Metadata Standard

Generated: 2026-07-22T15:10:59+00:00

Canonical Front Matter

---
id: DOC-0001
title: Example Title
abstract: One-paragraph summary focused on evidence and scope.
authors:
  - Kevin Miller
created: 2026-07-21
updated: 2026-07-21
project: Composition Science
discipline: Composition Science
research_area:
  - perception
  - hierarchy
document_type: research-report
status: research-draft
evidence_level: B
confidence: medium
canonical: false
concepts:
  - perception
  - hierarchy
supersedes: []
superseded_by: []
related_documents: []
related_concepts: []
tags: []
keywords: []
source_stage: intake
reading_time_minutes: 12
machine_readable: true
llm_ingest: true
---

Required Fields

• id
• title
• abstract
• created
• updated
• project
• document_type
• status
• canonical
• concepts

Controlled Vocabularies

• Status: intake, draft, working-draft, research-draft, verified, approved, superseded, archived
• Document type: governance, ontology, knowledge-model, research-report, phase-report, evidence-registry, case-study, comparative-study, journal-entry, decision-record, experiment-report
• Confidence: low, medium, high
• Evidence level: A, B, C, D, E

Standardization Notes

• Use stable IDs instead of filename-only identity.
• Separate created from updated; do not overload date.
• Prefer arrays for concepts, tags, and relationships.
• Keep filenames human-readable but treat metadata as the source of truth.