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Publication library

The Library is the canonical public publication index of Standards Body. Every record states its type, version, status, and release date, links to downloadable artifacts with checksums, and is subject to recorded correction, supersession, and withdrawal. Released versions are preserved without silent edits.

All records are research and institutional-design work published under Standards Body’s project-level authority over its own publications. Nothing in this library is an adopted standard, a certification criterion, or a regulatory requirement. See Authority and Nonauthority.

Foundational sources

Public editions of the canonical documents that govern Standards Body’s own identity, research, terminology, evidence discipline, evaluation worldview, methodology, classification system, and cross-foundation integration.

  • The Foundations of Frontier AI Evaluation Infrastructure

    Foundational source · Released July 17, 2026 · Current

    Artificial intelligence is advancing faster than the institutions responsible for understanding, evaluating, and governing it.

  • Standards Body Project Identity

    Foundational source · Version 1.0 · Released July 17, 2026 · Current

    This document defines the identity of Standards Body.

  • Standards Body Evaluation Philosophy

    Foundational source · Version 1.0 · Released July 17, 2026 · Current

    This document explains what evaluation is for, what makes it meaningful, how it should be interpreted, and where its authority ends.

  • Standards Body Terminology

    Foundational source · Version 1.0 · Released July 17, 2026 · Current

    This document establishes the canonical terminology of Standards Body.

  • Standards Body Evidence Standards

    Foundational source · Version 1.0 · Released July 17, 2026 · Current

    This document defines the evidence standards of Standards Body.

  • Standards Body Research Methodology

    Foundational source · Version 1.0 · Released July 17, 2026 · Current

    This document establishes how Standards Body conducts research.

  • Standards Body Taxonomy

    Foundational source · Version 1.0 · Released July 17, 2026 · Current

    This document establishes the canonical classification architecture of Standards Body.

  • Foundations Appendix

    Foundational source · Version 1.0 · Released July 17, 2026 · Current

    This appendix integrates the eight Standards Body foundations into one coherent system.

Foundation papers

Public editions of the eight canonical working white papers of the Foundations for Frontier AI research program. Each paper is research, not an adopted standard, and has not yet received external expert review.

  • Foundation 1: Dynamic Evaluation Protocols

    Foundation paper 1 of 8 · Working white paper · Version 1.0 · Released July 17, 2026 · Current

    This paper defines the Standards Body position on dynamic evaluation protocols for frontier artificial intelligence.

  • Foundation 2: Held-Out Evaluations

    Foundation paper 2 of 8 · Working white paper · Version 1.0 · Released July 17, 2026 · Current

    This paper defines the Standards Body position on held-out evaluations for frontier artificial intelligence.

  • Foundation 3: High-Stakes Capability Evaluation

    Foundation paper 3 of 8 · Working white paper · Version 1.0 · Released July 17, 2026 · Current

    This paper defines the Standards Body position on evaluating AI capabilities that may produce unusually consequential outcomes.

  • Foundation 4: Independent Expert Review

    Foundation paper 4 of 8 · Working white paper · Version 1.0 · Released July 17, 2026 · Current

    This paper defines the Standards Body position on independent expert review for frontier artificial intelligence.

  • Foundation 5: Third-Party Auditor Ecosystem

    Foundation paper 5 of 8 · Working white paper · Version 1.0 · Released July 17, 2026 · Current

    This paper defines the Standards Body position on the development of a trustworthy third-party evaluator and auditor ecosystem for frontier artificial intelligence.

  • Foundation 6: Progressive Standards and Requirements

    Foundation paper 6 of 8 · Working white paper · Version 1.0 · Released July 17, 2026 · Current

    This paper defines the Standards Body position on how frontier AI evaluation practices may responsibly develop from research and voluntary commitments into progressively more formal standards, assurance expectations, contractual duties, procurement requirements, and legal obligations.

  • Foundation 7: Incentives and Prestige

    Foundation paper 7 of 8 · Working white paper · Version 1.0 · Released July 17, 2026 · Current

    This paper defines the Standards Body position on incentives, recognition, reputation, and prestige within frontier AI evaluation and standards development.

  • Foundation 8: Global Interoperability

    Foundation paper 8 of 8 · Working white paper · Version 1.0 · Released July 17, 2026 · Current

    This paper defines the Standards Body position on global interoperability for frontier artificial intelligence evaluation, assurance, standards, and governance.

Institutional-design proposals

Public editions of canonical institutional-design documents. These are research proposals for a possible future institution. They are not descriptions of current operating programs: Standards Body does not currently operate a standards-development, accreditation, assurance, partnership, or contributor program.

  • Standards Body Institution Design

    Institutional-design proposal · Version 1.0 · Released July 17, 2026 · Current

    This document provides the integrated institutional blueprint for Standards Body.

  • Standards Body Governance Framework

    Institutional-design proposal · Version 1.0 · Released July 17, 2026 · Current

    This document establishes the complete governance framework of Standards Body.

  • Standards Body Standards Development Process

    Institutional-design proposal · Version 1.0 · Released July 17, 2026 · Current

    This document establishes the complete standards-development process for Standards Body.

  • Standards Body Evaluator Accreditation Framework

    Institutional-design proposal · Version 1.0 · Released July 17, 2026 · Current

    This framework establishes the proposed institutional architecture for evaluator accreditation in frontier AI.

  • Standards Body Partnership Principles

    Institutional-design proposal · Version 1.0 · Released July 17, 2026 · Current

    This framework establishes the complete partnership system for Standards Body.

  • Standards Body Transparency Framework

    Institutional-design proposal · Version 1.0 · Released July 17, 2026 · Current

    This document establishes the complete transparency framework for Standards Body.

  • Standards Body Contributor Framework

    Institutional-design proposal · Version 1.0 · Released July 17, 2026 · Current

    This document establishes the complete contributor framework for Standards Body.

Public research publications

Approved public-facing publications derived from the research program.

Explainers

Short, readable derivatives of the canonical documents. Noncanonical; the canonical source governs. New readers can follow the Start here guide.

  • An Evaluation Is Not an Audit

    Public explainer · Released July 17, 2026 · Current

    Evaluation, testing, and audit are different activities with different evidence. Confusing them changes what a result actually shows.

  • Certification Is Not Accreditation

    Public explainer · Released July 17, 2026 · Current

    Certification attests that requirements were met. Accreditation recognizes that a body is competent to assess. The words are routinely swapped, and the swap misleads.

  • Assurance Is Not a Safety Guarantee

    Public explainer · Released July 17, 2026 · Current

    Assurance provides bounded confidence from evidence. It never provides certainty, and passing an evaluation is not proof of safety.

Registers

Public status registers. A register records status; it does not create authority.

  • Publication register

    The complete status table of every Library record: type, version, status, release date, research-basis date, and canonical URL.

  • Source register

    Where the research basis of each record lives, the date through which its sources were reviewed, and how source corrections are handled.

  • Open-questions register

    Where the project’s acknowledged open questions, evidence gaps, and research agenda are recorded in the canonical documents.