Agent Governance Vocabulary

Canonical names for governance primitives across multi-issuer agent ecosystems.

Precedent: IANA JWT claim registry, JSON-LD @context. Each system keeps its internal code. This repo provides shared reference + per-system crosswalks.

Status

v0.1 draft. Open for Working Group review. Co-authored:

• @aeoess - APS
• @QueBallSharken - descriptor dimensions, BBIS-aligned distinctions
• @douglasborthwick-crypto - InsumerAPI / SkyeProfile, scope layering
• @MoltyCel - MolTrust / AAE, typed schema discipline
• WG members invited

Layered scope

Three layers, distinct altitudes, cross-reference via this repo:

1. vocabulary.yaml - canonical names for abstract governance primitives (signal types, descriptor dimensions, match semantics)
2. MULTI-ATTESTATION-SPEC.md (lives in insumer-examples) - canonical envelope type field values for multi-issuer verification
3. crosswalk/<system>.yaml - per-system mappings between internal names and canonical names

Renaming live signed envelope type values is explicitly out of scope - canonical aligns with what is already in production.

Crosswalks

Open a PR adding crosswalk/<your-system>.yaml. Use the match types from vocabulary.yaml > crosswalk_match_types. Partial match and non-equivalent-similar-label are encouraged - this layer exists to clarify differences, not hide them.

Committed contributors so far:

• crosswalk/insumerapi.yaml - @douglasborthwick-crypto
• crosswalk/satp/behavioral-trust.yaml - SATP / @aeoess
• crosswalk/aps.yaml - @aeoess (this week)
• crosswalk/rfc-category-taxonomy.yaml - reverse crosswalk mapping the ten MULTI-ATTESTATION-SPEC signal_types to the (proposed) A2A RFC trust evidence category taxonomy. Drafted on @douglasborthwick-crypto's offer per A2A Discussion #1734 (@AlexanderLawson17). Eight of ten rows currently need per-issuer field-set confirmation; see the file's review_required block for the tag list.

License

Apache-2.0.