Prototypes that demonstrate
what schemas enable
Working implementations addressing actual human needs rather than speculative documentation
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Reference implementations under real constraints
Standards.agency provides accessible demonstrations of technical capabilities developed by build.foundation operating within governance frameworks created through sovereigns.institute. Rather than accumulating theoretical specifications disconnected from reality, we validate schemas through working prototypes that face real-world pressure.
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Validation through application
Every schema specification must prove its utility through concrete implementation. Prototypes demonstrate how polymorphic resources coordinate complex stakeholder relationships, how conversational interfaces generate validated transactions from natural language, and how offline capabilities maintain coordination when infrastructure fails. This continuous feedback between specification and implementation ensures schemas evolve toward genuine utility rather than theoretical elegance disconnected from practical constraints.
Performance under adversarial conditions
Working prototypes operate under real-world constraints including network degradation, resource limitation, and adversarial conditions rather than demonstrations that only function in laboratory environments. Security validation tests whether architectural decisions successfully resist identified threat models rather than merely passing compliance checklists divorced from actual attack scenarios. This adversarial testing reveals vulnerabilities before deployment and validates that protective designs actually protect.
Three foundational schema domains
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Personalised data sovereignty
Prototypes demonstrate on-device control where individuals maintain authority over information about themselves. See how conversational interfaces generate permission structures from natural language, how local inference processes sensitive context without remote queries, and how social recovery mechanisms protect access without exposing vulnerability to single points of failure.
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Internationalization frameworks
Explore universal reference structures that domain-specific schemas invoke for language and cultural context. See how subject-object-verb linguistic structures receive architectural support from inception, how consent frameworks adapt to varied legal traditions, and how family relationship concepts accommodate genuine cultural diversity without forcing homogenization.
[Carousel Slide 3: Live demonstration of polymorphic resources - single physical object (emergency supplies) simultaneously tracked across logistics, medical, cultural, and allocation frameworks]
Polymorphic resources
Experience how single identifiers represent multiple simultaneous valid interpretations with different permissions for different stakeholders. See land functioning as property, habitat, sacred site, and economic asset concurrently, each interpretation validated by appropriate schemas and enforced through cryptographic guarantees.
Addressing urgent challenges
Disaster management and rural revitalization prototypes using Japanese public data demonstrate schema utility under genuine pressure. These applications validate that governance frameworks enable coordination at scale while keeping humans meaningfully involved rather than only functioning in theoretical contexts.
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Disaster management coordination
When earthquakes, tsunamis, typhoons, landslides, volcanic eruptions, or electromagnetic pulses fragment infrastructure, coordination becomes critical and simultaneously challenging. Prototypes demonstrate how polymorphic resource definitions enable emergency supplies to be simultaneously tracked for logistics, assessed for medical use, evaluated for cultural appropriateness, and allocated under prioritization frameworks. Offline transaction capability shows local mesh coordination maintaining effectiveness with mainchain settlement when connectivity returns. These implementations prove schemas work under actual crisis conditions.
Rural revitalization coordination
Addressing depopulation, aging demographics, agricultural sustainability, cultural heritage preservation, and infrastructure maintenance requires coordinating heterogeneous resources without forcing everything through monetary equivalence. Prototypes show how an elderly resident's traditional agricultural knowledge, a remote worker's technical skills, municipal equipment inventory, and external financial support all contribute meaningfully through frameworks recognizing distinct value forms appropriately. This demonstrates governance enabling coordination that preserves human judgment while operating at necessary scale.
Open standards and development tools
All schema specifications, reference implementations, and developer tools are released under open licenses. Technical outputs use Apache License 2.0, allowing commercial and private use with attribution. Universal schemas follow open standards ensuring maximum accessibility and preventing vendor lock-in.
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Schema specifications
Complete schema definitions with clear documentation show how governance frameworks translate into machine-readable structures. Examples demonstrate validation logic, permission systems, and composition patterns that enable developers to build applications leveraging these foundations. Schemas evolve through community contribution, with transparent processes for proposing improvements and extensions addressing emerging needs.
Integration with application ecosystem
Reference implementations demonstrate integration patterns for applications distributed through d-app.store. See how secure abstraction layers provide controlled interfaces to private context, how schema-governed permission systems guarantee enforcement, and how modular composability enables diverse functionality while maintaining user sovereignty. These patterns guide developers building on shared foundations rather than recreating protective mechanisms independently.
Security assessment and transparent auditing
Security validation coordinated with sovereigns.institute regulatory exploration ensures technical security models align with legal compliance frameworks from inception. Security assessments are transparently published, showing both vulnerabilities discovered and remediation approaches taken.
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Threat modeling and adversarial testing
Comprehensive threat modeling identifies attack surfaces and potential vulnerabilities before deployment. Adversarial testing validates that architectural decisions successfully resist identified threats rather than merely satisfying abstract security checklists. Results demonstrate where protective designs actually protect and where additional hardening proves necessary. This transparency builds justified confidence rather than security through obscurity.
Coordination with regulatory frameworks
Security validation coordinated with governance work ensures technical capabilities enable regulatory compliance while genuinely preserving privacy. This coordination proves more valuable than capabilities requiring privacy compromise for compliance approval. Demonstrating schema-governed compliance pathways benefits the entire ecosystem by establishing proven approaches to institutional engagement that maintain protective commitments.
Contributing schemas and implementations
The standards emerge through collaborative development where community contributions drive evolution. Whether you're addressing healthcare privacy, indigenous land rights, supply chain coordination, or novel domains requiring nuanced permission systems, your schema contributions help build shared foundations that all participants benefit from.
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Schema contribution process
Propose new schemas or extensions to existing ones through transparent processes emphasizing clear documentation and concrete use cases. Community review ensures proposals address genuine needs and integrate coherently with existing frameworks. Validation through reference implementation proves utility before broader adoption. This collaborative approach prevents fragmentation while enabling organic evolution addressing emerging requirements.
Educational materials and documentation
Comprehensive documentation in multiple languages ensures accessibility across diverse developer communities. Materials explain not just technical specifications but the reasoning behind design decisions, helping developers understand both how to use schemas and why they're structured as they are. Educational content produced through sovereigns.institute workshops ensures genuine cultural adaptation rather than superficial translation.
Standards that serve coordination
Standards.agency demonstrates that governance frameworks developed through patient international collaboration can operate at the velocity and granularity that complex systems demand. As automation advances and coordination requirements grow, these reference implementations show what becomes possible when technical capability and human governance genuinely co-evolve.
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What persists beyond any organizational container are the standards themselves—open, evolving, and proven through real-world application. These become foundations that subsequent development builds upon, creating ever-richer capabilities while maintaining protective commitments that ensure technology serves human flourishing rather than extraction.