Governance and decisions
AI TRUST ID · Version 1.0 · Effective 2026-10-08

Public evidence, accountable roles and the independence target.

Current responsibility
The repository owner accepts product scope and release decisions. Contributors own the implementation and evidence they submit; independent reviewers own their recorded labels and review scope. Public source, decisions and RFCs make those responsibilities inspectable. A proposed owner lane is not a claim that a volunteer has accepted an assignment.

Owners and open needs: /#teamwork
Recorded decisions: https://github.com/knwvmbrr/aitrust-id/blob/main/DECISIONS.md

Changing the standard
Taxonomy changes use public RFCs, evidence and the governance document’s minimum 14-day comment period. Version the specification and detector behavior; do not silently change old tag meanings. Conformance decisions affecting a commercially interested maintainer require recusal under the published governance rule.

Governance source: /reference/governance-policy.md
Public proposals: https://github.com/knwvmbrr/aitrust-id/tree/main/rfcs

Foundation and certification target
The governance document targets an independent foundation for the specification/taxonomy and certification mark, with implementations free to compete. That is a structure to establish, not an assertion that a legal entity, asset assignment or accreditation already exists. Tag-specific testing is active work; formal institutional certification requires its own completed governance and evidence.