Standards Development Committee

The SDC ratifies vocabulary changes, approves new activity domains, resolves disputes between working groups, and ensures the standard remains grounded in recognised institutional authority. It is not yet constituted. Membership is invite-only.

Sets strategic direction, ratifies major version changes, and resolves disputes between working groups. Seats represent institutional categories:

• —Government and regulatory bodies
• —Higher education
• —School-level sport and cultural federations
• —Student welfare
• —Technical stewardship

Board composition will be announced when the committee is constituted.

Domain Working Groups

Each working group owns the controlled vocabulary and conduct guides for its activity cluster. Working group leads form a cross-domain technical council. Membership is open to practitioners with recognised domain authority — federation officials, academics, and competition organizers.

Owns schema architecture, spec consistency, and interoperability alignment with external standards. Defers to working groups on all vocabulary decisions; holds a veto only on technical grounds.