Gravity Standards Governance v1.0

# Gravity Standards Governance v1.0

Governance ID: GSG-1

Status: Canonical

Maintainer: GravityBTC

## Purpose

This document defines how Gravity standards are created, amended, versioned, superseded, and preserved.

## Standard Lifecycle

### Draft

A proposed Gravity standard under development. Draft standards are not authoritative and may change without notice.

### Review

A draft standard undergoing operational, governance, or implementation review. Review status does not imply approval.

### Canonical

The current authoritative version of a Gravity standard. Canonical standards are eligible for operational implementation and public reference.

### Superseded

A prior canonical standard replaced by a newer canonical version. Superseded standards remain publicly available for historical continuity.

### Deprecated

A standard no longer recommended for implementation. Deprecated standards remain preserved for reference and verification purposes.

## Versioning

Major revisions increment:

v1 → v2

Minor revisions increment:

v1.0 → v1.1

## Amendment Requirements

Every amendment must:

- identify affected standard
- explain reason for amendment
- generate new hash
- generate new verification record
- preserve prior version

## Governance Responsibilities

GravityBTC maintains responsibility for:

- standard publication
- standard version control
- amendment review
- preservation continuity
- public accessibility
- verification record publication
- historical version retention

## Release Requirements

A standard is not considered released until:

- the standard page is published
- the standard appears in the sitemap
- verification material is generated
- a verification record is published
- the standard is linked from the Standards index
- release validation is completed

## Preservation

Superseded standards remain publicly accessible.

Historical references are preserved.

Prior canonical versions remain available for verification, review, and continuity purposes.

## Authority Principle

Gravity standards are governed through transparency, preservation, and verification.

Authority is derived from transparent publication, preservation continuity, and independently verifiable records.

## Standard Verification

SHA256: 8a89be260dfab826086cac48c6b0ecc4aecc1009667115bc6202eef95fa45b68

Verification Record: /standards/records/gravity-standards-governance-v1.json

Status: Canonical