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Foundational Document

Foundational Document

Foundational Documents and Version Records

Foundational documents are maintained as versioned public records with clear status, authority, date, and revision information.

Public document policy

Foundational documents are institutional records rather than ordinary articles. Their current public entry, immutable version record, and machine-readable formats must remain clearly connected to the same approved source.

Document policy

Versioned, attributable, and publicly reviewable

Foundational documents are public institutional records. Each record identifies its title, document type, issuing organization, version, publication date, status, language, governance stage, and revision requirements.

The current public entry and the immutable version record serve different functions. The current entry points readers to the version presently in force, while each version URL preserves the identity of a specific published record.

Reading responsibility

How the foundational record pages fit together

Each page has a distinct function. Follow the complete Declaration when exact wording matters, and use the supporting pages for orientation, discovery, and disclosure.

Robot Labor Declaration

The complete current foundational text, including its qualifications, boundaries, document information, and adoption statement.

Boundary: Use the Declaration when exact wording matters. Summaries and indexes do not replace it.

Core Principles

An accessible article-by-article guide to the Declaration.

Boundary: The principle summaries are orientation material, not a second authoritative version of the Declaration.

Foundational Documents

The public directory for document status, metadata, version records, and revision behavior.

Boundary: A version record identifies a published record; it does not silently duplicate or rewrite the canonical text.

Transparency and Content Sources

The rules for source labels, human-supported infrastructure, AI-assisted publication, attribution, and revisions.

Boundary: Transparency explains how records are produced and identified; it does not replace the records themselves.

Required record fields

Metadata carried by foundational documents

  • title;
  • document type;
  • issuing organization;
  • version number;
  • publication date;
  • revision date when applicable;
  • status;
  • language;
  • governance stage;
  • revision history;

Current documents

Published foundational records

Versioning principle

Significant changes must not be made silently

Significant changes must not be made silently.

Later amendments must receive a new version number and a separate immutable version URL. Earlier versions should remain accessible when technically and legally practical.