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The Standard

Documents and Records

Documents, categories, versions and metadata for strata records.

Working draft v0.1.0-draft · not yet released

Purpose and scope

Describe strata records consistently so they can be found, versioned and exchanged, without the standard itself storing or publishing them.

In scope

  • Document metadata and categories
  • Document versions
  • Links between documents and meetings, transactions and policies

Out of scope

  • Hosting or publishing documents
  • Access control enforcement

Entity definitions

DocumentProposed

A record held by or for the strata corporation, such as minutes, bylaws, financial statements, contracts or reports.

Each entity page lists data types, required and optional fields, controlled vocabularies, validation rules and an example payload.

Fields at a glance

EntityRequired fieldsOptional fields
Documentid, strataCorporationId, title, categorydocumentDate, version, supersedesDocumentId, mediaType, uri, sha256, accessLevel, extensions

Relationships

Planned work

  • DepreciationReportPlanned

    Structured depreciation report components and funding scenarios.

  • ContractPlanned

    Structured contract terms such as parties, term and renewal.

Open issues and proposals

  • Structured depreciation reports

    Whether to model depreciation reports as structured data in addition to documents.

  • Structured depreciation report

    Represent depreciation report components and funding scenarios as structured data rather than only as a Document.

Have a view on these questions? See how to contribute — feedback from people who are not developers is welcome.

Version history

  • v0.1.0-draft (2026-10-27, unreleased) — Initial working draft. Details