Document Conventions
Metadata, status labels, versioning, and citation rules.
Accepted: Reviewed and adopted for the current release.
Requirement keywords
The words must, must not, should, should not, and may are used in the
usual specification sense. Must marks a requirement of any conforming implementation.
Should marks a strong recommendation. May marks an option.
Document status
| Status | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Concept | An idea recorded so it is not lost. No review. |
| Draft | Written but unreviewed. |
| Research | Under active modeling or analysis; conclusions may change. |
| Review | Submitted for editorial and technical review. |
| Pilot | Being tested in a real programme. |
| Accepted | Reviewed and adopted for the current release. |
| Deprecated | Retained for history; no longer recommended. |
| Superseded | Replaced by a newer chapter or proposal. |
Versioning
The framework uses semantic versioning. The current release is 0.1.0-alpha. Major versions
mark foundational incompatibility, minor versions mark new capability, and patch versions mark
clarification or correction. The alpha qualifier means early research: nothing here has
completed independent review.
Citation
Every chapter offers a Cite this page action producing plain text, APA, Chicago, BibTeX, and RIS. Citations include the steward, the chapter title, the framework version, the revision date, and the canonical URL.
Chapter metadata
- Book
- Front Matter
- Status
- Accepted
- Version
- 0.1.0-alpha
- Created
- 2026-08-01
- Last revised
- 2026-08-01
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-01
- Authors
- ISILP
- Governing proposals
- None
- Source
spec/000-introduction/conventions.mdx
Cite this page
ISILP. Document Conventions. The Intelligentism Specification, version 0.1.0-alpha (revised 2026-08-01). https://intelligentism.isilp.org/spec/introduction/conventions