The honest state
of the standard.

OCSS is pre-ratification. Draft 4 is public, the coalition is forming, and no production accreditations exist yet. Every zero is published beside the work required to change it.

Inspect program state Open current artifacts

Four qualitative readiness tracks share one explicit ratification gate while the production accreditation count remains zero.

Production accredited0published zero

Founding seats12open of 13

Suite assertions74 active · 3 pending

Ratification targetQ32026

Program state

Four workstreams, one visible ledger.

Status language and evidence are consistent across the specification, Trust List, conformance suite, and coalition.

WorkstreamStateEvidenceNext gate

SpecificationOpen reviewDraft 4 publishedRatification

ConformanceIn development4 active assertionsComplete 3 pending

GovernanceFormingDraft charterCommittee seated

AdoptionEarly formation1 of 13 seatsSigned members

Milestones

What has happened, and what has not.

Q1 2026Rules registry published

Initial 133-category vocabulary and legal crosswalk.

Q2 2026Draft Trust List online

Signed root and public verification format.

NowDraft 4 review

Coalition formation and public technical evaluation.

Q3 2026 targetConformance suite

Complete MUST / MUST-NEVER behavioral battery.

Q3 2026 targetVersion 1 ratification

Charter adopted and normative text frozen.

Verification

Do not trust this page alone.

Every status claim should resolve to a signed artifact, test output, or public decision record.

Specification artifactsOpen library →Trust and conformanceInspect contract →Governance recordReview control →

Program participation

Help move a published zero.

Choose a working group, evaluate the implementation contract, or take an open founding seat.

Review adoption paths Read Draft 4

The honest stateof the standard.

Four workstreams, one visible ledger.

What has happened, and what has not.

Do not trust this page alone.

Help move a published zero.

The honest state
of the standard.