted stage, chartered working groups, consensus with recorded dissent, horizontal reviews, two independent implementations before adoption, OWFa 1.0 patent commitments and CC BY 4.0 text. Each artifact of the area carries a UNI (Unique Nexus Identifier).
Area profile proposed for the Nexus Standards registry.
NXS-STD-DC-000003Nexus Standards (2026). Open standards development: area brief, Foundations and Governance programme. Proposed. https://nexustandards.com/foundations/standards-development-standards/ · UNI NXS-STD-DC-000003. Last reviewed 17 October 2026.
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An area of the Foundations and Governance programme (cross-cutting capabilities). The area profile sets out 4 matters in scope and 2 matters addressed by other areas.
In scope 4
Out of scope 2
Jurisdictions Application in each jurisdiction is a national decision, taken by the National Standards Council (NSC) with the competent national authorities.
The map frames the Levant and Jordan Valley as an example geography for open standards development; 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 IETF Datatracker API and W3C technical reports feed, are listed for reference.
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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.
Layers and dates
A request reaches the service with an explicit context; inputs are identified (NS-1) and validated against RFC 6852 Affirmation of the Modern Paradigm for Standards (OpenStand); the service processes them and writes records with provenance; results are published, resolved and monitored, and a correction flows back through the same path. Nexus Standards applied: NS-0, NS-13. 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 (11). Records and artifacts are cited by UNI (Unique Nexus Identifier) and version.
Request start · Request
The service covers: Track stages and entry conditions (NS-13), Working-group charters, chairs and decision rules and Horizontal reviews: accessibility, internationalisation, privacy, security and accuracy of claims.
Identify inputs step · Request
Every input is resolved before it is used; an unresolved input is a typed refusal.
Validate RFC 6852 gate · Validation
Open standards of this area: RFC 6852 Affirmation of the Modern Paradigm for Standards (OpenStand), RFC 2026 The Internet Standards Process, W3C Process Document and OGC Technical Committee Policies and Procedures.
Process model · Processing
Processing is reproducible from the inputs, the method version and the configuration.
Write records record · Processing
Results are written append-only; a correction adds a version.
Publish and resolve step · Publication
Results are discoverable and citable by UNI.
Monitor exercise · Monitoring
Data sources the service reads: IETF Datatracker API, W3C technical reports feed and GitHub releases of the nexus-standards repository. Data sources are listed for reference; live data is displayed once licence review is complete.
Correction end · Monitoring
Products that used a corrected record are listed and recomputed.
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) · RFC 2026 The Internet Standards Process · NS-0: Constitution and principles · NS-13: Standards development process.
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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Open area start · Open area
The registry lists the area and its programme page invites participation. A working group may be chartered under NS-13.
Working group step · Working group
The charter is public and states the scope, exclusions, deliverables, meeting schedule and decision rule. Drafts, issues and comments are public.
Community draft record · Working group
Drafts, issues and comment dispositions are public artifacts, each with a UNI (Unique Nexus Identifier). The chairs record each objection with its disposition.
Horizontal reviews gate · Working group
Each review group reads the whole draft and records findings; a finding is dispositioned in writing before the public last call opens.
Public last call gate · Public
The draft, its crosswalk rows with source links, its clauses and its test suite are published for comment. Consensus with recorded dissent; a formal objection is answered in writing; appeals go to the Technical Management Division (technical) or the independent panel (process).
Proposed record · Public
The standard is proposed and available for voluntary use by implementers ahead of adoption.
Two implementations gate · Implementation
Implementers run the Apache-2.0 test suite and publish their results by reference; the working group collects the final specification agreements.
Candidate record · Implementation
The implementation report names the implementations, the suite version and the instant of each run.
Adopted decision · Global Standards Council
A permanent edition with a dated edition identifier; the errata process remains open; systematic review takes place every three years.
Later edition or withdrawal end · Global Standards Council
The record is retained and points to its successor. Earlier editions remain unchanged.
Fig.An area is opened; a chartered working group drafts in public; horizontal reviews and a public last call precede the proposed stage; two independent implementations precede the candidate stage; adoption is a recorded decision of the Global Standards Council (GSC); a later edition takes its place, or a decision withdraws it. Sources: NS-13: development process · Nexus Standards operating model.
Develop a standard: lifecycle console and development processes compared
The area profile lists 2 Nexus Standards; the registry lists NS-0, NS-13 for this area. Each is a proposed standard under development.
Status: proposed · 12 requirements stated. Read NS-0 · Requirements for this area
Status: proposed · 5 requirements stated. Read NS-13 · Requirements for this area
A system model of this area built from the registry: 4 systems, 4 sectors, 4 controls, 3 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.
Systems and couplings
Controls
NS-0 Constitution and principlesNS-13 Standards development process (open proposals, review, versioning, adoption)NRS-I4 Research evidence, reproducibility and open scienceNRS-U6 Universe platform profile: Development Finance NexusObservation
6 open standards, each with its relation as recorded in the register under NS-14. Hover over or focus a relation for its definition.
adopt2
RFC 6852 Affirmation of the Modern Paradigm for Standards (OpenStand)IETF / IAB / IEEE / W3C / ISOClisted in the register · openstand-rfc-6852Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 InternationalCreative Commonslisted in the register · creative-commons-by-4-0cite4
RFC 2026 The Internet Standards ProcessIETFlisted in the register · ietf-rfc-2026-standards-processW3C Process DocumentW3Clisted in the register · w3c-process-2025OGC Technical Committee Policies and ProceduresOGClisted in the register · ogc-tc-policies-and-proceduresISO/IEC Directives Part 1 and Part 2ISO / IEClisted in the register · iso-iec-directivesCombine standards and clauses into a draft profile with citations, in YAML or JSON; nothing is submitted.
Available · runs in the browserSelect a sector, hazard family, capability and artifact type; the registry identifies the applicable standards and states the reasons.
Each console computes from the registry and states its reasoning; decisions remain with the competent bodies.
3 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.
Fig.The area at the left; coupled areas in the same programme, coupled areas in other programmes and the programmes reached to the right.
3 data sources named in the area profile, each with provider, licence, update frequency and delivery path.
Data sources are listed for reference; live data is displayed once licence review is complete.
GitHub releases of the nexus-standards repositoryfor reference
GitHub · per release
GitHub terms; repository content CC BY 4.0 and Apache-2.0
integration pluginproposed for the data register
IETF Datatracker APIfor reference
IETF · continuous
IETF Trust Legal Provisions (BCP 78)
build-time snapshotproposed for the data register
W3C technical reports feedfor reference
W3C · continuous
W3C document licence
build-time snapshotproposed for the data register
The area profile names 2 indicators, each with its framework and code.
Indicator names and codes are given as published by their stewards.
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.
A proposed charter for this area, open to institutions and experts.
Maintain the process standard, its charters and its horizontal reviews.
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).
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.
GCRI Canada cites only adopted editions as normative and identifies proposed editions as drafts in its evidence.
GRF recognises contributions to working groups on the public record of drafts, comments and dispositions.
GRA relies on an edition only once its status and dated edition identifier are recorded in the register.
Each institution determines under its own rules what it accepts as evidence; a pathway reading is neither an approval nor investment advice.
2 questions identified as priorities for the working group.
The area profile identifies 4 user communities.
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.
This area is listed in the registry (status: planned; scope STD; 2 crosswalk domains). It has five depth pages and a register crosswalk of its domains.
The rules of each listed standard, read through the specification reader.
Depth · CrosswalkEvery register entry in the area's domains, by relation, with the crosswalk graph.
Depth · Records and schemasScope, record, schema explorer and how a UNI resolves.
Depth · ConformanceClauses, evidence and attestations for conformance assessment.
Depth · ReadinessThe area alongside the three pathways, as a matrix.
2 Nexus Standards · 2 domains · 21 external standards · 17 issuing bodies · 0 implementing repositories. Relations (adopt, profile, crosswalk, cite) are as recorded in the register; names and standards remain with their stewards.
Crosswalk graph42 nodes and 46 links from the registry of external standards, programme areas and implementations (registry/external-standards.yaml, registry/consumers.yaml. Relations (adopt, profile, crosswalk, cite) are shown as recorded in the register.
Areas carry no geography of their own; the map shows where the bodies that issue the area's external standards are based.
| Body | Seat | Register entries |
|---|---|---|
| ISO/CASCO | Geneva, Switzerland | 2 |
| Open Source Initiative | Palo Alto, California, United States | 2 |
| W3C | Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States | 2 |
| World Wide Web Consortium | Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States | 2 |
| Creative Commons | Mountain View, California, United States | 1 |
| European Parliament and Council | Brussels, Belgium | 1 |
| IAB, IEEE-SA, IETF, Internet Society, W3C | Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States | 1 |
| IETF | Wilmington, Delaware, United States | 1 |
| IETF Trust | Wilmington, Delaware, United States | 1 |
| ISO and IEC | Geneva, Switzerland | 1 |
| OASIS Open | Woburn, Massachusetts, United States | 1 |
| Open Geospatial Consortium | Arlington, Virginia, United States | 1 |
| Open Knowledge Foundation | London, United Kingdom | 1 |
| SPDX Legal Team (Linux Foundation) | San Francisco, California, United States | 1 |
| UK Cabinet Office | London, United Kingdom | 1 |
Issuing bodies are shown at the city of their public seat. The 1 programmes, 0 implementing repositories and 19 Nexus Standards have no location and are not mapped · 2 issuing bodies have no single public seat and are listed without a location: World Trade Organization; Free Software Foundation Europe
Standards globe15 issuing bodies with a public seat and 21 register entries, shown on H3 cells at resolutions 1 to 4. Seats are placed at city coordinates; programme areas, implementations and standards have no location and are not drawn. A static plate carrée map is shown where scripts are unavailable.
3 references from peer-reviewed and official publications cited in the area profile, linked at the publishers' own sites.
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 development; standardization process; open standards; W3C Process DocumentDerived from the title and scope of the area, the NHS-1 hazards it names and the open standards it lists.
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.
2 courses 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.
The correspondence between courses, disciplines and the Nexus Standards is maintained with Risk Academy and is subject to its academic review.
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 ReportsPublishes versioned reports with a public corrections policy, a working model of recorded revision.Apply to this programme therisk.globalAll programmes of GCRI CanadaGovernance, policy and convening
The Global Risks Forum (GRF)
Tracks that convene public authorities, researchers and institutions on the governance of shared risks.
Governance NexusCompares decision rights, consensus and accountability arrangements that govern how a standard is adopted.Join this track Policy NexusStudies policy implementation and learning, the evidence on which revision and versioning decisions draw.Join this track globalriskforum.comAll tracks of The Global Risks ForumCapital, 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 AllianceEducation 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 Science Policy 101RAF-103 · Introductory · 19.5 learning hoursBringing evidence on risk to decision makers honestly, clearly and usefullyTake this course All courses and disciplinesListed in the education and training section of this pagePeer-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.
Search terms, derived from the title and scope of the area: standards development; standardization process; open standards. With JavaScript enabled, recent works matching these terms are listed from OpenAlex and Crossref.
Nexus Reports is the Consortium's quarterly publication. What you know about this subject can become evidence, a case or a correction in the next edition, credited to you and published under CC BY 4.0 where it is your own work.
Never send personal data, sensitive infrastructure detail or anything you have no right to share. A contribution is reviewed before use; sending it confers no authorship or editorial rights, and sponsorship never buys a finding.
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.
Status and use. The Nexus Standards are proposed standards developed through an open process under NS-13 and published for voluntary use; they do not constitute certification, accreditation or regulatory approval, and adoption remains a decision of the Global Standards Council and, in each country, of its National Standards Council. A UNI (Unique Nexus Identifier) identifies an artifact; it does not certify it. Names of standards bodies and their standards belong to their stewards and are used only to identify the documents; no text of an external standard is reproduced here. Nexus Standards is not affiliated with, endorsed by or certified by any standards body named here.
Licences: CC BY 4.0 for standards text, registries, schemas and data; Apache-2.0 for reference code. External standards are cited by name, number and link under their own licences. Third-party data, libraries and fonts keep their own licences: see Third-party notices.